Fellow Blogger Evelyn

Fellow blogger Evelyn came to Mexico City to celebrate Thanksgiving at Maggie and Antonio's. I don't have any pictures of the great meal we ate on Saturday evening, but I assure you, it was yummy. Its also been nice to see Evelyn. We talked a lot about the transition from living in Boulder for over 7 years to moving to a large city, Mexico City in my case and New York City in Evelyn's case.

Teotihuacan

This past weekend, la banda (i.e. Daniel, Daniela, Hector, Tania, Roberto, Barby, and I) went to recharge ourselves by climbing the Pyramid of the Sun (the pyramid in the background) at Teotihuacan.
Teotihuacan is a pretty amazing place and only an hour from my house. Here is a view of the Pyramid of the Sun from the Pyramid of the Moon.
After eating a very yuumy meal at Mi Ranchito (see new my new profile picture), we went to Daniel's uncle's house in San Martín de las Pirámides. Last weekend was the town's fair and they act out the Moors and Christians fighting, amongst other activities of course.

More Day of the Dead and Maia

Before I headed to Arizona for the conference, I went to see all of the Day of the Dead exhibits at UNAM.
This was by far the best exhibit. The students took advantage a the "mirror of water" to build this tribute to Octavio Paz, the honorary dead guy for this years Day of the Dead at UNAM.
I don't typically spend much time on the UNAM campus at night but the library sure is beautiful at night time.
Last night I had the great opportunity to babysit Maia, my riding partner Lenny's daughter. I was her first babysitter and we got a long really well. I think I will be invited over again soon.

DISCCRS IV

Last week I attended an interdisciplinary symposium on climate change in Mesa, Arizona at the Saguero Lake Ranch. It was nice to get out of the city for a bit and run through the desert. The symposium was very motivating and it was fun to be surrounded by 33 other young motivated individuals.
Here is the group pic.