By RICH GRANT It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had his dinner here. As Washington dined, 2,400 of his men assembled outside along
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After 30 years of working his magic on catwalks and high-end celebrity clients, New York hairstylist Michael Johnson has given up the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple in exchange for the hustle and bustle of Mexico City. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, Johnson, a Los Angeles native who grew up in Chicago before consolidating his
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in representation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on Thursday, Sept. 23, once again demanded that the United States end its 59-year economic embargo against Cuba. “In the face of the current severe global economic and health crisis, it is
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), widely touted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as his solution to lower energy prices for the average Mexican, has in fact reportedly increased its costs by 20 percent from January to April of this year. The CFE’s use of expensive, nonrenewable fuels is apparently driving its prices up, as
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) on Thursday, March 11, issued a formal statement expressing it “serious concerns” about remarks made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during his daily news conference on Monday, Feb. 22, in which he accused Mexican lawyers of “treason against the country” for representing foreign companies
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By KELIN DILLON As protests continue in Mexico against National Regeneration Movement (Morena) gubernatorial candidate for Guerrero Félix Salgado Macedonio, who has been accused of the alleged rape and sexual assault of several women, a similar case has arisen in the United States against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s purported inappropriate behavior, showing a stark contrast between how the two
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Shifting Fashion Capitals Could Help Make Room for Mexico By KELIN DILLON Dynamics are shifting in the fashion world, and cities across the globe, following years of the “Big Four” (New York, London, Milan, Paris — in sequential order) dominating the market, could now find the opportunity to make their own mark on the once-exclusive industry, including Mexico City. IFDAQ
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gags on Twitter and Facebook? A bill to “regulate the performance of social networks” in Mexico is due to be introduced in Congress this week by Senator Ricardo Monreal. The proposed bill would regulate social network companies like Twitter and Facebook on a national scale and would prevent them from censuring accounts of people or entities that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Bvlgari, the Italian luxury brand, announced this month that it will be helping to support research into covid-19 and vaccine development at Rockefeller University in New York City. In September, Bulgari announced the formation of the Bvlgari Virus Free Fund, which is a financial program created to support various institutions researching covid-19 vaccines. Currently,
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The Times They Are a-Changin’ By KELIN DILLON As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage countries around the globe, powerful international fashion houses and small-scale designers alike have been forced to change the way they introduce their new collections. Restrictions on crowd sizes and social-distancing mandates have all but eliminated one of the long-held pillars of the industry in its
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