One of these days you may hear someone refer to the “Familia Telerín” (teh-leh-REEN) as in “Ahí viene la Familia Telerín” (Here comes the Te...

It would be impossible to have a good working knowledge of Mexican Spanish without knowing something about the songs. In case you haven'...

Recently, I received a question about mole sauce from Michele and Peter who live in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. Peter...

On October 31st I published a post entitled “ The Living and the Dead ” in which I mentioned the general dearth of flowers in United States ...

On November 1st we took down our Halloween display and put together our "ofrenda" (altar) for "El Día de los Muertos" (T...

As I mentioned in the post “ Tradiciones y Costumbres – 001 ” my wife Gina thought it would be nice to write some short pieces about Mexica...

The first Halloween that I spent in Mexico was in 1999 in a small town in the state of Nuevo León. However, at that time there was no sign w...

There is enough being written by others about the "El Día de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico and the sugar s...

The word “calavera” means “skull” in Spanish but “calaveras” are also a type of ditty poem written at the season of “El Día de Los Muertos”...

My wife Gina thought it would be nice to write some short pieces about Mexican traditions and customs and I welcomed the idea. Not only will...