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Retrovision: Billares El Cid

2025-08-12 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 4 comments

This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in

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“Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

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Sunwest Seafood Sales

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Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,

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La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez

2025-07-17 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 7 comments

You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La

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The Most Bilingual City in America

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According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more

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Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday

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This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be

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The Bullfights Are Back!

2024-10-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider One comment

I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on

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Food & Wine & Hatch Chiles

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Well, it’s chile season. So FoodandWine.com has an article. Perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is about. They’re just

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One of the Five Best Tequilas

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From Forbes.com: To help simplify things, we turned to the top international spirit competitions to help narrow down the field

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Barrio Park Christmas Toy Giveaway.

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I’ve told you about Cruz Morales. He puts his heart and soul into Barrio Park, over there by the new

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Tortas de Cola de Pavo

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El Paso has Chico’s Tacos. Juarez has tortas de cola de pavo. Turkey tail sandwiches. Of course you can only

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“Rio Grande Revisited: Backroads of Albuquerque”

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Here’s a radio documentary from frequent El Chuqueño contributer Kent Paterson. Join journalist Kent Paterson for a trip back and

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El Chuco and The Rock

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From InsideTheMagic.net: Actor Dwayne Johnson is being sued in a massive $3 billion lawsuit, and the case just made progress

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Día de San Ricardo

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Today is the feast day of Saint Richard, or, as we say en español, el día de San Ricardo. So

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History Showcase this Saturday

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Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.

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“Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chile?”

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From Sapiens.org: Psychology researchers, on the other hand, have posited that some people’s preference for capsaicin-containing foods is related to

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What Gives?

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Sunday I went to Cloudcroft. The high temperature was 72. The low was 58. You should try it. Nowhere on

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Rent a Bullring

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Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros

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“Ciclovías de Ciudad Juárez ¿Que tan funcional son?”

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Corn or Flour?

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El Pasoans eat a lot of tortillas. I’ve had seven today and it’s not even two o’clock yet. Tacos. Burritos.

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