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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; Life in Mexico City</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>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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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>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>
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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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<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>A race to the finish: our final days in Mexico City!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/10/23/a-race-to-the-finish-our-final-days-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/10/23/a-race-to-the-finish-our-final-days-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ángel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astrid y gaston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bucket list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullfight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa Luis Barragan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[churros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Museo Dolores Olmedo]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=3092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿One year ago last weekend, John &#38; I were on our way to the Mexico City airport for the flight that would end our 2+ year experience as chilangos.  All our worldly possessions were packed, all our kitschy souvenirs had been purchased, all the tacos al pastor that one person should ingest in a [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chile en nogada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confetti eggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiestas Patrias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Independence Day]]></category>
		<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>Guayaberas: the must-have men&#8217;s summer shirt of Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/27/guayaberas-the-must-have-mens-summer-shirt-of-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/27/guayaberas-the-must-have-mens-summer-shirt-of-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centro Historico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guayaberas Yucachen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican wedding shirts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One excellent souvenir for any man visiting Mexico is the guayabera. To me, this is the consummate summertime shirt for men who want to look good but can&#8217;t be bothered to wear a stuffy suit. I won&#8217;t get into the historical debate about its origins, but within Mexico it originated in the Yucatan. Some Americans [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></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>Mezcalerias vs. Home Depot on a Friday night&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/12/10/mezcalerias-vs-home-depot-on-a-friday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/12/10/mezcalerias-vs-home-depot-on-a-friday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjusting to life in US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blugrn design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[District Taco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[VA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope to do a more reflective &#8220;my time in Mexico &#38; how things are different here, etc. etc.&#8221; post in the near future. But for the moment, I wanted to share a snippet that really sums it up for me personally:
Average Friday Night in Mexico City:

get online
find address for hip new mezcalería/taquería/trendy bar/tasty restaurant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subtle Messages&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/13/subtle-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/13/subtle-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-Mexico blogging plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs from Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time to go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whiny about leaving Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We fly out of Mexico City bright and early tomorrow. As sad as we are to leave, I do feel we&#8217;ve been getting small, subtle signals from Mexico that our time here is meant to come to an end.
1) We got rear-ended last Thursday, 3 days after having $6000 pesos of car work done to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you think about public transit in Mexico City??</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/12/what-do-you-think-about-public-transit-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/12/what-do-you-think-about-public-transit-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IMCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Institute for Competitiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a random email yesterday from the Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (a.k.a. the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness). Take a look at the text below:
***************************
Dear Julie,

I work for the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness  (IMCO), a local think-tank focused on issues of competitiveness. I&#8217;m  currently involved in a project about urban mobility in [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2682</guid>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Phelps]]></category>

		<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>The preferred moving company of Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/04/the-preferred-moving-company-of-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/04/the-preferred-moving-company-of-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fletes y mudanzas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, the movers arrive to start packing up all of our worldly possessions. The move is all taken care of by the Embassy, which is fantastic &#38; something of which I am incredibly appreciative. HOWEVER, if the Embassy wasn&#8217;t arranging movers for us, I know exactly which company I would be hiring.
The term you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s all mime, ladies</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/03/hes-all-mime-ladies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/03/hes-all-mime-ladies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[really nothing overly related to Mexico besides the preponderance of mimes on street corners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, John had a great idea. We could tell by the light above his head.
You might be wondering, was his idea to buy a pug?
Well, that is a constant idea in his mind&#8230; But this time, his idea was to infiltrate a clown/mime convention happening in Coyoacan this weekend.
You can imagine his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit to the Corona Brewery (aka Cervecería Modelo)</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/23/a-visit-to-the-corona-brewery-aka-cerveceria-modelo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/23/a-visit-to-the-corona-brewery-aka-cerveceria-modelo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brewery gift shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cervecería Modelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corona brewery tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corona gift shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modelo brewery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recorrido de cervecería]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tienda de propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought to yourself, &#8220;What could I do today to support a giant, soul-crushing monopoly?&#8221;  If you happen to be in Mexico City, I have just the ticket: a visit to Cervecería Modelo, just north of Polanco!

The name Grupo Modelo may not immediately ring any bells for non-Mexico residents, but it is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questionable Ladder Usage&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/20/questionable-ladder-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/20/questionable-ladder-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ladders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what could go wrong?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I&#8217;m not saying that this guy isn&#8217;t a highly-trained professional&#8230;
&#8230;.I&#8217;m just not saying that he is&#8230;.
Anyone in Mexico City offering review courses on ladder operation? Perhaps something like, &#8220;Slanted Ladders: Which Side is Your Friend?&#8221;
P.S. Bicentenario pics coming soon to a blog near you!! Honest!!
]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayluardo's Restaurante]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Taco and Mariachi Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mariachis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molcalli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plaza Garibaldi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tacos]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<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>I need a cactus chair</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/i-need-a-cactus-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/i-need-a-cactus-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prickly Pair Chair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Room Mate hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentina Gonzales Wohlers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting blog today entitled &#8220;Hoy es un gran día para mostrarte lo mejor de México.&#8221; (Today is a great day to show you the best of Mexico.)  It&#8217;s kind of an assortment of travel hot spots, activities, and design highlights around Mexico. Even if you don&#8217;t speak Spanish, he has some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Driving in Mexico City Changes You</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/26/how-driving-in-mexico-city-changes-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/26/how-driving-in-mexico-city-changes-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[~ Conversation snippet from inside our car, Tuesday night, 6:30PM ~

Scene: John &#38; Julie are driving from Polanco to a friend&#8217;s house in Condesa for dinner. They are sitting in traffic on Thiers, a street that often requires 2 minutes to drive down, but tonight is requiring about 25 minutes. Traffic is so thick that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Mexico City slang on your iPhone!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/25/learn-mexico-city-slang-on-your-iphone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/25/learn-mexico-city-slang-on-your-iphone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chilango]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Effective Swearing in DF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Güey Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City slang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obscenities in Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Werevertumorro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been promising yourself that you would spend some time to learn more Spanish before visiting Mexico City, but you just haven&#8217;t gotten around to those Rosetta Stone CDs ? Have you been living in DF for a few years but still have no idea what your taxi drivers are saying while they&#8217;re talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity linked to Snickers consumption at gym</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/23/obesity-linked-to-snickers-consumption-at-gym/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/23/obesity-linked-to-snickers-consumption-at-gym/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[causes of obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gym]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snickers are required at the fitness center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working out]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My fellow blogger Burro Hall has previously mentioned the ongoing battle between Mexico and the United States over which country can achieve higher obesity rates. Today I discovered another tactic at use in this war. However, it was observed at the US Embassy Fitness Center (patronized by US &#38; Mexican citizens alike), so this tactic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elvis Memorial Mass this Monday Night!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/13/elvis-memorial-mass-this-monday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/13/elvis-memorial-mass-this-monday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elvis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass in honor of Elvis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In reading through the Primera Fila section of the Reforma newspaper this morning (which is basically the movie listings &#38; things-going-on-about-town insert that arrives each Friday), I came across this two page spread highlighting all-things-Elvis.
Apparently this August 16th is the 33rd anniversary of Elvis&#8217;s death, a fact that somehow escaped notice on my personal calendar. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best time of day in Mexico City: early morning</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/12/best-time-of-day-in-mexico-city-early-morning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/12/best-time-of-day-in-mexico-city-early-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best time of day in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[churros]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last three days, I&#8217;ve been test-running a new morning routine here in Mexico City. The reason for this was the expiration of our Gold&#8217;s Gym Polanco membership, which prompted us to reflect on a few questions before we extended it for our last couple months here:

They want to charge each of us $1800 pesos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now who&#8217;s more dangerous: Mexico City vs. Omaha, Nebraska</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/23/now-whos-more-dangerous-mexico-city-vs-omaha-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/23/now-whos-more-dangerous-mexico-city-vs-omaha-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bodies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omaha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I flew from Mexico City back to Omaha, Nebraska rather unexpectedly on Thursday. One might reasonably assume that Omaha (epitome of the good ol&#8217; Midwest with a population of around 830,000+ in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area) would be vastly safer than Mexico City (capital of narco-landia with a population of 23,000,000+).
Imagine my surprise when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico City Airport- Terminal 1 Meeting Point</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/mexico-city-airport-terminal-1-meeting-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/mexico-city-airport-terminal-1-meeting-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Travels]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aeopuerto]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benito Juarez International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 30 minutes spent on the innerwebs trying to find an answer to this question, I thought I would share it with any other impending Mexico City airport visitors. (Consider it a follow-up to my &#8220;Navigating the Mexico City Airport &#8221; post from last year.)
If you are trying to either go pick someone up or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motorcycle Helmet FAIL</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/30/motorcycle-helmet-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/30/motorcycle-helmet-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failblog.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helmet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel someone needs to have a chat with the man on this motorcycle regarding &#8220;how helmets work.&#8221;
True, the fact that he even has one with him puts him above many motorcycle drivers here in Mexico City&#8230; but now if he would just read the user&#8217;s manual&#8230;
]]></description>
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		<title>Moments when I question my choice of Mexico City spa service providers</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/28/moments-when-i-question-my-choice-of-mexico-city-spa-service-providers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/28/moments-when-i-question-my-choice-of-mexico-city-spa-service-providers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser hair removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lasers- good or bad for your naked eyes?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[what could go wrong?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It hit me last month that our time in Mexico is quickly coming to a close, causing me to spring into action on a topic that I&#8217;d been mulling over for the last year and a half: laser hair removal. (It&#8217;s ok, boys, you can stop reading now &#38; I won&#8217;t be offended.)
With an eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup Stickers: the latest trend where I&#8217;m out of the loop</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/24/world-cup-stickers-the-latest-trend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/24/world-cup-stickers-the-latest-trend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futbol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pique]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stickers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a frenzy of activity in my MBA class this morning (my LAST MBA CLASS WEEKEND ever, FYI! All that remains is final exams + a week in Phoenix. Praise be.).  You might assume the activity is focused on final exam prep, but you&#8217;d be wrong. Instead, there has been a burst of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The true dangers of Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/23/the-true-dangers-of-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/23/the-true-dangers-of-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chameleon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard the rumors&#8211; &#8220;it&#8217;s too scary to go to Mexico City; there are dangers lurking around every corner; blah, blah, blah.&#8221; Well, I suppose it&#8217;s time we confess the truth. We had a narrow escape this past weekend here in Mexico City.
John totally almost got eaten by an oversized chameleon.
Luckily John managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi Chats about mickeyteesone</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/11/taxi-chats-about-mickeyteesone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/11/taxi-chats-about-mickeyteesone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chatting in Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxistas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Imagine below conversation in Spanish)
Me: We&#8217;re going to this address, which is located just off street x which is near street y. Perhaps we can take street z? Also, I have a map if you want to see it?  [I offer, trying to avoid replica of prior experience of driving around indefinitely &#38; asking people [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[US Embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vendedores verdes]]></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>The latest trends in Lucha Libre souvenirs</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/the-latest-trends-in-lucha-libre-souvenirs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/the-latest-trends-in-lucha-libre-souvenirs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arena Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Demon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Matador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luchadores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mascaras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican wrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MTZWear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I have mentioned before, John &#38; I are lucky to have the &#8220;inside track&#8221; on all-things-lucha here in Mexico due to a) a friend who has been training to be a luchador + b) another friend who is a lucha superfan. So while some of you may be familiar with lucha libre souvenirs for [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guerrero State]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Capellina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Independence Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyramids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyramids in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel de Allende]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teotihuacan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Restaurant in San Miguel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1765</guid>
		<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 Mexican winter of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/08/the-mexican-winter-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/08/the-mexican-winter-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circles of hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overreaction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends &#38; family up north (like my parents currently experiencing -29F/-34C windchills in Grand Island, Nebraska) are sure to appreciate the latest weather developments from Mexico City. I was slightly amused tonight (Thursday) reading tense articles on www.reforma.com about the impending weather doom expected to hit the city ASAP.
Apparently Mexico City is expecting RECORD BREAKING [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical guilty pleasures</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/18/musical-guilty-pleasures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/18/musical-guilty-pleasures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crap music videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanny Lu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I know you want me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pitbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much like in the US, if you go out to enough bars/clubs/restaurant or listen to enough radio in Mexico City, you will hear the same popular songs 8 million times. Some you will come to loathe &#38; each encounter will feel like a thousand music notes stabbing your eardrum. Perhaps one or two will be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tunnel art in DF: does it soothe or scare?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/16/tunnel-art-in-df-does-it-soothe-or-scare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/16/tunnel-art-in-df-does-it-soothe-or-scare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public art installations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tunnels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watery grave]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We went to Mercado Ciudadela yesterday evening to do a bit of Christmas shopping (FYI, it seems to closes by about 7PM). Good spot for both locals or tourists wishing to find a solid selection of Mexican handicrafts at reasonable prices (and for any visitors lacking in Spanish, several vendors speak enough English to answer questions you may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Run, don&#8217;t walk, to Galerias El Triunfo for all your Christmas shopping needs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/15/run-dont-walk-to-galerias-el-triunfo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/15/run-dont-walk-to-galerias-el-triunfo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[booze gas station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[businesscow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas decor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galeria El Triunfo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horrible shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life-size giraffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reindeer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white chandelier full of red monkeys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, we drove down to Coyoacan to check out the Terra Madre Day event being coordinated by the Slow Food folks in Mexico City. (See Lesley&#8217;s post for pics of the tasty food to be sampled!) On our way back, I insisted we stop at a crazy store that we passed en route, Galerias [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercados can wear you out&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/07/mercados-can-wear-you-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/07/mercados-can-wear-you-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lagunilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[relaxing in Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a weekend of MBA classes, I needed to get out of the house yesterday afternoon before resuming panicked studying for finals coming up Dec 11-12. John, Susan, and I first stopped by a market in Roma where female Mexican artists were selling their wares. Christmas decor is out in full force, as shown to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cars to Avoid in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=1606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Acquiring a driver&#8217;s license in Mexico City can be done with a concerning level of ease. You just bring your passport &#38; your visa (showing you&#8217;re in the country legally) to the Secretaria de Transportes y Vialidad, and after an hour- you are good to go! No written exams, no driving test, no nothing.
This level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico Shopping Spree</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/30/mexico-shopping-spree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/30/mexico-shopping-spree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jalisco State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bazaar Sabado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniela Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrique Mondragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico souvenirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parque Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Juarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tonalá]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John and I are not what one might call &#8220;interior design visionaries&#8221;. We&#8217;ve been living in Mexico for about 16 months now, and we&#8217;ve spent many a weekend wandering through various markets, stores, tianguis, etc., assessing the wares on display but unable to make any big decisions&#8230;  I think we suffer from an overly analytical mindset + a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Names</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/coffee-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/coffee-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ordering fancy-pants coffee in Mexico presents a very minor challenge at places that ask for your name to write on the cup of your impending tasty beverage. Although I go by &#8220;Julie&#8221;, I usually tell the coffee gods that my name is &#8220;Julia&#8221; [Hoo-lee-uh], both to avoid the confusion that results when you pronounce J&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be gone, foul dirt! Vaya con Dios!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/be-gone-foul-dirt-vaya-con-dios/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/be-gone-foul-dirt-vaya-con-dios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleaning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a city with such a reputation for being dirty, filthy, polluted and the like, Mexico City really loathes dirt. I have never experienced a city where there is such constant cleaning going on. You see this exhibited in various ways in cities across Mexico&#8230;

the guys hanging out in every parking lot/popular street parking area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique shopping &amp; snacking in DF</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/06/unique-shopping-snacking-in-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/06/unique-shopping-snacking-in-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artefacto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condesa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Encrucijada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Itten]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maison Belen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Polanco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restuarants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a big fan of cookie-cutter, chain restaurants/shops (except in a pinch), so I am always excited to find a unique, locally-owned spot to spend my pennies (or pesos in this case). God knows there are zillions of non-chain options in Mexico City, but here are a few of the more amusing selections I&#8217;ve [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dia de los Muertos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican holidays]]></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>Who doesn&#8217;t like a good milestone like 100 blog posts?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/30/who-doesnt-like-a-good-milestone-like-100-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/30/who-doesnt-like-a-good-milestone-like-100-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amusing search terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog stats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chianti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well kids, today marks the inauspicious milestone of the 100th blog post here at www.midwesternerinmexico.com. I am celebrating it with a wild Saturday night alone on my couch here in Mexico City, recovering from 3 final exams in one weekend &#38; drinking a bottle of Chianti while watching possibly the dumbest movie known to man, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who doesn&#8217;t have a line of credit at their local steakhouse?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/25/who-doesnt-have-a-line-of-credit-at-their-local-steakhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/25/who-doesnt-have-a-line-of-credit-at-their-local-steakhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial ruin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MeLéE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sign that Mexico has learned well from its northern neighbor about how credit is great for encouraging people to spend money they don&#8217;t have, I recently observed the below sign at a steak/pasta restaurant here in DF that is popular with the work crowd.
Shoppers in the US have faced plenty of reprimands over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet is probably more important than basic utilities anyway</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/17/internet-is-probably-more-important-than-basic-utilities-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/17/internet-is-probably-more-important-than-basic-utilities-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it just makes sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As spotted in Parque Lincoln in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City:


This is part of DF&#8217;s new marketing campaign:
Mexico City:
We can&#8217;t promise you potable, running water, but we can promise that you&#8217;ll be able to download a video of a hot chick drinking a glass of water online.&#8221;
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		<title>A Mariachi-filled Night Out in Plaza Garibaldi</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/12/a-mariachi-filled-night-out-in-plaza-garibaldi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/12/a-mariachi-filled-night-out-in-plaza-garibaldi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, best known as the local hub of mariachi action. I posted back in March about our visit there after the Cantina Crawl, but I thought I&#8217;d follow up with a bit more detail on how to spend a night out in Garibaldi (for those suspicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play Money in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/25/play-money-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/25/play-money-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$1000 peso bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finances in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have learned a lot about the world of finance here in Mexico between working &#38; living here for the past year. One of my favorites, as my friend Alice explained, is the fact that having exact change to give a customer is a foreign concept in most transactions here. In the US, you should be able to break a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating the Mexico City Airport</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/17/navigating-the-mexico-city-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/17/navigating-the-mexico-city-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aeropuerto Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benito Juarez International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a reader request (yay!) for an overview on what happens when you get off the plane in the Mexico City Airport, so I thought I would share a few tips I&#8217;ve gathered thus far from my trips.
Airport Code: MEX
Possible Aliases: Benito Juarez International Airport, or AICM (Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México)
Website: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What really constitutes a &#8220;car accident&#8221; in Mexico City anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/09/what-really-constitutes-a-car-accident-in-mexico-city-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/09/what-really-constitutes-a-car-accident-in-mexico-city-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday marked my first car accident (if you can even call it that) in Mexico City. Frankly, I am somewhat amazed that it took this long for my car to come in contact with another car. Before anyone gets concerned (Mom), know that my car was moving at roughly 0.5 mph, as was the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important world news from Mexico City&#8217;s finest, Publimetro</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/25/important-world-news-from-mexico-citys-finest-publimetro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/25/important-world-news-from-mexico-citys-finest-publimetro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bras for men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daily newspaper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new interruption from my wedding-reminiscing&#8230; I came across this pressing news article from Mexico City&#8217;s esteemed (??) free daily newspaper, Publimetro, on Friday. It was excellent fodder for a wee chat with my taxi driver as we sat in standstill traffic due to the stupid route he chose. He simply could not believe that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Chopo: Mexico City&#8217;s goth/metal/ska/punk mercado!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/18/el-chopo-mexico-citys-gothmetalskapunk-mercado/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/18/el-chopo-mexico-citys-gothmetalskapunk-mercado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centro Artesanal Buenavista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Chopo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goth market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mannequins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado Buenavista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[owls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roosters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my boss tipped me off to TWO new Mexico City markets with which I was previously unfamiliar:

Tianguis Cultural del Chopo, a Saturday-only market dedicated towards all things rock/alternative/punk/ska/goth/weed/hippie
Centro Artesanal Buenavista, &#8220;La Tienda Mas Grande del Pais con 100,000 articulos finos en 24,000 mts2&#8243; (The largest store in the country with 100,000 fine items in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Government: Not a fan of Mexicans nor swine flu</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/05/chinese-government-not-a-fan-of-mexicans-nor-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/05/chinese-government-not-a-fan-of-mexicans-nor-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swine Flu!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[holy crap don't be Mexican in China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 12 of Swine Flu not-quite-as-much Frenzy. John &#38; I returned this afternoon from a fantastic get-away from the hub of the furor, with 2 nights in San Miguel de Allende and 2 more in Guanajuato. (Check out the article I wrote for Inside Mexico regarding our escape here!)  Expect a run-down on our trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Flu Mexico City Day 6: in which we decide to eat lots of Bacon</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we close out Day 6 of Mexican Swine Flu Mania, it appears this virus has no intent of leaving the country quietly. A smattering of recent developments for anyone living under a rock:

The World Health Organization has raised the pandemic alert level to phase 5 on a scale of 6, meaning there is &#8220;sustained transmission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City: Day 4</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we wrap up Day 4 of Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City and beyond, all is still well here on the Southern front. I have essentially not left our apartment building since Friday night, not so much out of fear as a lack of anywhere to go. As per all of the news, much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luchadores in the Fight Against Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/25/luchadores-in-the-fight-against-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/25/luchadores-in-the-fight-against-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luchadores]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo of up-and-coming luchador El Matador protecting two of his young, swine-flu-avoiding fans made my day today. Join El Matador&#8217;s fan club on Facebook to be kept in the loop on all his crazy shenanigans!!
Now that I may have more free time thanks to finally FINISHING MY 2nd TERM MBA FINALS today, also keep [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embassy spouses]]></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>Commuting to work in the Centro</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/11/commuting-to-work-in-the-centro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/11/commuting-to-work-in-the-centro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just your average commute to work here in downtown Mexico City&#8230;
What, did you think Spiderman would take a taxi?
]]></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[balloon dart toss]]></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>The many, the not-so-proud: the Kickdogs of Polanco</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband long ago added the term &#8220;kickdog&#8221; to our daily vocabulary to refer to any dog who might be more efficiently moved across a room by kicking it rather than waiting for its 400 mincing steps to get it there on its own. (For the record, I have never seen John kick a dog. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Avoid a Reverse Mullet in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/27/avoid-a-reverse-mullet-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/27/avoid-a-reverse-mullet-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bubbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delinquent on an eyebrow wax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading my friend Lesley&#8217;s post today that mentioned a recent crap haircut reminded me to share a secret gem with any local ladies in my blog audience. After 2 years in DC, I finally found a hairstylist I was happy with who charged reasonable prices (~$40) AND understood the fine balance between cutting-vs.-talking (visit Bubbles Salon at the Pentagon [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Animal Highlights of Mexico, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/22/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/22/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-quality purchases]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexican souvenirs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the wealth of mercados here in México, our non-edible purchases thus far have been quite restrained (if I do say so myself). I continue reminding John how lucky he is to have a wife who is not obsessed with pottery / Dia de los Muertos figurines / vessels made out of copper / traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Am I going to be a victim of violence in México?&#8221; Take this simple quiz to find out!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/07/am-i-going-to-be-a-victim-of-violence-in-mexico-take-this-simple-quiz-to-find-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/07/am-i-going-to-be-a-victim-of-violence-in-mexico-take-this-simple-quiz-to-find-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[border violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[come visit it's safe honest!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of my fellow Mexico blogs have addressed recently, the news coverage around security in Mexico has reached fever pitch in the last few months. A flurry of articles in the US press is sending everyone into a panic, which is only amplified by so-called experts busily spreading fear regardless of facts. Some people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Map of Cantinas in downtown Mexico City!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/06/map-of-cantinas-in-downtown-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/06/map-of-cantinas-in-downtown-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cantina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centro Historico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paseo de las Cantinas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a few &#8220;bottle service&#8221; episodes at the über-trendy clubs &#38; lounges here in Mexico City, we have been itching to check out the more autentico cantinas in the Centro Historico. (For those not in the know, most of the glam spots here are big fans of the &#8220;buy a whole bottle of liquor&#8221; approach [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fine dining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mole]]></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>Your own&#8230;personal&#8230;taxista&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/13/your-ownpersonaltaxista/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/13/your-ownpersonaltaxista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depeche Mode]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Jesus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a regular taxista who I call to get a ride home on days that I work out of the office. Her name is Guadalupe, and she is a lovely, middle-aged Mexican with a son who lives in Cancun. She became my go-to taxista after I broke up with my prior taxista, Carlos, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Highlights of México, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plethora of unique animals here never fails to entertain me, so thought I&#8217;d share a few photo highlights of critters (or representations thereof) we&#8217;ve encountered over the last 7 months here in Mexico City and beyond!!
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		<title>Dining in Condesa: know thy strengths</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/02/dining-in-condesa-know-thy-strengths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/02/dining-in-condesa-know-thy-strengths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Condesa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Tizoncito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora Lounge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tacos al pastor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTF that's not a pizza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today was John&#8217;s birthday, so I ambitiously decided to make chilaquiles, only the best Mexican breakfast food ever. It is basically crispy, fried pieces of corn tortillas doused in a tasty salsa verde (tomatillos, onion, garlic, cilantro, serrano peppers) &#38; cooked briefly until the chips soften a bit. Mix in some shredded chicken, top with optional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Not to Wear&#8230; to a Mexican market</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/28/what-not-to-wear-to-a-mexican-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/28/what-not-to-wear-to-a-mexican-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[huaraches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mercado Sonora]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[not blending in]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we decided to check our Mercado Sonora and Mercado de la Merced here in Mexico City. Mercardo Sonora is known as the &#8220;Witches Market&#8221;, meaning that its vendors proffer a wide variety of goods that tend to fall under the &#8220;potions&#8221; category (perhaps optimistically). So lots of incense, herbal/folk remedies, images of saints [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnitas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnitas Paty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flower dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flower market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado de Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado Jamaica]]></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>Various Forms of Security in México</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/various-forms-of-security-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/various-forms-of-security-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security personnel are incredibly pervasive throughout México, but we&#8217;ve seen a few incarnations in the last couple months that strike me as particularly amusing.
 
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		<title>Christmas Fun with Orphans</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/29/fun-with-orphans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/29/fun-with-orphans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/our-first-mexpat-christmas-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Chaplin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Party]]></category>
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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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		<title>Alternative Energy?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/alternative-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/alternative-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if these colorful pinwheels serve solely as a fundraising attention-grabber, or if they also have secret powers of energy generation for the car that lies below them. Perhaps Mexico has some secret alternative energy R&#38;D going on that we are not aware of&#8230;?



I fear the donation-soliciting sign may impair the driver&#8217;s vision&#8230;


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		<title>Pizza Hut México: Trailblazing paths to new levels of obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/04/pizza-hut-mexico-trailblazing-paths-to-new-levels-of-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/04/pizza-hut-mexico-trailblazing-paths-to-new-levels-of-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I walked to DHL in my neighborhood to mail something today, and on the way home decided to grab a quick personal pizza from Pizza Hut. Yes, it was against my better judgement, but I was in a hurry &#38; we have virtually no food in our house. While waiting for my pizza, I was almost tempted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Me</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/25/happy-birthday-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/25/happy-birthday-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dress-up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In lieu of the witty posting about some aspect of Mexican life that you were expecting to find here, I will instead take this opportunity to post a self-aggrandizing Happy Birthday to Me announcement for this Tuesday November 25th. I am excited as John is taking me to Pujol tonite, some trendy restaurant here in Polanco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live caterpillars: Not my normal market purchase</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/20/live-caterpillars-not-my-normal-market-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/20/live-caterpillars-not-my-normal-market-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maguey worms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The markets of Mexico provide for a veritable photographic wonderland, provided you are ballsy enough to break out your camera, blatantly take a photo of something, and run away without buying anything&#8211; all under the EXTREMELY watchful eye of the vendor of the object in question. Normally I am a bit shy when it comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snacks of D.F.: Alegrías</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/18/snacks-of-df-alegrias/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/18/snacks-of-df-alegrias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alegrías]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dulces]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[


One of the many hot sales items in the streets &#38; the stalls of D.F. are these little numbers, which I understand may or may not be called alegrías. This word means &#8216;happiness&#8217; in Spanish, which is essentially how you HAVE to feel when eating anything this brightly colored. The paper-thin disks are usually made from ground up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The witty statues of Chapultepec Castle</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/10/the-witty-statues-of-chapultepec-castle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/10/the-witty-statues-of-chapultepec-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapultepec Castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapultepec Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gang signs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we visited the amazing Castillo de Chapultepec aka Chapultepec Castle in the massive park near our house. I will post more photos of this amazing structure at a later date when sleep is not as critical for me, but in the interim, I must share three statue photos that I took a shining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Night 2008: Expected Highs and Shocking Lows</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/05/election-night-2008-expected-highs-and-shocking-lows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/05/election-night-2008-expected-highs-and-shocking-lows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight John &#38; I had the honor to witness one of the most hotly contested elections in our limited political lives, while attending the US Embassy Election Night Party in Mexico City.  Quite the interesting experience. The excitement surrounding the big Obama win was somewhat marred by the news early in the evening of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Señor Oinks-a-lot</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/04/senor-oinks-a-lot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/04/senor-oinks-a-lot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arena Coliseo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We went for a wander downtown a bit north of the Zocalo on Sunday as well, arguably into a not *quite* as touristy neighborhood (as one might have extrapolated from the pairs of cops standing at each intersection we walked through). But one bonus find on our excursion was the OTHER Lucha Libre venue, Arena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the lizard out for a walk</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/03/taking-the-lizard-out-for-a-walk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/03/taking-the-lizard-out-for-a-walk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[careers in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duck Woman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
No, that&#8217;s not some sort of inappropriate analogy (grow up, people). Apparently it is a popular activity here in Mexico City, as I observed when wandering around the Zocalo this past weekend to see the Dia de los Muertos displays. 

The questions that immediately pop to mind when I see this are:

What is the lizard chained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My singing taxi driver</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/26/my-singing-taxi-driver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/26/my-singing-taxi-driver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mariachi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I take a lot more taxis around Mexico City than I ever did in DC, and each taxi trip here begets the question of &#8220;to chat or not to chat&#8221;. (And by extension, &#8220;to practice my Spanish or not&#8221;) You can pretty much tell as soon as you get in whether the taxi driver is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undervalued Perk of Business Travel</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/15/undervalued-perk-of-business-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/15/undervalued-perk-of-business-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I spent 5 nights in Guadalajara last week, and this week I am in Dallas for 3 nights. And with these 8 nights of hotel stays, I have discovered a previously underappreciated perk of business travel when you live in Mexico City: all the tap water you can drink.
That&#8217;s right. Tap water. As you may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost as much corn as in Nebraska!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/28/almost-as-much-corn-as-in-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/28/almost-as-much-corn-as-in-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tin foil salespeople]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the favorite street foods here is corn (or elote), prepared in a variety of methods. I may have mentioned in my Taxco post that we tried it there for the first time. There, we experienced what seemed to be corn boiled in its husks with the full treatment, which included:

a wooden stick shoved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mario Kart D.F.</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/21/mario-kart-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/21/mario-kart-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poultry on ice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I left my safety blanket in the glove box. In a burst of confidence, I drove home in Mexico City without using my GPS, and I didn&#8217;t get lost.  Yes, so maybe it was less than 10 miles, and it was from the school that I had already been to 2 times, but you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pandastico?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/08/pandastico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/08/pandastico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kung-fun panda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I felt like this photo merited its own post. I am going to try &#38; start a push to really get the term &#8220;pandastico&#8221; introduced to Mexican culture. It appears I have the support of HP&#8217;s advertising agency. Will keep you updated on my progress.

Potential definition:
   a feeling of being filled with the fighting spirit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praying fervently for a connection&#8230;broadband, that is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/29/praying-fervently-for-a-connectionbroadband-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/29/praying-fervently-for-a-connectionbroadband-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cablevision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatted calf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I am praying fervently to the gods of Cablevision that they will shine their love down upon me &#38; send me a technician to fix our internet &#38; cable TV, which have now officially been non-functional for one full week. At this point, it is not even as much about having the TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lucha Libre: I may become a regular</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/27/lucha-libre-i-may-become-a-regular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/27/lucha-libre-i-may-become-a-regular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alek Koslov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arena Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lucha Libra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luchadores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mascaras]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay, I realize that I have taken a short break from my promised regular blog updates&#8230; My apologies to all my faithful readers (both of you??), and I will try to get things back in gear!!  I figured what better way to do that, than via a post about LUCHA LIBRE!!!  For those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When security companies show off</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/when-security-companies-show-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/when-security-companies-show-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glass houses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Properties in our neighborhood here in Mexico City are heavily secured, to say the least. Almost all have high walls/gates of some sort. Many have manned guard shacks or at least a guard window. The more innovative have decorative borders of electric fences, concertina wire, or shards of glass bottles/etc. jabbed into cement on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday in San Angel</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/saturday-in-san-angel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/saturday-in-san-angel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexcio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Angel; Bazar Sabado; Plaza San Jacinto; how to get to Bazaar Sabado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We set our alarms for 7:30 AM this past Saturday, in a burst of inspiration that those of you know me, know is reserved only for EXPLORING (especially when that exploring may involve shopping). Instead of taking the easy option of a taxi, we opted for the double whammy of public transit: a pesero + [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public transport in Mexico City: overall, thumbs up</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/05/public-transport-in-mexico-city-overall-thumbs-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/05/public-transport-in-mexico-city-overall-thumbs-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In hopes of someday helping a visitor to Mexico City, here&#8217;s my three-weeks-in assessment of the public transit options around here. Positives: plentiful &#38; very cheap. Negatives: busy &#38; usually warm. Major caveat: I have not yet tried the Metro/Metrobus during rush hour on a week day (7-9AM, 6-9PM), and don&#8217;t know that I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re going hunting for a panda&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/27/were-going-hunting-for-a-panda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/27/were-going-hunting-for-a-panda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapultepec Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pandas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Flurry of activity&#8221; barely begins to describe our 2nd weekend in Mexico City. John managed to come across invites to multiple events at our apartment complex, which kicked off Friday evening with a &#8220;Christmas in July&#8221; party. Theme parties are only the best thing ever, and Bertie executed this one to its fullest with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our air freight from Virginia gets to apartment faster than Cablevision</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/24/our-air-freight-from-virginia-gets-to-apartment-faster-than-cablevision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/24/our-air-freight-from-virginia-gets-to-apartment-faster-than-cablevision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apartment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In seemingly a new air speed record, it took less than a week before we were the proud recipients of SOME OF OUR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS!! We sent all our clothes and some key kitchen accoutrements via air freight, and were very excited to see them all arrive safe &#38; sound at our apartment complex in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good yet tiring times on the Turibus</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/19/good-yet-tiring-times-on-the-turibus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/19/good-yet-tiring-times-on-the-turibus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three trips on the Turibus is one or two too many. While John was at his first day of work on Tuesday, I ran some errands in the AM &#38; then ventured down to the Turibus departure point in the early afternoon. The open-air bus runs two routes&#8211; one east/west between Polanco (where we live) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of wisdom from the Embassy</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/16/words-of-wisdom-from-the-embassy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/16/words-of-wisdom-from-the-embassy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embassy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday was my first foray into the fortress that is the U.S. Embassy, aka. Embajada de los Estados Unidos. The Community Liason Office kindly holds Newcomers&#8217; Briefings once a week, where a variety of folks give you an overview on life in Mexico City &#38; within the Embassy. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t show weakness in the D.F.</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/16/dont-show-weakness-in-the-df/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God bless the driver from the Embassy. He met us just after the last set of tolls outside of the city, so that we could follow him to our apartment on Monday. Initially we were really appreciative, having heard numerous anecdotes about how much la policia in D.F. like to pull over folks with U.S. [...]]]></description>
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