Multiple news sources report that the average price for gasoline in Mexico will rise from 14 to 20 percent in
Author: elrichiboy
Make a Difference
People are wingeing all over my Facebook feed about this carrot-hybrid we elected to be president. Well, get used to
Emily Davis Tour Kickoff at Proper Printshop Tonight!
Okay, music fans. El Paso’s songbird Emily Davis is playing a show at Proper Printshop to finance gas and ramen
Our Economic Forecast
Good news, chuqueños. The foreboding sense of doom you’ve been feeling for the past several years is not a brain
What people watch
Here’s an interesting article from the New York Times, delineating the most popular teevee shows in different markets. In El
Learn to Play the Piano (Sort of)
Is your much better half after you to make some New Year’s resolutions? When Claire asks me what I want
Oh, the irony.
Poor Ann Morgan Lilly. She’s like the queen of a country that no longer exists, and she can’t quite come
El Rocinante
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Juarez is cheap. A dollar buys twenty pesos now. And
Brooklyn Nights at Hope and Anchor Tonight
Hope and Anchor hosts DJ Farbeon tonight. He’ll be spinning True School Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Rock and House from
Now we know who drives the truck.
I lifted this from the Paso del Sur’s Facebook page about their meeting with elected officials last Friday. For all
Tuesday Night Fights: Mr. Ann Morgan Lilly vs. Mrs. Mayor
Did you see this story about the husband of former City Representative Ann Morgan Lilly allegedly assaulting Mayor Oscar Leeser’s
Mexican Booze for the Holidays
Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or maybe you need some libations for the end of year celebration. Either
Did We Take Our City Back?
You heard that yesterday City Council voted 4-2 to build the downtown arena anywhere but the Duranguito/Union Plaza neighborhood. There
Breaking News: Dogfight at City Hall
The celebrated decision to relocate the arena to the Civic Center site has met unexpected resistance from downtown real estate
Go Local: Holiday Edition
[This post originally appeared on 22 December 2015]. Somehow the holidays always sneak up on me. I always used to
Miles Davis with LCD Soundsystem
How’s your life? Do you sometimes feel like your existence is meaningless? Like the world is sucking pit of despair?
El Arbolito Lives!
The Arbolito, that little dive bar that used to be located on Mariscal, next to the Día y Noche, is
Hiking the Franklins
Friday woke up with charcoal gray clouds camped to the north. The polar vortex was coming, the weathermen said. Winds.
Hal Marcus’ Hippie Holidaze
Don’t you just love Christmas shopping? Going to the mall, and looking for a parking spot, and then elbowing your
Our Local Government In Action
Well, it looks like the City of El Paso will do a better thing than kick poor people out of