My Mexico Tours

02/10/2024

I JUST VOTED AND IT FEELS GREAT!

20/09/2024

These fantastic photo collages are by a traveler on My Mexico Tours Colonial Treasures tour. Gracias, Lise Luttgens, for allowing me to share them. ❤️

10/09/2024

My Colonial Treasures: Guanajuato & San Miguel tour begins this week. This morning I sent an email to my group, asking them to choose from the following menu items for our Welcome to Guanajuato dinner on Friday night at Casa Mercedes. I AM STOKED! And wondering, what would you choose? 😋

1st course: Choice of...
Taquito de carnitas de pato con guacamole, pico de gallo con xoconostle y salsa morita ~ Little Taco of Duck Carnitas with Guacamole, Pico de Gallo with Xoconostle, and Morita Chile Sauce

Montadito de nopal asado, relleno de queso de cabra y salmón ahumado con aceite de chiles ~ Grilled Cactus paddle filled with Goat Cheese and Smoked Salmon, and Chile Oil

Uchepo con salsa de cuitlacoche y rajas de chile chorro y nopal ~ Fresh Corn Tamal with Huitlacoche Sauce, strips of Seasonal Chile Chorro and Cactus

2nd course: Choice of...
Chile en Nogada ~ Roasted Poblano Chile stuffed with Picadillo (mixture of meat, fruits, nuts) topped with Nut Sauce and Pomegranate Seeds

Costilla Cargada en Salsa de Pasilla con Frijoles de la Olla ~ Boneless Beef Short Rib with a Chile Pasilla Sauce

Pesca de temporada a la mantequilla quemada con alcaparras y reducción de vino blanco ~ Seasonal Fish with Browned Butter, Capers, and a White Wine Reduction

3rd course: Choice of...
Pan de elote casero con helado de nuez hecho en casa ~ Homemade Corn Cake with Pecan Ice Cream

Helado de totomoxtle, huitlacoche deshidratado, tierra de chocolate y palomita con caramelo de limón ~ Fresh Corn Husk Ice Cream on a bed of chocolate and Caramel Corn with Lemon.

Natilla de maíz azul con crumble de galleta de horno ~ Blue corn Pudding with Cookies

27/08/2024

I'm in Guanajuato for a few days going over details for my tour here in September. I will always adore this city. ❤

San Miguel is next!

10/08/2024

This is an excellent piece about the art and artisans in the Pátzcuaro area from Craftsmanship Magazine (2021, I think.) It's not short, but for those of us who are into this (and I knoiw you know who you are 😉) it's worth every second.

The well researched and engaging text is by Laura Fraser (who I believe lives in SMA?) and the stunning photos of so many familiar people and places are by Janet Jarman of the NYT.

From pineapple-shaped pots to coppersmithing, Pátzcuaro in southwestern Mexico has long served as a community hub for artisanal crafts. How will it survive today's challenges?

05/08/2024

A fantastic piece - this one from Craftsmanship Magazine - about the luthiers of Paracho, Michoacán.

The now-iconic white guitar from the Disney film, “Coco,” was created in Paracho, Mexico, where almost every shop sells guitars. Our writer tracked down some master luthiers who make the real thing.

05/08/2024

In the past couple of days several excellent articles, videos, etc. have come my way about some of my favorite artists of Michoacán. This is one - a video interview with potter Elvia Silva of Zipiajo. She is a humble yet savvy Force of Nature, this one, and I'm delighted to share this video with you.

(Gracias to Peggy for the introduction and to Alejandro for the post.)

P'urhepecha Master Ceramist, Community Organizer and Activist Maria Elvia Silva Bartolo is from the community of Zipiajo, Michoacan, Mexico. Maria Elvia talk...

03/06/2024

I’m delighted to say that a tour donated by My Mexico Tours is one of eight items offered in this years Bouquets to Art luxury raffle held by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

SF pals, get there to the De Young this week and buy yourself a ticket…or three. 🎟️

❤️BIG thanks to my pals who contribute to make this possible! Victoria Ryan of Hotel Casa Encantada, Deborah Lopez and Alejandro Vilchis - tour guides extraordinarios, Cynthia Martínez of La Conspiración de 1809, and more. I can’t thank you enough for your generosity and support.❤️

27/04/2024

A Do Not Miss place/activity in Mexico City. Contact my friends Ricardo de la Chinampa to make arrangements for a tour.

Chinampas — an ingenious adaptation to the Valley of Mexico's lake-filled landscape — could hold lessons for cities around the world.

26/04/2024

Felicidades, Chef! I've been bringing my travelers to Claudia's restaurant Kokono' since it opened (thanks to your tip, Maurine Fischel 😘) and I'm delighted to see her honored in this way.

Claudia Albertina Ruiz Sántiz, Chiapaneca tzotzil, destaca en la industria gastronómica como una de las 50 mejores chefs del mundo.

23/04/2024

I love sharing the gorgeous paper art at DeLirio with my travelers. The papers are made from maize, aquatic hyacinth, and other natural fibers. Bravo Tania y Esteban!

17/04/2024

Any of you who have been to Patzcuaro with me have met Esteban and Tania of Taller Delirio in Huecorio. They are talented and passionate humans and I adore their art.

This Friday, April 19, Esteban will be interviewed on Central Art at 7pm on fb livestream and youtube https://www.youtube.com/

Don’t miss it.

✨Acompaña a nuestros conductores Luis e Ireri a conocer un nuevo artista cada viernes en punto de las 19:00hrs ✨

14/04/2024

My super talented and awfully nice older brother Mark just got more well deserved ink. Read it here….

With a hatchet, a knife, paintbrushes, and a deep reverence for nature and American folk art, Mark McNair turns out some of the finest decoys ever to float the Atlantic coast

12/04/2024

Fantastic visit to the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares in Coyoacán yesterday. What a treasure this place is. Ten minute walk from Casa Azul, another short walk to the Mercado and plazas. A lovely day.

09/04/2024

After a couple of days at home in Pátzcuaro after lots of days/weeks touring, I’m on the road again today, headed to Mexico City to meet up with my Santa Cruz friends/clients.

25/03/2024

Lovelovelove Oaxaca.

El Taller Arte Papel of Oaxaca is a paper-making cooperative founded in 1998 by Francisco Toledo. After refurbishing the former Hidroeléctrica La Soledad, a 19th century hydroelectric plant that once provided all of Oaxaca’s electricity, Toledo set up the Taller in an effort to teach paper-making...

24/03/2024

First photos from the Culture of Oaxaca tour that began today. Great shots, Jean, gracias! https://www.facebook.com/share/RqN9tDwnpkbzNf49/?mibextid=WC7FNe

19/03/2024

Sending out much love, respect, and gratitude to the many artesanos I have the privilege of knowing. Thank you making the world more beautiful. ❤

14/03/2024

This is cool. Sundance in CDMX in April.

The renowned film showcase's Mexico City edition will bring four days of Sundance films and planned events with invited actors and directors.

21/08/2023

In the immortal words of my dear friend Tony (whom I never met😉)… This, my friends, does not suck.

07/11/2022

The whitest cloud ever, in the sky above my house in Pátzcuaro today.

14/08/2022

07/03/2021

I know you'll enjoy this tribute to Herlinda Morales of Santa Fe de la Laguna written by my pal Peggy of Mexico By Hand. MMT travelers on Pátzcuaro tours have so enjoyed our visits with Herlinda, an inspiring woman who broke out of the restrictions placed on her as a woman and became a well respected ceramic artist.

If you're in the States and jonesing for some beautiful art by Michoacán artists, check out www.mexicobyhand.com. Link to FB page is https://www.facebook.com/mexicobyhand

MEXICO BY HAND- Featuring fine folk art by award-winning craftspeople from MIchoacán, Mexico. Visit

07/03/2021

My friend Peggy Stein of Mexico By Hand is posting tributes for Women's History Month of "Women We Honor". This tribute is to Bernadina and Elena from Huancito, Michoacán. Although we haven't ever visited their village on a tour, Many MMT travelers have purchased pieces by them and by their family members during our time in Pátzcuaro.

Thank you, Peggy, for shining the light on these two talented women. ❤

www.mexicobyhand.com

01/12/2020

Wondering if any of my Chiapas travelers (or anyone, for that matter) are collectors of "nacimientos" (creche sets)? If so, this is a stunning one from Chiapa de Corzo.