Mexico City
3/30-4/1 – Tenancingo to Mexico City, via volcano. Plus more good food.
In which we are surprised by a bicycle hobo, drive over a volcano, and eat lots of good food in Mexico City.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bits and snippets from a domestic day in Mexico City
Hello my various dears,
Last night after I arrived we stayed up late with dinner guests Ilán (a friend met in the States), Ilán’s bubbly doctor girlfriend Francisca, and the across-the-hall neighbor Rafa. We ate scrumptious pozole, talking about all the wierd insects people had eaten and what books Rafa should read to his kids. I [...]
safely arrived in DF
Hello my dears! All went well with all aspects of travel (discounting having to get up at 4:15) and I am safely arrived at J’s amazing penthouse apartment in Mexico City. I did a little yoga to unkink my neck and now we expect dinner guests in just a few minutes.
It is warm enough here [...]
Mexico City & Cholula: poodles, pyramids, snacks & such
We are back in Mexico City after half a week away. On Wednesday we fly back to the States. Meanwhile, here are a few Mexico tidbits on a borrowed computer (thanks Linda!):
Smallish white poodles are 10 to a block around here (the Escandon neighborhood of Mexico City), falling on a scale of cleanliness anywhere from [...]
Mexico City: The once-floating gardens of Xochimilco
A few more tidbits from Mexico City on Palm Sunday:At lunch in a tarp-covered cafe Sunday we were approached by a stream of vendors selling the following items draped over their arms or carried in baskets: candy, flowers, pirated CD’s, fruit, palm fronds woven into Catholic symbols, necklaces, bracelets, fake mustaches and metallic false eyelashes. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Mexico City
It’s Day Three in Mexico City.
I’m sitting in my shorts and tank top in Dad and Linda’s rented penthouse apartment, listening to the birds chatter among the cactuses on the patio and the traffic surge 7 storeys below. We have just eaten pancakes with cajeta (goat-milk caramel) and fresh mango, and we are awaiting the [...]
