By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … The four-day celebration constitutes the most important festival for the Yucatan capital…
Archive for ‘Travel’
A Missouri Southerner in King Kamehameha’s Court
By RICH GRANT … Although he was only in Hawaii for four months, Mark Twain said that “no alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me…
A Walk in the Park
By RICH GRANT … When you stroll down some 58 miles of shady paths of New York’s Central Park, you are walking through one of the great urban wonders of the world…
Mexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO ,,, A quick review of the most important news in Mexico over the last few days…
A Cake Fit for Kings
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Hidden inside the Rosca de Reyes is a tiny porcelain, ceramic or heat-resistant plastic figurine of Baby Jesus…
Three Kings Slated for Midnight Visit
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Jan. 6 marks the Epiphany, when Christ was visited by the Magi, and the night before, Mexican children put out their shoes in anticipation of toys and candies…
Golden: The Best Little Beer Town in the World
By RICH GRANT … Golden, Colorado, nestled in the Clear Creek valley – an area of outstanding natural beauty — is the largest producer of beer in the world…
Surprising Indianapolis
By RICH GRANT … Although still off the destination radar of many tourists, Indianapolis is an amazingly sophisticated city, and getting better by the day…
The City Where It’s Christmas All Year Round
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Tlalpujahua, a little mountain town on the northeast end of the Mexican state of Michoacán, just two and a half hours outside Mexico City, didn’t start off to be a Christmas village…
Winter Solstice Marks Shortest Day of the Year
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If it seems that there just aren’t enough hours in the day, it may […]
America’s First Christmas
By RICH GRANT … The Delaware today is a placid stream, but on Christmas night 1776, it was a hellish scene with swift swirling waters and huge cakes of floating ice…
