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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; Celebrations</title>
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		<title>Back to Mexico City!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2012/01/06/back-to-mexico-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past year has been a struggle for me &#38; John to readjust from the &#8220;every other weekend = a 3-day+ vacation to a beach, jungle, colonial town or archaeological site&#8221; schedule that we got accustomed to living in Mexico City.   (Yes, I can almost feel your waves of sympathy washing over me.)   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Midwesterner in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/26/happy-holidays-from-midwesterner-in-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/26/happy-holidays-from-midwesterner-in-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee cakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A belated Merry Christmas &#38; Happy Holidays to all from me &#38; John here in Arlington, Virginia!  Thanks so much for continuing to visit this blog &#38; offer your comments. I love hearing from everyone who has Mexico questions, anecdotes, &#38; tips to share.
We interspersed some Mexico into 2011&#8217;s Annual Baking of the Cranberry Almond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating New Year&#8217;s Eve in DF</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/25/celebrating-new-years-eve-in-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/25/celebrating-new-years-eve-in-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feliz año nuevo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fin de año nuevo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pata Negra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red & yelow underwear]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We found celebrating the Año Nuevo in Mexico City to be a bit different than our prior U.S.-based New Year&#8217;s Eve festivities.  In the U.S., pressure always feels high among the 20/30-something crowd to have THE MOST AMAZING NIGHT OUT of your life.  This usually involves spending 2x what you would normally spend on dinner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our First Christmas Posada in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/18/our-first-christmas-posada-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/18/our-first-christmas-posada-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[noche buena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piñata]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many Mexican Christmas traditions I&#8217;m missing while back in the US this year is the posada. The season of posadas began on Friday, December 16th&#8211; nine days before Christmas.  When we lived in Mexico City, this marked both a time of holiday joy &#38; grinchy anger, because of the sharp uptick in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s happening this December in Mexico City?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/27/whats-happening-this-december-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/27/whats-happening-this-december-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice rink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Magia de Navidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navidad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zocalo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[December in Mexico City is jam-packed with opportunities for celebration, highlighted by the Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe on Dec 12, posadas, office parties, Christmas, and New Year&#8217;s Eve, just to name a few.  I found during our time in DF that the Mexico City goverment (a.k.a. &#8220;GDF&#8221;&#8211; Gobierno del Distrito Federal) really gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16 Tips for a great Mexican Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/15/16-tips-for-a-great-mexican-independence-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/15/16-tips-for-a-great-mexican-independence-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mustaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 15]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tequila]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered whether Mexico gets as excitable for its Independence Day as the United States does for the Fourth of July?  Are you curious what traditions Mexico has that parallel the American traditions of eating your body weight in grilled meat, dressing up in a t-shirt emblazoned with a bald eagle wrapped in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Random Events in Mexico City &amp; beyond!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quintana Roo State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Actopan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbacoa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cerveza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerveza Mexico 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria de la Barbacoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gourmet Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hidalgo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holbox Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isla Holbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha Libre La Experiencia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tiburon ballenas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whale sharks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my continuing &#8220;Live Vicariously Through My Friends in Mexico&#8221; program, I wanted to alert y&#8217;all to some upcoming events in DF, Quintana Roo, and Hidalgo state that I thought may be worth checking out. Rest assured I continue to keep my finger on the pulse of kitschy activities despite my absence from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Burros are Back!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things are so important to alert my readers to that I have to emerge from my 2-month blog hibernation to do so.  Any guesses what could possibly make that exclusive priority list? The Feria Nacional del Burro, of course!!
For any readers who had the misfortune of missing my live coverage from the National Donkey Fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Decor: more is more</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/02/24/mexican-decor-more-is-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/02/24/mexican-decor-more-is-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agave wall sticker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[decoración mexicana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican decor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Westholm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[papel picado]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an affinity for Mexican-themed decor at an early age, judging by this clay taco I just unearthed from my box of &#8220;Julie&#8217;s Elementary/Junior High School Stuff&#8221;.
For anyone wondering&#8211; no, this is not a rabbit poo taco. Those small brown pellets are obviously ground beef, accompanied by orange shredded cheese, thin pieces of green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingredients for a Great Mexican Despedida</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/01/09/ingredients-for-a-great-mexican-despedida/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/01/09/ingredients-for-a-great-mexican-despedida/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[despedida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farewell party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going-away party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mariachi band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mesero Jose Cosme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tacos al pastor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One Spanish word we quickly learned while living among the highly-transient expat population in Mexico City was despedida, a.k.a. farewell party. There seemed to be one happening on a monthly basis in our apartment building alone. As we approached the last few months of our time in Mexico, we paid more attention &#38; made lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico Driving Hazards</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/10/mexico-driving-hazards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/10/mexico-driving-hazards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balloons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Festival Olímpico Bicentenario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[what could go wrong?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re staying in the Marriott Reforma for our last week here in DF, so please forgive the lack of communication&#8211; internet in our hotel room costs $250 pesos/day (gag). I&#8217;d been having luck standing against the window of our spot on the 14th floor &#38; connecting to &#8220;Mexico Ciudad Digital&#8221;, the only unsecured network in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Festival this weekend in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/08/olympic-festival-this-weekend-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/08/olympic-festival-this-weekend-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re hanging around Mexico City this weekend, consider checking out the Festival Olímpico Bicentenario. This Bicentennial thing just keeps on coming!! It wouldn&#8217;t be a festival in Mexico if a major thoroughfare wasn&#8217;t closed off, so of course several blocks of Reforma are shutdown as of last night through Monday. Unaware of this excitement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s Christmas Card photo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/28/this-years-christmas-card-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/28/this-years-christmas-card-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[despedida]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;may be sourced from any of these pics from our despedida this past Saturday.  (Despedida = going-away party in Spanish).
Any votes on the winner??
Of course, this would imply that we are motivated enough to actually send out Christmas cards for the first time in our lives.  Hmmm&#8230;  Maybe I meant Christmas email&#8230;.  
P.S. Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to eat at the Tacos &amp; Mariachi Fest in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/07/what-to-eat-at-the-tacos-mariachi-fest-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/07/what-to-eat-at-the-tacos-mariachi-fest-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ayluardo's Restaurante]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Taco and Mariachi Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mariachis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plaza Garibaldi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We visited the aforementioned First [Annual??] Tacos &#38; Mariachi Festival after work today in Plaza Garibaldi, as I was curious to see what kind of festival could be organized in two weeks. I really should not be surprised to discover one does not need that much time to bring together numerous tasty taco vendors in Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zihuatanejo: our last beach trip in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/06/zihuatanejo-our-last-beach-trip-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/06/zihuatanejo-our-last-beach-trip-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa Cuitlateca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kau-Kan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lety's]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sense your sympathy may be limited when I tell you that today is the last day of our LAST Mexican beach vacation, and it&#8217;s raining. We&#8217;ve truly been spoiled with all the amazing travel opportunities during our 2.25 years here in Mexico, but nonetheless we wanted to jam in one last trip to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Taco &amp; Mariachi Festival in Plaza Garibaldi!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/1st-taco-mariachi-festival-in-plaza-garibaldi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/1st-taco-mariachi-festival-in-plaza-garibaldi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1er Festival del Taco y del Mariachi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plaza Garibaldi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taco & Mariachi Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alert to any Chilangos and/or Mexico City visitors during the week of September 3-12, 2010: two of my favorite things (tacos &#38; mariachis) are being celebrated in yet another Mexican festival!!  (Lest anyone forget how successful the LAST festival was that I recommended, please feel free to revisit my Burro Festival recap.)
I am hoping this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Silence!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/06/radio-silence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/06/radio-silence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduation!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thunderbird]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been a solid 2 weeks since I&#8217;ve managed to share any riveting, witty stories with my loyal blog readers. But I have a good excuse! Upon return from my 15 days in China, I spent a couple nites in Mexico City &#38; then was off on a plane again to Phoenix, Arizona. Off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello from China!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/13/hello-from-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/13/hello-from-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 15:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global MBA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you may think, a lot has happened since BurroFest &#8216;10. First off, I am DONE WITH MY LAST FINAL EXAM EVER!! This past Friday &#38; Saturday (May 8-9) brought about the last weekend of my 2-year, bi-weekly MBA program, with 3 long-awaited final exams. I still owe y&#8217;all a snapshot of what an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Festival EVER in Mexico? Ask the burros!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[best fair ever]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brahma bulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burricornio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro fashion show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: Feria Nacional del Burro 2010 *exceeded* our expectations. Get ready for some heavy photo coverage, folks.   As I mentioned on Thursday, I&#8217;d gotten wind of this Burro Festival on Twitter, and after seeing how witty their website was, I had no choice but to go. Besides, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feria de Burros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sarcasm in Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to keep up with the young hipsters of today, I created a Twitter account several months back &#38; vaguely monitor my fellow &#8220;Twitteros&#8221; (as they are called here in Mexico). While parsing through Twitter&#8217;s mountain of 140-character data bursts is truly a &#8220;diamond in the rough&#8221; kind of situation, every now and then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Differentiating yourself via Mexican-themed packaging</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/differentiating-yourself-via-mexican-themed-packaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/differentiating-yourself-via-mexican-themed-packaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby shower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best packaging ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha 4 life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican-themed gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsess much?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guess which present at the baby shower was from me?
It&#8217;s not the prettiest, people, but it did get a laugh. As I wrote to Tricia on the card, what says &#8220;new baby boy in Mexico&#8221; more than a box decorated like a lucha mask? Alternatively one might say, &#8220;When has one carried a novelty interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Earth Day vendors in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/05/call-for-earth-day-vendors-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/05/call-for-earth-day-vendors-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embajada de los Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green vendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to take advantage of the ol&#8217; blog today to send out a request on behalf of the US Embassy in Mexico City.
The US Embassy is celebrating Earth Day by holding a green bazaar on April 22 in the Embassy compound.  They are looking for vendors (food, jewelry, clothing, anything!) who are green or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sluggy McSluggerson recounts some Mexico Highlights!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alebrijes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahias de Huatulco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa del Sol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dia de la Independencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Grito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Huequito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotel Casa del Agua]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ixtapa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Capellina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Independence Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyramids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel de Allende]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teotihuacan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Restaurant in San Miguel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I&#8217;ve been a slug. Every now and then, I like to do a blog post outlining all the riveting topics I&#8217;ve been meaning to write about, promise you that I will actually write about them, and then never execute on this.  Which sucks, because we have been some really amazing places in Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best tacos come from the back of a van</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/05/the-best-tacos-come-from-the-back-of-a-van/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/05/the-best-tacos-come-from-the-back-of-a-van/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two friends visiting us this week are your classic &#8220;work hard, play hard&#8221; types. Since there is no work for them to do here, the focus has been largely on playing. In Mexico, &#8220;playing&#8221; loosely translates &#8220;tequila, cerveza, and more tequila&#8221;.
As you can see, this team was well prepared to handle its tequila:
After a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A taste of Yelapa&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/01/a-taste-of-yelapa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/01/a-taste-of-yelapa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yelapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the delinquency in beach photo uploads!! We have a couple friends visiting this week, so we have been busy with a flurry of taco-eating, pyramid-visiting, tequila-drinking, lucha-watching, bullfight-attending, etc. For an added bonus, one of the visitors (college friend James) is taller than us, which has provided an exciting chance for me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¡Feliz Navidad!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/23/%c2%a1feliz-navidad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/23/%c2%a1feliz-navidad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BEACH HOLIDAYS!!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Vallarta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yelapa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well kids, we decided to forego the trip home to the Midwest this Christmas. This is now seeming quite fortuitous, given the crazy snowstorms that have been popping up all over the States this week &#38; last. Nebraska is apparently scheduled to get heavy snow for the next 3 days, which you can view live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dia de los Muertos celebrations around DF</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/02/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-around-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/02/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-around-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catrina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of my fellow bloggers have discussed, this is one of the best times of year to be in Mexico City&#8211; during the Dia de los Muertos celebrations. Preparation for this fascinating holiday begins during the last week or two of October, with activities reaching their peak on November 1 &#38; 2. Wikipedia offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best kid-friendly Halloween decor</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/31/best-kid-friendly-halloween-decor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/31/best-kid-friendly-halloween-decor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fake bloody rats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[scary spiders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom is down for a visit this week, so I was excited that she would be able to see some of the Dia de los Muertos action here in Mexico. We had a successful trip down to Coyoacan today in search of ofrendas (pics to come!), but I first wanted to quickly share this gem of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The celebratory Perro de Gelatina of the GRE&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/01/the-celebratory-perro-de-gelatina-of-the-gre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/01/the-celebratory-perro-de-gelatina-of-the-gre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[don't buy Princeton Review book for the GRE it's crap]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last week has a been a festival of algebra &#38; geometry action for my dear husband John, who&#8217;s been studying up a storm in preparation for the GRE exam. For anyone unfamiliar, the GRE is a ~2.5 hour exam whose successful completion is a requirement for most graduate schools in the US. (This with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And now for something completely different&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/30/and-now-for-something-completely-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/30/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to any regular readers out there who have been patient with my month-long absence!! I assure you postings should return to some modicum of regularity moving forward. This month has been a hectic one, diving back into my 3rd semester of my MBA program (virtually HALFWAY DONE!!!) as well as surviving 2 major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Wedding Flashback: the big day</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/01/final-wedding-flashback-the-big-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/06/01/final-wedding-flashback-the-big-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[my engagement ring that's currently sooo far away in NE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Team Thomson photgraphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Goat pub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ways to prepare for your wedding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let us cut back once more to a little over one year ago, to the big day in Glasgow when Julie &#38; John officially became &#8220;The Talls&#8221;. (Official wedding day blogging delayed by higher priority anniversary vaca + subsequent MBA class prep&#8230;)  
The day before the wedding, we suggested a day trip to Edinburgh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Wedding Mascots: Furry Coos</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/our-wedding-mascots-furry-coos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/our-wedding-mascots-furry-coos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[furry coos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pollock House]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Packing for exciting trip to Huatulco tomorrow has taken precendence over a lengthy, super-riveting post about the day before our wedding last year in Glasgow. So as an interim step, please see below some pics of my favorite animal in Scotland, the furry coo. (perhaps more officially known as &#8220;Highland Cattle&#8220;) FYI, it is only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flashback to Wedding Week in Scotland, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/flashback-to-wedding-week-in-scotland-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/21/flashback-to-wedding-week-in-scotland-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glengoyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loch Lomond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merchant Square]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stirling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stirling Castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweeney's Cruises]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[


We tried to reenact the scene from Titanic as the boat pulled out of the harbor on Loch Lomond&#8230;


Let us continue on our Mexico detour begun yesterday with our ambitious bus trip into the Scottish countryside! As part of of dragging our family &#38; friends over to Glasgow for our wedding, we wanted to make sure they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/20/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled-programming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/20/we-interrupt-our-regularly-scheduled-programming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 05:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ashton Lane]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Firebird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Maggie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to bring you a flashback to one year ago today in Scotland! I realized that I never really shared many of the pics from our wedding in Glasgow or the pre-wedding-week activities, so I thought we&#8217;d take a quick departure from Mexico across the pond over to Scotland!
First, the precursors: John&#8217;s Bachelor Party in Washington DC, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¡Obámanos!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/19/obamanos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/19/obamanos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we saw him!! Eeeee! Know that I sacrificed the chance for a handshake in favor of &#8220;The President is only 4 feet away!!!&#8221; photo attempts, realizing that the memory of a handshake would be less effectively conveyed via a blog.    John almost managed to get a hand in, but was foiled at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Membership has its privileges&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/15/membership-has-its-privileges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/15/membership-has-its-privileges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and finally tomorrow, I will get to experience one of those priviledges. Membership in what, you may ask? In the Spouses of US Embassy Employees club. Mind you, this is not an official club. Or really even an unofficial club. If it were, I would envision its membership requirements being something like:

an inability to remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico City Cantina Crawl Report</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/31/mexico-city-cantina-crawl-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/31/mexico-city-cantina-crawl-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[balloon dart toss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cantina Crawl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cantinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnival games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to my previous post regarding the map of cantinas in the Centro Historico, I am delinquent on an report on our Cantina Crawl findings! Good times were had by all, and we managed to hit 4 cantinas prior to walking over to Plaza Garibaldi, hub of mariachi action. I wasn&#8217;t sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Izote!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/02/dinner-at-izote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/02/dinner-at-izote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fine dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Izote]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog updates have a been a bit slow recently, due to a combination of a looming accounting exam this past Friday and visitors in town!  John&#8217;s mom and aunt, Penny and Chris, made the trek down to Mexico to escape the highly-unpleasant climes of most of the US during the month of February.  They seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercado de Jamaica&#8211; the flower market of Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/19/mercado-de-jamaica-the-flower-market-of-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/19/mercado-de-jamaica-the-flower-market-of-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carnitas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnitas Paty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flower dogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday afternoon, we decided to go for a exploration of the wholesale flower market of Mexico City, Mercado de Jamaica. This massive market is apparently *the* place for purchasing flowers for basically all flower vendors in Mexico City and for locals looking for fresh, gorgeous, bargain-priced flowers. We decided to go here with John&#8217;s dad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Fun with Orphans</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/29/fun-with-orphans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick guest-post by John.  If you follow Julie&#8217;s blog, you no doubt saw me featured as Uncle Sam for the Embassy&#8217;s election night party.  A total sucker, I was quickly convinced to dress up as Santa for the Ambassador&#8217;s annual orphan Christmas party.  About 150 kids from a number of orphanages attended, and it was really touching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our first MEXPAT Christmas Party</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/our-first-mexpat-christmas-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the organizations that I had sussed out prior to moving to Mexico is MEXPAT, an organization for expats living in Mexico. I like this group because their purpose is simple: to hold monthly social events for foreigners living in Mexico City/Guadalajara/Monterrey, usually at a trendy bar/restaurant and usually involving a fair amount of social lubricant [...]]]></description>
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