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Tagged With: Mexico City

Hotel Stay in Mexico City Can Support Social Development Projects Across Mexico

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** There are very few hotels I return to over and over again. In fact, I think the only one I’ve stayed in repeatedly is El Patio 77, a bed and breakfast in Mexico City, and the capital’s first “eco-friendly” B&B. I fell in love with El Patio 77 … Continue reading »

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Travel Postcard Wisdom: “I told you you should have come.”

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** While searching for our packed-so-well-they’re-elusive Christmas ornaments earlier this week, Francisco found a box of books I’d also been looking for. And inside the books were two precious postcards I was sure had been lost in one of our inter-country moves. I’m a fits-and-starts collector of many things, including postcards. … Continue reading »

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Interview with Martha Ortiz Chapa: The B-roll

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** My first article for The Latin Kitchen, Latina Magazine’s recently launched website that aspires to be “the premiere online destination for Latin food, cooking, and entertaining,” was published last week; it’s an interview with chef Martha Ortiz Chapa, owner and executive chef of Dulce Patria, one of Mexico … Continue reading »

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Searching for Santa Muerte in Mexico City

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** Doña Queta did not take kindly to me taking photos of Santa Muerte. When I asked my friend and travel partner, Karen, what she wanted to see during her first visit to Mexico City, she named three things: Frida Kahlo’s house. Diego Rivera’s murals. And Santa Muerte. Santa … Continue reading »

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#FriFotos: Brick

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** For once, it wasn’t hard for me to figure out what to contribute to #FriFotos; as soon as I heard this week’s theme–”Brick”–I knew what I’d post. This is a collage of photos from Mexico City’s Hotel Brick, one of the hotels in the Mexico Boutique Hotels collection. … Continue reading »

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