Cyberflanerie: James McGrath Morris, Mexican Baby Jesus, Maps, Tiles Stoves, Hang, The Umbrella Man

James McGrath Morris's "Type A" Column for the Santa Fe New Mexican, including E-books: the legerdemain of tomorrow?

Morris also has a new book out, Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, First Lady of the Black Press. 

Check out the book's trailer—it's well worth watching (especially for the bit about President Eisenhower.)

And check out his article about writing this biography, "Reporting Across the Color Line," in The Daily Beast.

Mexican Baby Jesus in the "Mexico Cooks!" blog. (No worries, BJ does not get broiled.)

BBC: Maps That Shaped the World

The Billfold: Real Life As a Pastry Cook

Número Cinq Magazine's Virginia Woolf: Voice and Pictures

Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais - His Life and Work

Interesting Low-Techerie: Tiled Stoves 

From ye olde soundworks category: Hang: A New Instrument 

Utterly fascinating op-doc: The Umbrella Man 

How to Reduce Your Mail To Almost Nothing

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Cyberflanerie: Mexico, Dinofuzz, Head Like an Orange, Keffir, Farnam Street & etc

The always excellent food blog Mexico Cooks! offers a mezcal primer.

My amiga, intrepid traveler Judith Leaver on Finishing Spanish School (Or Did It Finish Me?)

Travel writer Sean Paul Kelley on José María Sánchez y Tapia.

Interesting GIFs on Head Like an Orange.

How to Travel with Keffir and Be a Pioneer.

Hooray for Dinofuzz! (I am still recovering from the elimination of Pluto; now they say dinosaurs had colorful fuzz…)

Shavings: a Blog for Woodworkers by Gary Rodowski.

Brainy: Anat Baniel and Jill Bolte Taylor on HuffPost.

Alain de Botton offers A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success (Infectious accent alert!!)

More cyberflanerie at Farnam Street Blog.

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Cyberflanerie: Mexico City, Patzcuaro, Tijuana & Tulum Edition

You're Eating Fake Tacos and Diana Kennedy is Pissed About It  by Daniel Hernandez
P.S. Diana Kennedy is a true treasure: teacher, caretaker, visionary. Her name may not be hispanic, but she knows Mexican cuisine better than anyone, including, yes, the Mexicans.

The always excellent and informative Exploring Colonial Mexico, lately on Enrique Luft Pávlata.

Sam Quinones doesn't like Tijuana, he loves it! (Yes, Yours Truly has visited and had quite a bit to say about it, too. But I didn't get to the opera.)

Victor: Artes Populares Mexicanas, now in new digs near the Claustro Sor Juana, upstairs from Librería Madero. I was about to blog about this charming rinconcito, but my amigo, artist and travel writer, Jim Johnston, beat me to it in his blog, Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler. 

Speaking of rinconcitos, Mexico Cooks! has another bodacious post about the new market in Col. Roma. Nicholas Gilman chimes in on his blog, Good Food in Mexico City.

My amiga the ever adventurous DC-based writer Judy Leaver is learning Spanish in Tulum.

David Lida says Federico Gama is the best photojournalist working in Mexico City today.

Burro Hall is still reporting on the usual wackiness. (Hey, karma police, the guy has an elderly pug.)

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