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’s dad [...]
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The witty statues of Chapultepec Castle
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 [...]
Taking the lizard out for a walk
No, that’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 [...]
Almost as much corn as in Nebraska!
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 [...]
Lucha Libre: I may become a regular
Okay, okay, I realize that I have taken a short break from my promised regular blog updates… 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 [...]
Saturday in San Angel
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 + [...]
We’re going hunting for a panda…
“Flurry of activity” 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 “Christmas in July” party. Theme parties are only the best thing ever, and Bertie executed this one to its fullest with a [...]
Good yet tiring times on the Turibus
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 & then ventured down to the Turibus departure point in the early afternoon. The open-air bus runs two routes– one east/west between Polanco (where we live) [...]
