There’s a man on my street who lives in his car. He’s a nice guy, always drunk but never rowdy, seems to stay out of trouble and makes a few pesos by helping people park their cars and guarding them for a few hours. On my old street, a few blocks away, there’s another guy [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 26, 2009
On Machismo
Oh Machismo, the bane of my existence in Mexico. Machismo is a complicated word, but I find it most commonly used to excuse all sorts of ridiculous behavior on behalf of men. “No te preocupes, es solo el machismo,” they tell me, as if that somehow makes rampant sexism ok. Most of the time down [...]
January 25, 2009
Into the Haze
A few weeks ago, I flew into Mexico City for the first time during the day. For those of you unfamiliar with the Mexico City airport, it was originally built far from the center of the city on the outskirts of town. Yet the city has expanded so greatly and such a rapid pace that [...]
