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My Grand Return Here I am, sipping on a 5 dollar beer in the Cancun airport, surrounded by Americans with sun poisoning and hair braids. Their oblivious grins of content as they sit in Tommy Bahama shorts and reminisce about their $500 sunny days and all-inclusive resorts. Me with my winter coat at side, and … keep reading

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Last day in Queretaro

January 17, 2011

Unfortunately, my last day in Queretaro and penultimate day in Mexico was not as memorable as I would have liked. I woke up feeling like some dude beat my ass the night before in some rowdy bar fight. This was partly attributed to me getting too excited at the gym the day prior, but mostly … keep reading

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Guadalajara, Mexico

January 13, 2011

  With the end of my quest for the real Mexico gunning to a close (Saturday), I decided to take one last big side trip. For some reason, I figured I wanted to stay north of Mexico City. Also wanting to give another big city a chance, and have enough things to do to keep … keep reading

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Side Trips and Shit Storms

January 11, 2011

It has almost been a week since my last post. I’ve been doing a lot of other writing in the form of articles about my travels and hopefully for a newspaper and a magazine. This has left my right lobe a little worn out, but Daddys back!… Last Monday I went to Guanajuato, and it … keep reading

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I never thought it would be me…I don’t know how it happened but I’m there, Starbucks. You know, that guy, that weaselly little yuppie you hate on his laptop. Sipping his Latte lethargically as he pecks away at his blog or browses NPR’s website to regurgitate others’ witty worldly introspections. I want to justify my … keep reading

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Just a lonely Jew on Christmas

December 29, 2010

  Well where do I begin…Last Friday, the day Christ our Lord was birthed, I thought would be spent alone. The plight of the Jew on Christmas is written in stone, almost as definitively as the psalms and hyms our Christian brethren orate on this holy of days. 24 hours highlighted by greasy Chinese food … keep reading

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