Mexico
Chef Enrique Farjeat on Mexico’s UNESCO inscription
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** [Note: This is an article I wrote in late 2010 for a major US newspaper's food section. You can read the backstory of this article on my writing and editing blog, Cuaderno Inedito.] By almost all accounts—media and “man on the street”—2010 was a two steps forward, two … Continue reading
Sundays in Guadalajara, Mexico
Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** It’s been a busy summer and fall, with back-to-back trips: Hawaii, Catalunya, Belize, and Mexico. After my next trip–Amsterdam and Zurich–it will be time to hibernate for a bit so we can catch up on editing photos, querying story ideas, and writing articles for which pitches have been … Continue reading
Are the PanAm Games good for business?
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** Cities vie to host international events like the PanAm Games and the Olympics because these events are prestigious. “Winning” the role of host is a seal of approval: The world thinks you’re capable enough, developed enough, and safe enough to host an international event. For “developing” countries and … Continue reading
Pan American Games: Opening Day
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** “Que tal Guadalajara?” I ask the taxi driver as we leave the airport en route to Del Carmen Concept Hotel, where I’ll be staying for the next three nights. I was last here in 2008, updating a guide to Guadalajara for Gayot, and I’m wondering how the city … Continue reading
Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** Everything I’ve read to date about the Museo Soumaya has left me dissatisfied… not the facts, which are what they are (a museum housing 66,000 or so pieces of art acquired by Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man), but the assessment of the collection (“tragic”); Slim’s style of … Continue reading