Like Water for Chocolate, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bowling for Columbine, The Station Agent, The Constant Gardener, The Machinist, Super Size Me, Kill Bill Vol. I & II, Reservoir Dogs, City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries, Syriana, Shaun of the Dead, Juno
21 Grams, Amelie, American History X, Barton Fink, Collateral

Just about everything except country. Jazz is my favorite, but a little Metallica or Anthrax does a body good sometimes. Buena Vista Social Club, Thievery Corporation,Miles Davis, Beastie Boys, Gipsy Kings, They Might Be Giants, The Cure, Annie Sellick, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Blues Traveler, Charlie Parker, David Gray, The Dead Milkmen, G. Love & Special Sauce, Gaelic Storm, Jane's Addiction, Lyle Lovett and his large band, Jack Johnson. New Order, NIN

Taboo - love to talk about the big social no-no's. Religion & Politics. Skiing, Scuba Diving, Mountain Biking, building snow forts for my kids (okay - for me). Mexico, Mesoamerican Anthropology. peppers stuffed with mozzarella and prosciutto mmmmmm. Apple TV

Injustice, closed mindedness, excess

Married, 34 years old with a 3 year old and 6 month old. I first
traveled through Mexico with a college anthropology class in
1995. 6 weeks and almost 9000 miles later and I was a changed
man/boy. We hit 15-20 different ruins and towns from Chihuahua & Aguascalientes through Oaxaca and San Miguel - all the way down to Chetumal and somewhere in there I found the center of the universe - the place where I belong.

Ever since then I have been traveling to Mexico 2-3 times/year. 8 years ago, I brought my wife on board, 3 years ago we brought a third member of the family into the fold (son) and just last month our new baby came (daughter).

Many people find that being parents makes them settle into and live with the frantic pace of the US, but for my wife and I the exact opposite happened. Being parents has solidified our resolve to move to Mexico where we can take the time to spend with our family and expose our children to as many different cultures, places and ultimately ideas as possible.

Intellectually and emotionally we are ready to pick up tomorrow and go, but financial obligations are the biggest issue we have right now and we are looking at the different options available to us that could smooth the transition.

Someday Soon