While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at
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Community First Coalition Forum on Affordable Housing
The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and
You and the Juarez Walking Tour
I’ve been offering Juarez Walking Tours to anyone willing to pay my meager fee for more than 10 years. Over
Retrovision: Billares El Cid
This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in
Sunwest Seafood Sales
Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,
La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La
The Most Bilingual City in America
According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more
Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday
This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be
The Bullfights Are Back!
I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on
Food & Wine & Hatch Chiles
Well, it’s chile season. So FoodandWine.com has an article. Perhaps you’re wondering what all the fuss is about. They’re just
One of the Five Best Tequilas
From Forbes.com: To help simplify things, we turned to the top international spirit competitions to help narrow down the field
Barrio Park Christmas Toy Giveaway.
I’ve told you about Cruz Morales. He puts his heart and soul into Barrio Park, over there by the new
Tortas de Cola de Pavo
El Paso has Chico’s Tacos. Juarez has tortas de cola de pavo. Turkey tail sandwiches. Of course you can only
“Rio Grande Revisited: Backroads of Albuquerque”
Here’s a radio documentary from frequent El Chuqueño contributer Kent Paterson. Join journalist Kent Paterson for a trip back and
El Chuco and The Rock
From InsideTheMagic.net: Actor Dwayne Johnson is being sued in a massive $3 billion lawsuit, and the case just made progress
Día de San Ricardo
Today is the feast day of Saint Richard, or, as we say en español, el día de San Ricardo. So
History Showcase this Saturday
Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.
“Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chile?”
From Sapiens.org: Psychology researchers, on the other hand, have posited that some people’s preference for capsaicin-containing foods is related to