Life Lessons I Learned from my Dog
Also published by the great folks at Elephant Journal I am a self-help addict. I love to read how othersContinue Reading
Category: Merida
The Silent Killer: Regret
Sometimes the inspiration for a story can come from the smallest encounters. Published by the great folks at Elephant Journal.Continue Reading
Animated Dia de los Muertos
By Ashley Graham, Kate Reynolds and Lindsey St. Pierre This is a wonderful vignette of the celebratory ‘Day of theContinue Reading
Sugar Skulls and Bread of the Dead
For those of you who are as curious as I am about the symbolism behind the alters (ofrendas) of DiaContinue Reading
Day of the Dead, Night of the Living
In the Yucatan, this centuries old celebration is called Hanal Pixan, or Food for the Souls, and lasts over a week. TheContinue Reading
‘Cook It Raw’ comes to Merida
“The food is so fucking beautiful!” ALESSANDRO PORCELLI Let’s be honest. The Yucatan has never been on the world’s culinaryContinue Reading
Chiles en Nogada
Chiles en Nogada are a culinary legend in Mexico. Like so many of the great Mexican dishes, Chiles en NogadaContinue Reading
Mexican Superfood
I was on the hunt for some cranberry juice in Merida when I decided to check out hibiscus flowers, or flores de JamaicaContinue Reading
25 things I love about Merida
Living in flip flops. The tropical flora and fauna. Forty minutes from the sea. Music everywhere. New friends Bunker yoga Merida My sisterContinue Reading
A Cautionary Tale
A wonderful poem by Sandra Spencer. I can’t remember who originally sent this to me, but it found me just asContinue Reading
In Search of the Secret Cenote
The Yucatan Peninsula has almost no rivers and only a few lakes but—it has cenotes. Thousands of them. Cenotes haveContinue Reading
Learning Spanish is like Learning Salsa
One of the reasons we wanted to live in Mexico was to learn to speak Spanish. We thought it wouldContinue Reading
Rick Bayless cooks up some Yucatecan cuisine
This is one of my favourite things down here in the Yucatan and even though I’ve only made it inContinue Reading
How I came to loathe the gym and love yoga
I’ve always had a hard time with commitment. My girlfriends would disagree, given my history of serial monogamy and theirContinue Reading
56 things I’ve learned in my 56 years
Birthdays can be a sobering event, especially for a woman past ’29’. We bemoan the fact that things are slipping,Continue Reading
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