A Mexican Cake Fit for Kings
This bread, a sweet, cakey ring of leavened egg dough crowned with candied fruits, is called a rosca de reyes
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Three Kings Slated for Midnight Visit
The holiday is still celebrated by both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, but for Western Christians the feast primarily commemorates the coming of the Magi, while in the East the feast marks the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River
Read more10 Great Places to See the Redcoats who Made the British Empire
By RICH GRANT No trip to England is complete without seeing a redcoat. There’s no more iconic image of the British Empire than a redcoat soldier, either at a changing of the guard, protecting one of the royal palaces (as they have done for 362 years), or in paintings from Bunker Hill to Waterloo. And yet the place most people
Read moreThe Little Town that Could, and Did, and Then Didn’t, and Now Wants to Again
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a tourist destination, Iguala, the little town in the northeastern corner of the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero, gets a bad rap. Irreparably linked to the 2014 disappearance of 43 rural teachers’ college students who were allegedly disappeared by government forces in the nearby town of Ayotzinapa after they had commandeered a bus to travel
Read moreWalking and Drinking Cervezas on the Road to Mexico’s Revolutions
By RICH GRANT By a stroke of good fortune for the Mexican tourism office, both of Mexico’s revolutions began 100 years apart – in 1810 and 1910 . Routes that follow the various military campaigns have been laid out with one leaving from Guadalajara that goes to the three most historic towns of Mexico’s 1810 revolt (against the Spanish rule,
Read moreQueen Elizabeth’s Other Scottish Residence
By MELISSA T. CASTRO EDINBURGH, Scotland — Originally founded as a monastery in 1128 AD, today the Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Queen in Scotland. Set against a stunning backdrop of Arthur’s Seat, and on the opposite end of Edinburgh Castle via The Royal Mile, this is a must-see on any trip to Edinburgh. Holyroodhouse has
Read moreAfter Two-Year Hiatus, Guelaguetza Festival Returns to Oaxaca
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
Read moreDenver’s Red Light District Was No Moulin Rouge
By RICH GRANT The famous Moulin Rouge of Paris became an inspiration for an Academy Award-winning film and Broadway musical, which is currently appearing in Denver, Colorado, through June 26. So it is no small irony that in 1889, the same year the real Moulin Rouge opened on the edge of the red light district of Pigalle in Paris, way
Read moreA Tribute to D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy
In a modern era of atomic bombs and spy satellites, nothing like Normandy will ever happen again. It was, and will always be, the largest invasion in history
Read moreDenver’s Western Saloons Resembled English, Irish Pubs
By RICH GRANT People have been buying alcoholic drinks in England for more than a thousand years at a variety of taverns, ale houses, coaching inns and grog shops, but what we think of today as a typical English pub didn’t happen until 1830. In the 1700s, to counter distilled spirits imported from Ireland and Scotland, England encouraged distilling corn
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