A Mexico City Guide š®
Condescending advice but also my favorite secret spots.
Since moving to Mexico City 9 years ago, Iāve been asked for recommendations approximately 1,487,938 times. Iāve done 5 research projects, given 6 specialized tours, and produced 3 journalistic investigations. (Clients have included: The New York Times, The Art Institute of Chicago, This American Life, National Geographic, and the architects that built the High Line. Hire me! Iām fun and way more thorough than anyone has ever thought necessary.)
And now Iāve compiled a SĆŗper Official Mexico City Guide.
It features:
Condescending advice for being a minimally obnoxious gringo tourist
Local artists to support
Reading recs
A street food explainer
My sĆŗperfavorite cantinas, bars, and restaurants
Food markets, non-food markets, and non-market things to do
Three walking tours I wrote (Centro, Roma, Coyoacan)
Gorgeous collages by Sophie Greenspan (one featured above). PS Sophie has excellent Mexico City cityscape prints for sale on her website and is a very talented freelance graphic designer, and my frequent dream collaborator. Hire her, too!
Y mucho, mucho mĆ”s! Itās over 6 thousand words long bc writing Comprehensive Guides is what I do.
There are 3 ways you can get this guide.
You can make a $5 donation to Otros Dreams en AcciĆ³n, a wonderful organization ādedicated to mutual support and political action by and for people who grew up in the US and are now in Mexico due to deportationā here and reply to this email with a screenshot showing your payment confirmation.
You can buy work from David Hernandez. DM him on Instagram. He does custom keys, nameplates, rings, and doggie tags. Keys are $20. Send me some kind of proof of purchase. Boxy letters, curly cursive, gangster Pooh Bears, flowers, skateboards, or anything else you want.
You can buy a piece of work from Melquiades GarcĆa. Heās in his 80s, heās literally the inventor of this kind of signage, and he is still alive and taking commissions! (Custom signs or choose from what he has available.) His work is not nearly expensive enough. Literally you can own a piece of signmaking history. The man needs to work, slide into his DMs. Send me some kind of proof of purchase.
Once I send you the link for this guide, itās up to you to ask others to donate before sharing it again and to ask them to do the same. Thereās no paywall. Itās honor system, but if you send it to someone without having them donate, the pool water will turn purple and everyone will know.
October essay soon.
K love you bye.