Once upon a time, a couple of newlyweds left upstate New York and moved to Mexico City. Rather, this happened in mid-December, 2009. Our two heroes, Shazta and Keating (names changed for the sake of internet anonymity), left behind the familiar and the snowy to move to Mexico for Shazta's postdoctoral work. She spoke some Spanish; Keating could order a beer and ask for the bathroom. This blog is their story, as told by Shazta, and intended to entertain and update friends and family in the States.