Cafe y Chisme Corner

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Morelos Gifts: For the Morelense Who Carries Th...

Say you're from Morelos and watch what happens when you tell someone. People either draw a blank, or they say "oh, Cuernavaca, my tía has a weekend house down there"...

Morelos Gifts: For the Morelense Who Carries Th...

Say you're from Morelos and watch what happens when you tell someone. People either draw a blank, or they say "oh, Cuernavaca, my tía has a weekend house down there"...

Sonora Gifts: For the Sonorense Who Carries The...

Someone hands you a plate of enchiladas rojas swimming in mole and asks if that's what you grew up eating, and you have to explain — again — that no,...

Sonora Gifts: For the Sonorense Who Carries The...

Someone hands you a plate of enchiladas rojas swimming in mole and asks if that's what you grew up eating, and you have to explain — again — that no,...

Baja California Gifts: For the Bajacaliforniano...

Someone hears you're from Baja California and immediately asks about Cabo. You explain, again, that Cabo San Lucas is eleven hours south, in a different state, with a different governor...

Baja California Gifts: For the Bajacaliforniano...

Someone hears you're from Baja California and immediately asks about Cabo. You explain, again, that Cabo San Lucas is eleven hours south, in a different state, with a different governor...

Querétaro Gifts: For the Queretano Who Carries ...

Say "Querétaro" at a family gathering outside Mexico and watch what happens. Half the room hears "Guanajuato" and starts talking about Diego Rivera. The other half assumes it's some suburb...

Querétaro Gifts: For the Queretano Who Carries ...

Say "Querétaro" at a family gathering outside Mexico and watch what happens. Half the room hears "Guanajuato" and starts talking about Diego Rivera. The other half assumes it's some suburb...

Durango Gifts: For the Duranguense Who Carries ...

Tell someone outside the culture you're Duranguense and watch what happens — half the time their brain jumps straight to a dusty movie backlot, not a state where your abuela...

Durango Gifts: For the Duranguense Who Carries ...

Tell someone outside the culture you're Duranguense and watch what happens — half the time their brain jumps straight to a dusty movie backlot, not a state where your abuela...

Coahuila Gifts: For the Coahuilense Who Carries...

Tell someone outside the culture you're Coahuilense and watch them picture nothing but desert and a border crossing — maybe a truck stop, maybe nothing at all. What they don't...

Coahuila Gifts: For the Coahuilense Who Carries...

Tell someone outside the culture you're Coahuilense and watch them picture nothing but desert and a border crossing — maybe a truck stop, maybe nothing at all. What they don't...