THE SUMMERTIME BLUES By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Summertime in Mexico means a little bit of every season every day. The day may start off warm and springy and turn sweltering hot by mid-afternoon. Then a sudden thunderstorm can bring temperatures down to sweater weather, or, if there is a breeze, even winter chills. All those temperature shifts throughout the day can
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Santi Triprakoso Wartono, wife of Indonesian Ambassador to Mexico Cheppy Triprakoso Wartono, hosted a lavish sit-down farewell luncheon for departing colleague Jennifer Treptow, wife of U.S. Embassy Department of Justice Attaché Walter Treptow, at the embassy’s offices on Friday, July 8. The Treptows, who has been in Mexico for three years, are being transferred back to their
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Most people know that olive oil is good for you. Rich in healthy monounsaturated fats (as opposed to saturated fats — found in many other cooking oils — that can lead to heart disease and other health problems), olive oil is composed of 11 percent polyunsaturates, like omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, and a whopping 73 percent
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After seven years in Mexico, the head of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in Mexico, Norbert Schneider, and his wife Yudith Malamud, will be leaving the country early next week. Schneider is being transferred by the World Bank to Panama, along with Malamud and their three children, Joseph, Jennifer and Jonathan. But before she left, Malamud
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After being suspended for two years due to the covid-19 pandemic, the most important traditional festival of Mexico’s central southern state of Oaxaca is set to return this year in all its color and glory starting on Monday, July 8. Now celebrating its 90th year, the Guelaguetza is a two-week extravaganza of music and dance from the various
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Organizers at the American Benevolent Society (ABS) were expecting a small turnout for the U.S. Independence Day open house picnic on Monday, July 4, but were pleasantly surprised when more than 100 people showed up at Christ Church Parish for the event. The holiday picnic included all the Fourth of July favorites, from smoked hotdogs and sloppy
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Back in 1776, John Adams, second president of the United States and co-drafter, along with Thomas Jefferson, of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, predicted that the momentous signing of that magna carta would be celebrated for generations to come “from this time forward forevermore.” Indeed, 246 years later, Adams’ words ring as true today as they did
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Up until just recently, the idea of long-stay hotels in Mexico was relatively alien. If you were planning a trip of a week or more, you could either rent a fleabag with so-so accommodations and dubious amenities such as an only-works-once-in-a-while washing machine or not-very-reliable internet service, or pay full-fair for a standard hotel room that might
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mayiya Rigail de McGuiness, prominent Mexico City socialite and wife of Honorary Consul of Pakistan in Mexico Mark McGuiness, offered a lavish sit-down luncheon for more than 80 of her closest friends and associates at the exclusive University Club on Wednesday, June 29. The meal, which served as an early birthday party for Rigail de McGuiness (her
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The tragic June 20 slayings of two Jesuit priests in the Chihuahua town of Urique has shone the global spotlight on Mexico’s growing crisis of violence and organized crime. But while these appalling murders are a clear example of the blanket impunity with which drug cartels and other organized crime groups operate under the leftist administration
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