Mexico

Wow, 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 gonna do a lot of writing, a lot of reading, a lot of drinking and eating, and a lot of walking. My boots are my best friends. Participation does a body good. Gustavo Arellano says:…

I just finished putting the rest of my Mexico photos online.

Salinas 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 fucking awesome, and people who don’t understand that are assholes. “

Today: 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. (Yes!) Wednesday: Markets, drinks with Franc, and dinner with Ruben et al. Thursday: More museums, walking around, last minute shopping and a baseball game. Friday: I’m home.

I 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. My flight, although it was delayed and the passport line at the Mexico City airport was quite long, went off without a hitch. Ruben, our host, and Martin met me at the airport. We hopped…

My 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 City in late June. Technically I’ve been to Mexico once before (I went on a church trip when I was in 8th grade to help build houses outside Tijuana, but that doesn’t really count) —…