As seen at Ciudadela in Mexico City this past weekend. We spent a good 5 minutes trying to guess the functionality of this thing before friend Greg gained the courage to inquire directly.
It was at a jewelry booth, so I was voting for some kind of ionizing jewelry cleaner (no idea what that even means). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘safety’
Electrical Engineering at its finest…
“Am I going to be a victim of violence in México?” Take this simple quiz to find out!
As most of my fellow Mexico blogs have addressed recently, the news coverage around security in Mexico has reached fever pitch in the last few months. A flurry of articles in the US press is sending everyone into a panic, which is only amplified by so-called experts busily spreading fear regardless of facts. Some people [...]
A sad day for Mexican circus lovers
I seriously debated whether to post this breaking-news item, out of concern for offending the sensibilties of my more delicate readers… In the end, however, I decided that since I may be your only set of eyes and ears here in Mexico, I am obligated to be the bearer of anything that falls into the “News You [...]
Words of wisdom from the Embassy
Wednesday was my first foray into the fortress that is the U.S. Embassy, aka. Embajada de los Estados Unidos. The Community Liason Office kindly holds Newcomers’ Briefings once a week, where a variety of folks give you an overview on life in Mexico City & within the Embassy. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how [...]
