Medellin Living

This video captures a photo-charity project lead by my buddy Troy Floyd. Help Portrait Medellín 2011 from Katie Hudson. The concept is simple: it’s comprised of photographers and volunteers who want to come together and give free professional photographs back to the wonderful Paisa people of Medellín. We hit the streets armed with our camera [...]

The paísas prove every week that they are some of the most entrepreneurial people in the world. Take my friend Juanes, for example. He decided he wanted to start his own business, something that could help his fellow paísas, so he started a local version of Groupon. It’s called Mi Mama Está Loca. The story [...]

In 2011, Medellin Living solidified its position as the #1 blog for Colombia’s City of the Eternal Spring. Visits to the site tripled over 2010, thanks in big part to a host of contributors who helped fill in the gaps while I focused on the nightlife and restaurant scene. Top 10 Posts of 2011 Medellin [...]

Hola amigos, es Dave otra vez. I hope you’ve been enjoying Ryan’s adventures in Antioquia while I’ve been off exploring Ecuador and Peru. I had another amazing 6 months in Medellin this year. If you’re new to the blog, here are the highlights. February After visiting Japan for the first time, I arrived back at [...]

For a month, I resisted. It was the first time in a dozen years that I did not have a cell phone and I liked it. This might sound silly to you, especially if you are part of the generation that has had mobile phone since middle school. And I’ll admit, even though the first [...]