Monthly:February 2010
Bacanora, the regional mescal that comes from the state of Sonora, is a topic that could easily make for a long drawn out narrative, enriched with legends and tales of backcountry Mexico. For now, I’m going to resist any temptation to do so, that would be a sizeable undertaking, the very kind of thing that could end up being irresistibly time consuming. Before we go any further I need to clear up any misconceptions about the word mescal, especially for […]
Tacos with Martin’ (prn:Marteen} – A Story of Contrast We just returned from our second trip to the Rio Sonora Valley in northern Mexico. I’ll write up a short piece on that trip soon, but for now, I thought I would share with you an account of one of the things we enjoy most about that area – tacos. Bill Harmsen, owner of La Posada del Rio Sonora, where we stay in Banamichi, Sonora, Mexico is someone who travels the […]
This is a piece that I wrote after we finished our project at the ASU Ceramic Research Center, I just never got around to posting it. And since I’m catching up on my blog work, here it is, just a couple of months late. It’s basically a timeless Arizona travel piece. Or it could be titled what to do should you find yourself stuck in Phoenix for a few days. On our way home from Phoenix we took an extra […]
Recently we spent a week in a somewhat remote area in northern Mexico known as the Rio Sonora Valley. It has little to do with the Mexico most people imagine, there are no Margaritas, chips and salsa and the violence that has plagued many of the border cities seems far removed. Until the 1970s, when a paved road was constructed, the upper and middle Rio Sonora Valley remained mostly isolated with a subsistence economy. The old road used to follow […]