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Series in progress · Valley Notebook

6 installments

Coming up: The valley opens: Las Sendas, the next piece of this same valley that we are about to open — and why it was chosen fifteen minutes from everything we have told so far.

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Valley Notebook · 06 — A Saturday in the Valley

The orange, the river, the ice cream, the people who stayed, the winter: the five previous notebooks stitched into the map of a single Saturday.

6 min read · October 8, 2026

Lifestyle · 4 min

Historic Homes for Sale in Mexico: Ten Worth Restoring or Keeping

Town houses, villas and Mexican modernism to restore: restoring without erasing is history too. Ten homes for sale.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Forest Homes in Mexico: Ten Houses Living Inside the Landscape

Ten forest and mountain homes beyond Valle de Bravo, from Tapalpa to Mexico City, where wood and stone live inside the landscape.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Country Houses in Mexico: 8 Designed Homes in Valle de Bravo

Eight country houses in Valle de Bravo built with brick, timber, sillar stone and steel, chosen for human scale and their bond with the forest.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Design Homes for Sale in Southern Mexico City: 10 Houses, Each With a Decision Behind It

Ten houses in southern Mexico City where volcanic rock, gardens, and wood explain the design, from San Ángel Inn to the Pedregal.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Designed Homes in Lomas de Chapultepec, Bosques de las Lomas and Vista Hermosa: Ten Properties

Ten properties in Lomas de Chapultepec, Bosques de las Lomas, Vista Hermosa and nearby, chosen for the clarity of their architecture.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Design Homes in Guadalajara, Mexico: Ten Houses, Ten Design Decisions

From Colonia Americana to Andares and the pines of Tapalpa: ten Jalisco homes and apartments chosen for their design decisions.

Lifestyle · 3 min

Architect-designed homes for sale in Mexico: five worth knowing

Five homes for sale in Mexico: four by recognized architects and one Porfirian mansion in Guadalajara, chosen for the reasoning behind them.

Lifestyle · 4 min

Houses in Valle de Bravo, Mexico: 10 Picks by the Lake and Woods

Ten houses in Valle de Bravo and Avándaro that made the selection: lake, forest, brick, timber and concrete, and the curatorial note behind each.

Lifestyle · 3 min

Historic Homes in Merida Mexico: Four That Made Our Selection

Two restored town houses, a home with a tree in the dining room, and one in black marble: four Mérida homes and the curatorial note behind each one.

Lifestyle · 5 min

Valley Notebook · 05 — The Valley in Winter

The orange of 01, the river of 02, the snow of 03, the people who stayed in 04. Fifth installment in the Montemorelos valley series: why December, quietly, is the best time to know it.

Lifestyle · 6 min

Valley Notebook · 04 — The People Who Stayed

Almost everyone comes for a weekend. Some never leave. Fourth installment in the Montemorelos valley series: those who came for the orange, the river, and the snow, and ended up changing their address.

Lifestyle · 6 min

Valley Notebook · 03 — The Downtown Ice Cream Shops

Orange is not only squeezed: it is frozen. Third installment in the Montemorelos valley series: the map of burnt-milk snow, seasonal orange snow, and why a cone explains the place better than a brochure.

Lifestyle · 6 min

Valley Notebook · 02 — The Pilón River

Before Monterrey had pools, it had a river. Second installment in the Montemorelos valley series: where to swim, when to go, and why water is the real reason to stay.

Lifestyle · 5 min