By MARK LORENZANA At a Christmas party that I attended with my wife here in Mexico City on Sunday, Dec. 4, organized by the Philippine Embassy in Mexico, something caught my attention: not just the Filipino food, which my Mexican wife and I both enjoyed immensely, or the fun games and activities, but the Filipino choir that sang during
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Dior Couture Returns to Historical Roots By KELIN DILLON Perennial French fashion house Dior, now headed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, released its spring couture line last week, transporting lovers of all things sartorial back in time to a bygone era — a welcome escape from the torrid landscape of coronavirus-tinged modern life-as-we-know-it. Chiuri’s latest design effort harkens back to the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As part of a global yearlong commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the death the great Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, Mexico City’s historic Palacio de la Autonomía is hosting an extraordinary interactive and immersive multimedia exhibit on the life and works of the Renaissance master. The exhibit, titled “Da Vinci Experience,” was created by the Italian
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BY RICH GRANT The Italians are many wonderful things – but slow, safe and sane drivers, they are not. Italian highways resemble race tracks more than roads, and cars can be expensive and a hassle in the country’s ancient, pedestrian-oriented cities. The solution is to tour Italy by train. All the grand stops of northern Italy are two to three
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