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The Sausage Shop Again

2026-09-04 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

by Rich Wright I told you once, but maybe you just won’t listen. The Sausage Shop has the best pork

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Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

2026-08-26 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Music, Slider 3 comments

by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel

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The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

2026-08-19 Howard Campbell How to Live in El Paso, Juarez One comment

by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops.

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NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States” Updated

2026-08-15 Rich Wright Breaking News, How to Live in El Paso, Media, Slider 3 comments

Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United

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La Cucaracha

2026-08-14 Howard Campbell How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 2 comments

by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive

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Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

2026-01-23 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the

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Shopping South El Paso Street

2025-12-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our

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“Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

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“[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas

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Red Elvises at Sunset Parlor this Tuesday

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Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.

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Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

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With music by David Romo.

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Bullfight Tonight!

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The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner

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The Russians Are Coming!

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Igor and the Red Elvises are performing at the Sunset Parlor, 1307 N. Oregon, at 7:30, on Tuesday, November 18.

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Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

2025-10-01 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Culture, Juarez, Slider One comment

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

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The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and

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Book Launch: “Juarez | Tales from a Misunderstood City”

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You and the Juarez Walking Tour

2025-09-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Juarez Walking Tour, Slider 2 comments

I’ve been offering Juarez Walking Tours to anyone willing to pay my meager fee for more than 10 years. Over

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Retrovision: Billares El Cid

2025-08-12 Rich Wright Juarez, How to Live in El Paso, Slider 5 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 11 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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