Chapulines and chicatanas – Oaxacan traditions It was difficult to decide which foods to include in this third instalment of Oaxacan Food from A to Z – since my initial list for the letter C included over a dozen food items. This is also complicated by the fact that the le
Our bilingual goals and action plan for this year We’re exhausted – Kindergarten is a lot of work! After a long wait due to the BC teacher’s strike, our daughter has finally entered the world of public education. The goals that we set for her bilingualism were to ach
Another visit to Tlacolula to discover two more specialties of Oaxacan food A few months back I wrote about Sunday afternoons in Tlacolula. Two things that you can find at the market in Tlacolula every day of the week are the subjects of today’s Oaxacan Food from A to Z: blandas
Food and language – my two passions You may not know this about me, but I’m pretty into food. I guess you could call me a foodie. I studied food security in university and I now work for an organic produce distributor. And you know that I am also a language nerd, so when y
Going back home to Oaxaca I just got back from two weeks in Oaxaca and after a two and a half year absence it was comforting to go back. My wife and daughter are staying an extra ten days to spend more time with family. All three of us felt overwhelmed by emotion and excitement and al
Big city nightlife in a small town Oaxaca is small compared to other Mexican cities like DF Guadalajara or Monterrey, but its rich culture is just as obvious at night as it during the day. Local and national live bands and DJs, karaoke, juke boxes and cantinas, Oaxaca has it all. Toda
Oaxaca’s Pacific Coast Recently I have been dreaming about my favourite beach, I cannot wait to be there in a month. I realized that it is almost impossible to write about visiting the wonderful state of Oaxaca without mentioning its gorgeous coastlines. Puerto Escondido, a town
Friday and Saturday mornings in Xochimilco Following up on my last post about the market and tianguis in Tlacolula on Sundays, this one is about El Pochote market in Xochimilco, one of Oaxaca City’s historic barrios. My favourite things at Tianguis Alternativo El Pochote Jewelry
Sunday afternoons in Tlacolula Tlacolula de Matamoros is a town just 40 minutes outside of downtown Oaxaca City. My wife spent weekends there as a child at her maternal grandmother’s house and she has many fond memories of escaping the city to go play with her cousins. Luckily o
Oaxaca’s Ethnobotanical Garden: 10,000 years of history in the middle of the city Following my last post about the Children’s Library in Oaxaca City, Mexico, I’d like to share another of my favourite places to visit in my wife’s hometown – el Jardín Etnob
