MBW, the HA, and I jaunted down to Monterrey for the New Year. Not to stay up until midnight and toast the changing of the calendar with champagne and fireworks, but to be in town for the 60th birthday party of my brother-in-law. It’s a short one-hour flight from San Antonio. Convenient. And the notorious… Continue reading Commencing the New Year in Monterrey
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Monterrey Writing and Beer-Tasting Excursion. Resurrected Post.
July 15, 2018 Monterrey Writing and Beer-Tasting Excursion MBW is on a business trip to Monterrey. Monterrey is a vast, sprawling metropolis in Northeastern Mexico. It’s grown even larger since my last visit, not long ago. MBW brought me along with her to entertain the HA. The Airbnb we rented boasts an impressive view (when… Continue reading Monterrey Writing and Beer-Tasting Excursion. Resurrected Post.
Monterrey Supplemental: Beer and Miscellaneous Updates. Resurrected Post.
June 26, 2016 Monterrey Supplemental: Beer. And Miscellaneous Updates When we gringos think of Mexican beer, we think of thumbing a wedge of lime into a bottle of watery lager, preferably while sitting by the beach or floating in the swimming pool. But this particular gringo is always sniffing out the local craft brew scene.… Continue reading Monterrey Supplemental: Beer and Miscellaneous Updates. Resurrected Post.
Sweltering in Monterrey. Resurrected Post.
June 19, 2016 Sweltering in Monterrey View from my brother-in-law’s house. Two blocks from the hotel on a Sunday morning and Monterrey is nearly unrecognizable. Kilometers of a major thoroughfare — the sort with a shady, tree-lined median and jogging path bisecting it — is closed. Bikers, joggers, walkers, dogs, and children pedaling four-wheelers crowd… Continue reading Sweltering in Monterrey. Resurrected Post.