I get my first visitor from Chicago, who wants to experience everything I describe in my podcasts, including intersections that have more angles than a geometry problem! And I celebrate Days of the Dead like a local (sort-of)!
Come for the Condiments, stay for the food you cover in those condiments. Mexico City has great food, but no one ever tells you about the condiments... And what might be the biggest mystery of my new life here in Mexico City...
They were Brilliant But Brutal! Maybe if the Aztecs had been a little nicer, and they didn’t think that Hernán Cortes’ horse was Mr. Ed, they’d still be around. Learn all about it!!
I thought I was being followed here in Mexico City by protesters, and I thought they might be protesting me! Then I learned all about the rallying cry “Se Compran Colchones...” and that all my pursuers want is to buy my old washing machine! Hear all about it here!!
I’ll give you two clues: When the mistakes can lead to Decapitation or Tour Guides...
23 min
About My Mexican Mistake(s)
From the publisher's feed
Five years ago, I was a Gang Prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. One winter night, I decided to try an experiment: Could I learn Spanish from watching a telenovela? Five years…
later, I left my job and Chicago, to move to Mexico City, to write the telenovela of my dreams. I don’t understand Spanish or The Metric System. Just like in a great telenovela,, anything can happen... Stay tuned!