Best. Salsas. Ever. At a great little taco-and-tequila bar called Chetito in Mexico City.
Category Archives: Travel: Mexico
Review: Four Seasons Mexico City
The Four Seasons Mexico City got a much-needed refresh three years ago by the Parisian design house Gilles & Boissier. Although the hotel had been open only since 1994, the top-to-bottom renovation of this Spanish revival courtyard building felt long overdue…
Where to eat in Mexico City, 2018 update
A gourmet weekend in Mexico City? Great idea. These are my favorite fine-dining restaurants right now in Mexico’s capital.
Review: The St. Regis, Mexico City
The St. Regis Mexico City rises above the Paseo de la Reforma in a beautiful 32-story Cesar Pelli-designed tower. When the hotel opened in 2008, it was immediately the most luxurious hotel in the capital. It still is. The 189-room hotel overlooks the Reforma’s statue of Diana in the heart of Colonia Cuauhtemoc. The neighborhoods …
Photo of the week: Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
This is such an incredible feat of architecture by Fernando Romero. The museum was founded in 2011 by billionaire Carlos Slim and is named after his late wife, Soumaya.
What to eat next in Mexico City: incredible fish tacos at Zanaya
Absolutely incredible. The ultimate highlight — of many highs — of my most recent dining tour of Mexico City was the Zarandeado fish tacos at Zanaya, at the Four Seasons hotel…
Just announced: Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards!
Awesome news today! My photos of Mar Adentro resort in Los Cabos took the top prize for photography at this year’s Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation…
Photo of the week: Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City
The former home and studio of Luis Barragán in Mexico City has been meticulously preserved and now functions as a museum and art center. Luis Barragán was one of the most important architects of North American mid-century design…
Mexico Earthquake Relief: How you can help.
My heart aches for Mexico right now. The recent earthquakes have taken a mighty toll. A lot of people are hurting. If you want to help, here’s how:
Photo of the week: Mayakoba
This is one of my favorite images from my last visit to Fairmont Mayakoba in Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Just as I was sitting down for lunch, it started to rain and a blackbird took cover…
Sunrise of the week: Grand Velas Los Cabos
This is one of my favorite sunrises of the year. I took this from the lobby terrace of Grand Velas Los Cabos, just as the sun was rising up from the ocean. I’ve always found it strange that I can watch the sunrise over the ocean on the West Coast…
72 Hours at Grand Velas Los Cabos, 27 photos
The original Grand Velas revolutionized the all-inclusive resort sector in the Riviera Maya when it opened there more than 10 years ago. And now comes Grand Velas Los Cabos, which is guaranteed to be a game-changer for Mexico’s Baja Peninsula…
Photo of the week: Langostine at Grand Velas Los Cabos
This is the langostino al carbon from Frida restaurant at Grand Velas Los Cabos, the newest edition to the Grand Velas resort family. The langostine is served with a chipotle-molasses sauce, esquites (corn salad) and a little blanket made from red chilies (like a spicy fruit roll-up)…
THIS JUST IN: pdn Taste – 2016 FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS!
Winners were announced today for the PDN Taste – 2016 Food Photography Awards, and I won two categories! PDN Taste is the most prestigious food photography contest in America…
Photo of the week: Four Seasons Punta Mita yacht
This is one of my all-time favorite sunsets. I took this during a cruise aboard a beautiful 55-foot yacht operated by the Four Seasons Punta Mita, 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Review: Acre, farm-to-table in San Jose del Cabo
Fat drips from a fifty-pound hog, splashing onto the fire. Sparks flicker into the hot Mexican air. The pig has been roasting over the mesquite embers since sunrise. The temperature outside is already sweltering, made even hotter by the blistering rotisserie, which is cranked by hand, inch-by-inch, throughout the day. By 5 p.m., as the …
