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Learn to Play the Piano (Sort of)

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Is your much better half after you to make some New Year’s resolutions? When Claire asks me what I want

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El Rocinante

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I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Juarez is cheap. A dollar buys twenty pesos now. And

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Mexican Booze for the Holidays

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Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or maybe you need some libations for the end of year celebration. Either

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Go Local: Holiday Edition

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[This post originally appeared on 22 December 2015]. Somehow the holidays always sneak up on me. I always used to

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El Arbolito Lives!

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The Arbolito, that little dive bar that used to be located on Mariscal, next to the Día y Noche, is

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Hiking the Franklins

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Friday woke up with charcoal gray clouds camped to the north. The polar vortex was coming, the weathermen said. Winds.

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Día de Nuestra Señora

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Yesterday I went to Juarez for the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the

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Juarez Sunday Afternoon

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I’m sitting in a cowhide chair at a cowhide table in the Mariachi Bar, just off Avenida Juarez, a block

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A Perfect World: The Mennonite Colonies of Chihuahua

2016-12-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Mexico One comment

Here’s a locally relevant documentary about a couple of Mennonite colonies just down the road from here in Chihuahua. I

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Hope Riot with Robert Holguin

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It’s a tribute. I think.

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Tlacho XolitzcuintIi Centeotl Yacatecuhtli

2016-11-30 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

By Reesa Turner When I heard that a perfect storm of 3 of my absolute favorite things (BEER, TACOS, FREE)

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Feliz Día Desgracia

2016-11-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

Today is the day we express our thanks for everything we should be thankful for. Like family. Friends. Sunshine. Music.

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Igor and the Red Elvises at 5 Points Bistro on Sunday!

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That’s right. Your favorite band is playing on the patio at the 5 Points Bistro, on Sunday with a special

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Futbol Chuco-style

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Here’s a piece from the New York Times with an El Paso dateline. It talks about the choice American futbol

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La Santa Cecilia at Tricky Falls this Thursday

2016-11-07 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

La Santa Cecilia is a throwback to the Golden Age of Mexican music. More Los Tres Panchos than Jose Alfredo

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It’s a Gamble

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Allegiant Airlines offers flights from El Paso to Las Vegas for $39. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Allegiant’s airplanes

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Wake Me When I’m Dead

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The Rubin Center, the art gallery on the UTEP campus, is hosting an event this Thursday (tomorrow) from 6 to

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Weather Forecast

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I remember when we had to bundle up for Trick or Treat. When sitting in the stands for high school

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Abdou Diary

2016-10-27 elrichiboy Art, Downtown, How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

by Hope Wright I’d like to tell you that I’ve puked in every bathroom in the Abdou Building. But that

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WJUC Highlights Video

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Here’s are the freshest highlights of the finals of the World Junior (U 20) Ultimate Championship, in Poland. Fresh as

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