Series · 6 installments · 34 min read
Valley Notebook
An open notebook on the valley of Montemorelos: the oranges along the highway, the river where half of Monterrey learned to swim, the ice cream on the plaza, the people who stayed, and the December almost nobody visits. It reads in order — and every installment is one more reason to drive an hour south.
- 01The Orange HourAn hour south of Monterrey, the Carretera Nacional changes temperature and scent. First in a series on the Montemorelos valley.Aug 7, 2026 · 5 min
- 02The Pilón RiverBefore 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.Aug 10, 2026 · 6 min
- 03The Downtown Ice Cream ShopsOrange 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.Aug 18, 2026 · 6 min
- 04The People Who StayedAlmost 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.Sep 13, 2026 · 6 min
- 05The Valley in WinterThe 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.Sep 16, 2026 · 5 min
- 06A Saturday in the ValleyThe orange, the river, the ice cream, the people who stayed, the winter: the five previous notebooks stitched into the map of a single Saturday.Oct 8, 2026 · 6 min
Next installment · 07
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.