About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Mexico Archive
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Congrats to Daniel Hernandez!
Posted on September 15, 2007 | 1 CommentWow, Street has done it again: Daniel Hernandez: I’m leaving L.A. for a little bit, a year, maybe more, for Mexico City. I’m sealing a deal with editor Colin Robinson at Scribner to write a book about the underground, basically — youth and subcultures. I’m... -
Mexico Photos
Posted on July 16, 2007 | No CommentsI just finished putting the rest of my Mexico photos online. -
Tacos in Salinas are saved! Tacos in New Orleans under attack!
Posted on July 16, 2007 | No CommentsSalinas won’t be shutting down its taco truck scene. Yay! However, New Orleans isn’t so keen on its taco trucks, reports the LA Times [via Daniel Hernandez] Still, I think David Boyk put it best: “I just don’t understand people who hate Mexicans. Mexicans are... -
Monday evening
Posted on June 25, 2007 | No CommentsToday: Teotihuacan. No rain. Pyramids are huge and literally awesome. Walked around Zona Rosa and Insurgentes. Had some cafe con leche at a place called Gabi’s on the corner of Napoles and Liverpool and played cards. Tomorrow: Museums and then a lucha libre match downtown.... -
Guajolotas are amazing
Posted on June 25, 2007 | No CommentsI can’t think of a better breakfast than a guajolota, a tamal, drenched in salsa verde, encased in a fluffy torta roll for convenience and mobility. The price? About eighty cents. (Eight pesos.) As I sit in this cybercafe, it’s happily settling in my stomach.... -
I’m going to Mexico!
Posted on May 4, 2007 | No CommentsMy cousin Martin is about to embark, in about four weeks, on a solo two-month journey across Mexico. He’s just finishing his sophomore year at American University, where he’s majoring in Latin American Studies. I’m going to join him for four full days in Mexico...
