Mexico City – Flung

Stuck in Traffic, a Mexico City Story

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:37:18 +0000

In unfamiliar cities, I tend to be a walker. I love the particular relationship it carves out between me, who doesn’t belong there, and the place that of course, belongs exactly there. I love the way walking tips the power balance just a little, emboldening me to navigate this new city as I please, to potentially discover things that no one or guide book would have taken me to. I’ll admit that I like walking in strange places also partly […]

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Drinking Pulque in Mexico City: The Ancient Aztecs’ Beverage of Choice

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 18:04:08 +0000

A couple millennia ago in the ancient Aztec culture based in what is present-day Mexico, there was no beer or wine. Instead, for religious rituals and leisure time alike, the Aztecs produced a beverage called pulque, made by fermenting the nectar of the native agave plant. Amazingly, the drink survived the Spanish conquest in the 16th century and remained a popular working man’s drink in Mexico well into the 20th century, when it began to fall out of favor. Recently, […]

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4 Mexico City Museums for the Bucket List

Sarah Stodola — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:07:59 +0000

Of the many things that struck me during a recent visit to Mexico City—the food, the traffic, the way art is woven so intricately into the city’s fabric—nothing made more of an impression than the museums. There are a staggering number of them, 150 or so, and I went to a lot, double digits, yet made only a dent. Mexico City has so many museums, in fact, that of all the major cultural capitals of the world, only London can […]

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The Hyatt Regency Mexico City: Best for the Business Traveler?

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:08:45 +0000

Mexico City’s version of the Hyatt Regency, housed in a 38-story high rise next door to a similarly composed Intercontinental, with a JW Marriott just down the block, is unlikely to figure in the typical tourist’s “Mexico City experience.” It provides none of that old-world feel you’d get from a hotel in the Centro Historico, or the new-world sophistication on offer from a boutique hotel in the Roma Norte neighborhood. It’s too similar not only to its neighbors, but to […]

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