Mexico Keeps the Twinkie Alive?
photo by Larry D. Moore © 2005 Groupo Bimbo tendered a serious offer to purchase liquidated Hostess brands, makers of the Yuppie icon, Twinkie. Bimbo would make an ideal marriage partner for the marque...
View ArticleBest of Mexico: Pictures
editor’s note: People’s Guide to Mexico contributor Gina Dilello is a Utah-based photographer and filmmaker. This is her fourth trip to Mexico. Atlixco, Puebla Churpa and Rich Oaxaca, Oaxaca...
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Hierve el Agua
editor’s note: Gina’s pictures are from our expedition to Hierve el Agua, part of an action packed day wherein we visited the ruins of Mitla and the mineral springs pictured below, as well as several...
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Round Four
Rich on the beach. photos by Gina Dilello (and one by Felisa Rogers)
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Pescado at Last!
Fresh pargo, estilo Roberto El Rebalsito, Jalisco Pargo with Bette’s awesome salad...
View ArticleEl Codo's Tips for "Luxing Up" a Camping Van or Crappy Hotel Room
editor’s note: These are not paid product endorsements, but rather el Codo’s rigorously tested honest (and typically detailed) recommendations, born from trial-and-error and many uncomfortable nights...
View ArticleWotta ride this will be…
(if we can afford the cuotas) The Baluarte Bridge, which crosses a canyon deep enough to fit the Chrysler building. As the Associated Press reports, the long-awaited Durango-Mazatlan Highway is...
View ArticleEl Codo's Tricks for Bug-free Camping
Insects have their place in nature, but that doesn’t mean I want to act as their source protein. The school of hard knocks has allowed me to accumulate some tricks that may be of interest to fellow...
View ArticleGood Brands of Dog Food in Mexico? A Glossary of Terms
Carl and Lorena’s beloved Poco A reader writes: Hello Carl Could you please provide me with the names of some of the better quality dog foods. I can’t read Spanish (yet) Thanks Lois editor’s note:...
View ArticleAsk Codo: Can you find Percocet and Oxycontin in Mexico?
One of the strangest drug policies in México is the almost total lack of “Opioid” type analgesic pain relievers. A check of Mexico’s pharmaceutical manufacturing lists reveals several Mexican owned and...
View ArticleGood Brands of Dog Food in Mexico? A Glossary of Terms
Carl and Lorena’s beloved Poco A reader writes: Hello Carl Could you please provide me with the names of some of the better quality dog foods. I can’t read Spanish (yet) Thanks Lois editor’s note:...
View ArticleAsk Codo: Can you find Percocet and Oxycontin in Mexico?
One of the strangest drug policies in México is the almost total lack of “Opioid” type analgesic pain relievers. A check of Mexico’s pharmaceutical manufacturing lists reveals several Mexican owned and...
View ArticleMexico Keeps the Twinkie Alive?
photo by Larry D. Moore © 2005 Groupo Bimbo tendered a serious offer to purchase liquidated Hostess brands, makers of the Yuppie icon, Twinkie. Bimbo would make an ideal marriage partner for the marque...
View ArticleBest of Mexico: Pictures
editor’s note: People’s Guide to Mexico contributor Gina Dilello is a Utah-based photographer and filmmaker. This is her fourth trip to Mexico. Atlixco, Puebla Churpa and Rich Oaxaca, Oaxaca...
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Hierve el Agua
editor’s note: Gina’s pictures are from our expedition to Hierve el Agua, part of an action packed day wherein we visited the ruins of Mitla and the mineral springs pictured below, as well as several...
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Round Four
Rich on the beach. photos by Gina Dilello (and one by Felisa Rogers)
View ArticleBest of Mexico in Pictures: Pescado at Last!
Fresh pargo, estilo Roberto El Rebalsito, Jalisco Pargo with Bette’s awesome salad...
View ArticleEl Codo's Tips for "Luxing Up" a Camping Van or Crappy Hotel Room
editor’s note: These are not paid product endorsements, but rather el Codo’s rigorously tested honest (and typically detailed) recommendations, born from trial-and-error and many uncomfortable nights...
View ArticleWotta ride this will be…
(if we can afford the cuotas) The Baluarte Bridge, which crosses a canyon deep enough to fit the Chrysler building. As the Associated Press reports, the long-awaited Durango-Mazatlan Highway is...
View ArticleEl Codo's Tricks for Bug-free Camping
Insects have their place in nature, but that doesn’t mean I want to act as their source protein. The school of hard knocks has allowed me to accumulate some tricks that may be of interest to fellow...
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