Everyone I’ve ever met has a dark past with tequila. Just the mention of it makes their face go sour–the shots, the smell, the blinding drunk, and a hellacious hangover the next morning. For some reason, I am not one of those people. But after my family vacation to Mexico last week, I learned a bit about another South-of-the-Border brew: Mezcal.

Like tequila (which is actually a type of mezcal), mezcal is made from agave, a cactus-like plant, native to Mexico. Mezcals are often aged, in oak barrels, for two months to seven years, giving the alcohol a brown coloration and woody flavor, but are available un-aged and clear.

Connoisseurs will tell you the best mezcals come from the Mexican state of Oaxaca (wah-hock-ah). To fully enjoy the complexities of this subtle liquor, go to the city of Oaxaca, the state’s capital, who’s colonial architecture and friendly people only add to the liquor’s historic mystic. Read More »

If there’s one thing worse than misguided emo kids whining about the world, it’s ‘punk’ kids getting all aggro on them. Sure, in my utmost fantasies I pack all the crybabies into a stretch Chevy Astro Van, pop GWAR in the cassette player and drive it off a cliff - but in the real world I just roll my eyes, go on with life and maintain my superiority complex, like any good hater.

They do things different in Mexico, though.

In Tijuana, there are actual RIOTS going on over alignments with certain cliques, where emo kids, goths, punks and indie kids are beating each other to a bloody pulp.

Before I go on a rant, this is serious stuff and should be stopped. Violence leads to more violence. With that said, let the games begin. Read More »

Spring Break is meant for partying, hooking up, and seeing random parts of the world that rely on partying and hooking up as part of it’s GDP. If that is not the recipe for a good time, I am not sure what is. But what if your parents are cheap and/or you are too irresponsible to maintain a job? If that is the case, then you are sitting at home reading this and not in Panama City waking up next to some girl who you should have left at the hotel bar the night before.

We at COED are a kind and generous people, and offer you a wide selection of photos and parties from across the world…that you missed. Please feel free to download them and print them up. Then tape them to the wall, turn up your music, get drunk, and pretend that you are at Spring Break.

…of course it sucks, but its better than nothing - so back off!

Pictures exposed after the jump! Read More »