Living in Merida for 10 years has had its challenges with direct flights to desirable destinations. Avoiding the chaos in Mexico City has always been top of mind. As much as I adore the city and visit it frequently, making connections through MEX has been problematic. With the expansion of our airport, direct flights have…
Along comes January on the Yucatán Peninsula, and that is about the time we start to feel the doldrums of our version of winter. It is hard to convince anyone from the north, where the wind blows through the clapboards and an ice storm covers anything that doesn’t move, that here in Mérida, we have…
Each holiday season in Mérida, I look for an escape before the deluge of tourists descend upon our fair city. As an innkeeper, I welcome the visitors with open arms. In fact, we celebrate the season with festive decorations, multi-course meals, and the occasional happy hour with fellow expats and our newfound friends. This year,…
A combination of wanderlust and the need to escape Yucatán’s humidity prompted this trip to County Cork.
“The timing was right and we were ready to move,” Mike explained. “My wife and I always had a goal to live in Mexico,” he added. The lure of a foreign country with its diverse culture and food was just one factor that made the decision easy. “But the weather,” he said, “was perfect and…
If anyone would have told Patrick Greenwood, aka “The Shirtless Baker,” 10 years ago that he would be in Mexico starting yet another business he would have balked at that notion. Fast forward 1,889 days later and he has become a social media success in the Yucatan with his Homemade English Muffins. “I have always…
All you have to do is read one of her social media posts and you can’t help but fall in love with her. This past week on Facebook, business visionary Mary Valle, posted, “How’s the Ice Cream? You’re so quiet, is it because you have your mouth full?” What’s not to like about that? Mary…
Merida, Yucatan — A recent report published online stated that upwards to 4,000 businesses in the Yucatan were affected by the current pandemic situation and many would be shuttering their doors as a result. These are unsettling times for many small businesses and the outlook can be very bleak. Bing Bang Kitchen in Col. Chuburna was…
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