We love reading the Los O’Grady blog, and this post with their perspective on what you need to consider when thinking about a move to México.  It’s a really good blog post, enjoy! 

The United States Library of Congress recently added a 400-year-old piece of Mexican history to its online collection, one that helps further illustrate a key moment in the history of Mexico. The Codex Quetzalecatzin, a map made in 1593 by the indigenous Nahua peoples of Mexico around the time of first contact with the Spanish Empire, has been digitized for the library’s collection, and it can be viewed online here.

Here is some great advice from Oaxaca resident and mezcal expert Alvin Starkman.  I mean it, if you are thinking of moving to México, this is the kind of helpful article you need! 

Ajijic, Jalisco is a beautiful small town on the edge of gigantic Lake Chapala.  Along with the communities of Chapala and Jocotepec, they are called, collectively Lakeside.  Click here for a video made to show what it’s like to retire in the area.

Pati goes to Oaxaca to learn the secrets of their famous moles. One of the utmost experts, Celia Florián, shows her how to make Mole Chichilo, a bitter, intensely flavored and incredibly delicious “black mole” that is typically reserved for special occasions.

Mexican brigades continue to help Canada battle its forest fires as more than 250 volunteers offer their expertise.

So far, 251 Mexican technicians and firefighters, including one woman, have traveled to Canada to help control the forest fires that continue to engulf many parts of British Columbia.

Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you’ll want to look at the photos here of the many beautiful and different Mexican tortillas.  Been Provecho!  

There’s so much more to the Yucatan peninsula than the resort scene. Head west, not south, to discover more authentic and distinctive experiences, like staying in a magnificently restored hacienda, visiting colonial cities like Mérida — which turned 475 years old this year — and touring ancient Mayan ruins.

Come on, you know you need to improve your Spanish.  Why not combine a visit to Mexico City and learn Spanish at the same time?

How many times have you gone to Netflix wanting to watch something but got completely overwhelmed by the options? Well, that’s why we’re here. We scoured Netflix and watched all the crap movies so you don’t have to. Since Mexican Independence Day is upon us, this is a special list of our favorite Mexi-movies. Just in case you do too much partying the night before and wake up hungover on the 16th having lost your voice — from too much gritando, obvio — then here’s a list of Mexican movies you can stream while lying on the couch. Grab yourself some taquitos, a cerveza, and relax.

Here is a wonderful blog post by Always a Gringa with 39 Things You Should Know Before Moving to Mexico!  Provecho!

You will want to book tickets to visit Mazatlán, Sinaloa immediately, once you watch the video here about their amazing salt water pool!  Enjoy!   

Read about the chance discovery beneath a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid leads to the heart of a lost civilization

This family has a tongue in cheek way of telling you that you and your kids will love Mexico!  And we know they’re right! 

Ricardo Romero inherited a former cattle ranch in Veracruz, Mexico, from his father decades ago. Since then, he’s turned the land into the Las Cañadas Farm Cooperative, a place that’s at the forefront of a new agriculture technique called carbon farming. Read more and watch the video here.

While much is known about the Mayans’ achievements, the question remains: what was daily life for the Maya like?  Here you go –  lots of fun facts and information here!

The Grutas Tolantongo are one of the most beautiful and amazing places in Mexico.  Located in Hidalgo, these 52 photographs will make you want to visit right away!

Los Panchos: Mexico City’s Experiment in Autonomous Living – The roots of this project date back to the late ‘80s, when, in an attempt to combat housing prices that were unaffordable for millions of Mexico City’s poorest, ‘Los Panchos’ (so called for the Mexican revolutionary figure from which the community takes its name) decided to take back a piece of land. What started out as a mix of cardboard and wooden structures has since burgeoned into its own clearly-defined neighbourhood, with almost 600 families living in the tranquil, tree-lined streets.

For the last 20 years, a California man has been working to keep the Aztec language alive.  We say Bravo!  Read the article here.

Flor de Toloache now has a Latin Grammy–nominated album to their name and performs at venues around the world. They’re made up of a diverse, rotating cast of members, with roots in regions including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy and the United States. This multiplicity is abundantly evident in the music itself, which evolved past traditional mariachi to include original songs and covers, textured with influences from genres like salsa, Latin jazz, pop, cumbia, hip-hop and soul.

One of the things first time visitors to México notice is how lively and important plazas are.  Here’s a great article by Common Edge.

This family did!  Read their story in the Washington Post, here.

This is such a fantastic project, we hope you’ll support it!  Click here for the video and more information.

One of my favorite experiences in Oaxaca was visiting the workshop of Jacobo & Maria Angeles, where they make their incredible alebrijes. Video is in Spanish but it is a delight to watch whether you know Spanish or not.

Birding in a Mexican Nature Reserve” to learn more.

For the first time ever a Mexican delegation participated in the 1,230 km/90 hour Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur. We are so thrilled that México had a group of six represented at this event.

Read all about it here.

Mérida, the ambrosial capital of Yucatán, serves up Mayan culture, historic architecture, and more riffs on pork belly than you can imagine. Expat power couple David Sterling and Keith Heitke share their favorites here.

Here’s a light hearted look at how to Mexicanize yourself!