MexicaChica packages imaginative high-end tours for small groups of women here in Yucatan. The educational but fun trips have a multi-disciplinary approach.
“For instance,” explains the owner, Claudette Elizondo, “our fantastic collage workshop takes us on a day trip to the Uxmal ruins, where a professional actress helps us reenact Maya legends. We photograph the reenactments [...]
May, 2010
MexicaChica Tours – a fine, new concept
Yucatecan Music Concert and Peregrina
The richness of the musical tradition here is magnificent. Last night we went to a concert at the Museo de la Cancion Yucateca. It was an homenaje to four local composers and performances of their music. Several of them were there to see the performance and receive honors from the city. Composer Arturo Camara Tappan [...]
Korean Food in Merida
Younghee Moser is an excellent cook. She sells things at the Slow Food Market on Saturdays – like kim chee, “Korean pancakes,” spicy soybeans, quail egg salad, etc. She also makes a variety of other dishes that you can order from her.
Mandu – the staple of all Korean meals, like a pot sticker but better [...]
Slow Food Market Continues to Thrive
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1. I try never to miss it. The multi-vendor nearly-organic market on the grounds of Monique Duval’s bakery is a hit. I go there regularly for eggs and for Korean food, among other things. This place is on the way to being a Merida institution. If they’d only have tables, [...]
Merida Expat Legacy of the 1980s
Actually, it’s not much of a legacy. It’s a not-very-interesting history. The foreign community of Merida was founded primarily (with notable exceptions) by drunks, misfits and criminals. Fortunately, things have changed.
Who becomes an expat? I’m not talking about the normal human beings who set up residence in other countries because their employers send them there. [...]
Photos – The Merida Market
vendor
Marzipan
The market is endlessly fascinating. Household goods, food, small animals, clothes, musicians and small bands, jewelry, potions, saddles, spices, it’s all there. The market is not only a place where goods are sold, but a place where deals are made. There are fences and scam artists. There are people pawning the family jewelry. Maya women [...]
Photos from Yesterday
Two unusual things happened yesterday.
1. We had a helluva rain/electrical storm, hopefully the end to the awful heat we’ve been experiencing.
2. The Unrewarding Pets (feral cats in the back yard) were unusually cute.
Here are photos of these events. All the rain pics are from our front door.
Restaurant Review: OneBurger
Merida has needed a good hamburger. Welcome OneBurger!!!! It’s part of a chain out of Miami and the local franchisee has done an excellent job. I went there recently for take-out for a group of four on a lazy afternoon. The other three wanted the simplest burger, no cheese, no nothing. I had an open [...]
Pet Kidnappers in Downtown Merida
According to El Diario, there is guy who steals purebred dogs from homes in Centro and then contacts the owners for ransom. A couple of days ago, some neighbors saw him climb over a wall into someone’s yard on 46th and come out with a miniature schnauzer. He got onto his motorcycle and sped off. [...]
Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Expat? – by a reader of this blog
This was originally sent in as a comment on the last post. It’s from a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. He signed his name LEVN.
Before NAFTA was implemented in 1994, many of the Americans and Canadians in the Yucatan were here because they were escaping something — failed businesses, nasty divorces, bankruptcies, alimony, [...]