Each November, cultures around the world celebrate holidays to remember ancestors and loved ones who have passed away. In Mexico (and the U.S.) we know this day as Día de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") but in Ecuador, they call it Día de los Difuntos (literally, "Day of the Deceased"). The Day of the Dead in Ecuador coincides with the Catholic holiday of All Soul's Day and is observed from ...
Mono Lake: A Sunrise Walk on the Moon
It was really cold and really quiet as we trudged through the darkness just before sunrise. As I scanned the area with my flashlight, I saw bulging, white rock formations dotting the grassy field. The increasingly rocky trail ended at a large, still lake. Masses of jagged limestone pierced the horizon, reflected in the water. Mono Lake is an ancient saline lake located in rural Central ...
Behind The Sweetness
The following story was written by our friend and EIT reader, Gerald Yuscavage. For two summers of my life I worked as a seasonal, oceanfront taffy maker in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. One of the machines I worked on was a one-hundred-year-old taffy wrapper that gave me more stress than I could have possibly imagined one might get from making taffy. It was a fickle machine whose true intention ...
The Perfect Mexican Michelada Recipe
It was 2005, and I'd just finished classes for the day at a Spanish language school in Guanajuato, Mexico. The instructors, José Luis, Esmeralda, and Guillermo had invited my classmates and me out for happy hour at one of their favorite bars. We all ordered a beer, either the familiar mainstays Pacifico and Corona, or (for those of us feeling more adventurous) the local favorite, ...
Where To Stay In Brooklyn: Hotel BPM
The odds were stacked against me sleeping well on our trip to New York. We started the trip with a red-eye flight from San Francisco, getting into JFK at 7:30 am. I never sleep on planes and this trip was no exception. The very same night we went to a concert that went very late. And the second night... well, you remember how that went. Despite all this, I slept really well when we stayed ...
A Tale of Two Cities in Brooklyn
If you've heard anything about the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, you've probably heard of the hipsters--the moustached young guys in skinny jeans who knit and ride fixed-gear bikes to indie rock shows and art openings. You may have even heard about the gentrification, or the movement of wealthy residents from Manhattan into the sleek, highrise condominiums popping up along the waterfront, ...
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