By Max Milano I came to Mexico City to do some research for a novel I’m writing called “Hollywood Gringo”. The story is set in the 1950s when Mexico City became a magnet for postwar Gringos on the GI bill, who then, like now, were attracted to the city’s openness, culture, cuisine, and low prices. I had read William S. Burroughs’s books Queer and Junkie and Naked Lunch and became somewhat obsessed with Burroughs’s life […]

By Max Milano The Estero Beach Resort is the best hotel in Ensenada. It’s a heaven of subdued luxury on a spot privileged by nature. It sits across the waters from a great sandbar that forms a natural lagoon with a long and wide beach on its ocean-facing side. At the tip of the sandbar, there’s a deep and narrow tidal channel with the Estero Beach Resort on the mainland shore and a sandy beach […]