Oh yes, it’s that good.
Your Faithful Correspondent has actually been somewhat less faithful to the blog over the last few weeks, owing to a excellent visit to the land of the free and the home of the brave. But the fun and games are over now, people, as he has returned to Mexico in search […]

Ahoy all! Your faithful correspondent is still whooping it up on his United States family tour/vacation. So this week, I want to encourage you to try out some different blogs.
First: Ask a Mexican. This newspaper column is syndicated by the alternative Orange County Weekly. It’s a Q and A format, but that’s about where the similarities […]

The drama. The bodyguards. The babes. The reality-defying plot twists.
All the finest ingredients combine and then explode in a cloud of jealousy and betrayal every weekday at 2 p.m., when Azteca 13 broadcasts this compelling train-wreck of a telenovela, Amor en Custodia (Love in Custody). It’s so bad, so melodramatic, and so cheesy as to […]

I should have been lecturing this particular English student about his obnoxious habit of not doing his homework, but honestly, I was more interested in his shirt, which featured the English phrase “Molars Forest” in giant capital letters.
What exactly was that all about, I wanted to know. Who/what is Molars Forest? And why is it […]

Imagine the combined popularity of Elvis and Madonna, then add the staying power of The Beatles. That’s Vicente Fernandez, the Mexican crooner who is knocking at 70’s door, but doing it with vigor and immense popularity.
These days, it’s darn near impossible to walk down a street without hearing his latest smash hit, “Estos Celos” (This Jealousy), a long […]