Posadas and Other Holiday Fun
(Originally posted January 2018) The holidays are a busy time with traditions and celebrations. People come together to spend time, eat and drink and celebrate the friends, families and communities that shape their lives. In Mexico, the month of December is filled with posadas, gatherings of the various factions of our daily lives. Children have…
Yeehaw! Austin, Texas
(Originally posted March 2017) Straight from the airport, we dragged our roller bags to a small food truck park known for some of the best BBQ in town. The line was long and only halfway in the share. Other diners knew to come with their six packs, easing into the weekend early. That was Thursday…
November Update
(Originally posted December 2016) Last week I visited Minneapolis and Madison on our November break. We had the whole week off of school because the US’s Thanksgiving holiday coincided with Mexico’s Día de la Revolución, the perks of working at an international school. Arriving in Minneapolis, Rachel scooped me up at the airport and…