Today my gal Gina and I went looking fo r Calle Allende #21 which is the address in Irapuato where the famous Mexican cigarette brand “Faros...

There is a fam ous saying in México that is used in re f erence to someone who has died. It goes, “Ya c hupó faros y se fue al ci elo”. ...

Pope Benedict and I are not personally acquaint ed even though we are both Catholics and have a mutual best friend in the form of Jesus Ch...

There is a favorite icon in Mexico th at is about as Mexican and as favorite as an icon can get. It is the “gansito” or “little goose” that ...

Every spring around the time of Holy Week in Irapuato, Guanajuato, México where I live, there appear in the local market some peculiar dol...

When I was a kid in Chicago we used to say “April showers bring May flowers” and we even had a joke about it that went: Question: If ...

In Mexico as well as in many other Latin American countries folk art is wherever you happen to find folks. Sometimes when traveling throug...

Easter Sunday When I was a young boy living in a Polish Catholic neighborhood in Chicago we would greet each other on Easter Sunday mornin...

Today is Holy Saturday. In Mexico it is called “Sábado Santo” but many people still call it “Sábado de Gloria” which is what it was called...

Every year in Irapuato, as well as in most cities and towns in Mexico, on “Viernes Santo”, Good Friday, there is a silent march. It consis...