MEX and the CITY

Google Doodle celebrates Mexican Icon Maria Felix “ La Doña” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Félix

Our friend Mariel Cruz gifted us with this beautiful piece in @vogue on the elegant artistry and fierce sport of Escaramuza. 

M&TC: Cruising into the weekend bajito y suavecito

Our contributing photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero introduced us to this mezcal utopia and it is pure bliss!

It’s been cloudy with a chance of Tequila in Berlin! Did you know Germany is Mexico’s second biggest export market for tequila? Last month Mexico’s Tourism Board premiered an exhibit at a Berlin gallery to showcase the Tequila Cloud. We’re hoping the cloud will make its way to NYC next!

We now have three restaurants in the city, Máximo Bistrot, Lalo! and Havre 77. Over all, the cuisine is French-Mexican. We also have 130 employees with six partnerships in Mexico, two in London and one in Dubai.”

Luis Barragán was born on March 9, 1902 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Barragán known for his modern Hacienda aesthetics and signature bold pink, blue and yellow walls. He’s a design icon and the first Mexican to date to have won the Pritzker prize.

WCW Mimi Derba, Adriana and Dolores Ehlers, Cándida Beltrán Rendón, Adela Sequeyro, and Matilde Landeta.

Photos by Stefan Ruiz 

Object MX’s Veronica Hernandez sums it up best, explaining, “Art and food have become a way for us in Tijuana to figure out our relationship with the border. It opens a dialogue and permits us, as Mexicans, to define who we are through our experiences.”

Martha Alvarez Montero is an art director and artist specialising in ceramics. Martha cut her teeth making displays in NYC for top brands like Chanel, Dior and Hermes while also working as a production designer for TV, film and advertising. Returning to Mexico City she continued to work in numerous projects in both art and advertising, with such credits as senior production designer for the 2015 Zona Maco contemporary art fair.