Pondering the Culture

Personal essays on culture, food, daily life, and what it means to live in and travel through Mexico. Less itinerary, more observation — the things you notice when a place becomes home.
  • Mexican Charm

    I am boarding a new Dreamliner at JFK’s Terminal 1 – the international terminal.  It is early fall, and I think the weather outside is neither too cold nor too hot, and the sun is bright.  I could feel it this morning through the windows in the waiting area at BWI – Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall…