This past year has been a struggle for me & John to readjust from the “every other weekend = a 3-day+ vacation to a beach, jungle, colonial town or archaeological site” schedule that we got accustomed to living in Mexico City. 
(Yes, I can almost feel your waves of sympathy washing over me.) So after a long, challenging, nearly-vacation-free 2011, we made last minute plans to zip down to Mexico City today (Friday Jan 6th). We debated going somewhere new & unknown to us, but for this particular trip, the comfortable & familiar won out. Consider it a greatest hits tour….just 15 months after the original tour.
Planning has been pretty light thus far… all we’ve really accomplished is starting a list of places we need to eat…. So far we have:
- Dulce Patria
- Don Gueros (John’s “local” taco stand by the US Embassy)
- Contramar
- Azul Condesa
- El Bajio in Azcapotzalco
- San Angel Inn for the martinis I never tried while living there
- Tostadas Coyoacan followed by churros
- + a few new recs I’ve read about like El Caguamo, Bar Lilit, La Casa Roma…
Point being– we are super excited to eat & wander through all the fun neighborhoods, mercados, etc. & track down some friends while we’re there. More photos to follow of anything else new we discover while there. My current fascination is this– Bamboocycle, a company that makes bicycles out of bamboo. Love it!
Is it wrong to just want to replicate this photo again in person? Love ya, tacos al pastor (& even the sullen taquero).
on Jan 6th, 2012 at 11:17 am
If you end up buying one of those bamboo bikes, please be sure to review it after you’ve had a chance to give it some uso rudo. I saw the guys who make them at a bike fair a few months ago, and the bikes looked pretty good, but I did have some concerns about how well they’d hold up to riding in the rain, among other things.
on Jan 6th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
If you have time go to Maximo’s, a new restaurant in Colonia Roma (Zacatecas at Tonalá)–the chef worked at Pujol for 3 years. Happy New Year.
on Jan 6th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
I love your blog and stumbled across it one day. I read all the posts from day one. Really enjoyed it. I am also from Nebraska (Omaha), my parents from farm families, so there were so many aspects of your family stories that really resonated. I live in Dallas now but would like to make extended visits to Mexico one day. One thing though- I wish I could sign up to receive your blog updates by email? Love your writing!
on Jan 31st, 2012 at 9:49 am
If you ever get a chance to visit Santa Fe De La Laguna, in Michoacan, please email me and tell me all about it.
I am planning on going there sometime in the reasonable future and would like a little preview.
I understand that the only place to stay is in a “Hostel”, ran by local women. Not to mention, how to get there from Morelia airport, without having to pay an arm and a leg.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings,
Steven in Texas