A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

I am not generally a big fan of murder mysteries, but, since Agatha Christie is considered the Queen of the genre, I decided to give one of her novels a try.  Several years ago, before my move to Mexico, I read "Halloween Party".  I was not very impressed, but I later learned that it was considered one of her lesser works, written late in her life.  I gave the ...

The latest addition to the World Cup decorations along Paseo de la Reforma (they weren't there the last time I walked down the boulevard) is a series of large statues of soccer players dressed in the uniforms of various nations.

(For younger readers, or those not familiar with classic Broadway musicals, the title of this post is a reference to a famous Rodgers and Hammerstein song.)

The year is flying by, and we are now in the month of June.  The photo that I selected for my custom-made calendar is one that I took some years ago when I made a trip to Switzerland, Austria and Germany. ...

Here's another example of the city's beautification projects in preparation for the World Cup.  They had just finished painting the wall along the "Autopista Urbana Norte" (Northern Urban Freeway) which passes between the first and second sections of Chapultepec Park.

When we returned from our excursion to see the new airport, we were at Buenavista Station.  Just on the other side of Insurgentes Avenue is the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera.  We had not eaten since breakfast, and Alejandro asked me if I knew of any good restaurants there.  I said that I had eaten at a couple places there, so we crossed the avenue and w...