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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; Only in Mexico</title>
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	<description>the life and times of a gringa in Mexico City</description>
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		<title>Mexican food I&#8217;ve not yet tried&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/22/mexican-food-ive-not-yet-tried/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/22/mexican-food-ive-not-yet-tried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arena Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bar La Estacion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As seen at Bar La Estacion across the street from Arena Mexico (the lucha libre venue):
You&#8217;ll see a few common Mexican snacks listed (in varying degrees of spelling accuracy) in the white lettering. But peruse on down to that 4th line of white text. Pene en su jugo. For any non-Spanish speakers, that means pene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alert! Lucha Libre Expo next weekend in Mexico City!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/alert-lucha-libre-expo-next-weekend-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/alert-lucha-libre-expo-next-weekend-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centro Banamex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Experiencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha Libre La Experiencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican wrestling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to be the first to alert all you closet lucha libre fans out there that the 2010 Lucha Libre: La Experiencia will be taking place next weekend here in Mexico City! For anyone who missed this last year, you can get a full run-down of the excitement at my blog post from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elisabeth Shue launches misspelled clothing line in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/30/elisabeth-shue-launches-misspelled-clothing-line-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/30/elisabeth-shue-launches-misspelled-clothing-line-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth Shue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trendy clothing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to be the first to congratulate Elisabeth Shue on the launch of her new clothing line here in Mexico City. For anyone unfamiliar with the illustrious actress, do I really have to remind you of her classic hits like Adventures in Babysitting and Cocktail??
Anyway, I was grocery shopping at Chedraui (supermarket/hub for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Festival EVER in Mexico? Ask the burros!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best fair ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brahma bulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burricornio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro fashion show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burro races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkey festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria Nacional del Burro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otumba]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: Feria Nacional del Burro 2010 *exceeded* our expectations. Get ready for some heavy photo coverage, folks.   As I mentioned on Thursday, I&#8217;d gotten wind of this Burro Festival on Twitter, and after seeing how witty their website was, I had no choice but to go. Besides, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>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>
		<category><![CDATA[motorcycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety first!]]></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;
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feria de Burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otumba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarcasm in Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to keep up with the young hipsters of today, I created a Twitter account several months back &#38; vaguely monitor my fellow &#8220;Twitteros&#8221; (as they are called here in Mexico). While parsing through Twitter&#8217;s mountain of 140-character data bursts is truly a &#8220;diamond in the rough&#8221; kind of situation, every now and then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>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>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sticker trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stickers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2152</guid>
		<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>Visit to Boston: 1st day highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/15/visit-to-boston-1st-day-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/15/visit-to-boston-1st-day-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visits back in the US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airplane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Demon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ImprovBoston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luchadores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nacho Libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordstrom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I scheduled a trip many moons ago to finally get back to Boston  (where I lived from 2002-2006) to visit friends &#38; hang around for Patriots&#8217; Day, better known as the day of the Boston Marathon! I flew out of Mexico City on Wednesday at 9AM &#38; got in last nite. Here are a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now included on Mexicana flights: free Scandinavian escort!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/10/now-included-on-mexicana-flights-free-scandinavian-escort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/10/now-included-on-mexicana-flights-free-scandinavian-escort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I hate you Aeromexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexicana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexy advertising]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My recent blogging delinquency has stemmed from our recent vacation to Baja California Sur over Semana Santa (Holy Week) here in Mexico. As you can look forward to hearing about in painful detail in a subsequent blog post, we had a VERY BAD experience with AeroMexico trying to get from Mexico City to La Paz.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tecali de Herrera- Mexico&#8217;s hub of all things onyx</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/29/tecali-de-herrera-mexicos-hub-of-all-things-onyx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/29/tecali-de-herrera-mexicos-hub-of-all-things-onyx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puebla State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-convent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[onyx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puebla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puebla state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tecali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tecali de Herrera]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We took a day trip on Saturday to Tecali de Herrera, which I understand to be the hub of onyx (and marble) production in Mexico (or at least one of them). Tecali de Herrera is located about 47 km southeast of Puebla in Puebla state, and it took us a little over 2 hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Differentiating yourself via Mexican-themed packaging</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/differentiating-yourself-via-mexican-themed-packaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/differentiating-yourself-via-mexican-themed-packaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby shower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best packaging ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucha 4 life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican-themed gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obsess much?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guess which present at the baby shower was from me?
It&#8217;s not the prettiest, people, but it did get a laugh. As I wrote to Tricia on the card, what says &#8220;new baby boy in Mexico&#8221; more than a box decorated like a lucha mask? Alternatively one might say, &#8220;When has one carried a novelty interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electrical Engineering at its finest&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/electrical-engineering-at-its-finest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/electrical-engineering-at-its-finest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrical engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what could go wrong?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As seen at Ciudadela in Mexico City this past weekend. We spent a good 5 minutes trying to guess the functionality of this thing before friend Greg gained the courage to inquire directly.
It was at a jewelry booth, so I was voting for some kind of ionizing jewelry cleaner (no idea what that even means). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Pozas: a Jungly Wonderland in Xilitla, Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/08/las-pozas-a-jungly-wonderland-in-xilitla-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/08/las-pozas-a-jungly-wonderland-in-xilitla-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Potosi State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa Vieja Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete snakes with rebar tongues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Castillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hostal del Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human maze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jungly bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Pozas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurante Ambar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since we arrived in Mexico, I&#8217;ve heard rumblings about Las Pozas. General commentary included things like &#8220;crazy place in the jungle&#8221;, &#8220;this English guy Edward James&#8217;s surrealistic garden&#8221;, &#8220;wild concrete structures&#8221;, and perhaps the most intimidating, &#8220;8 hours away on windy mountain roads&#8221;.
With most weekends booked up between MBA class &#38; visitors, it took [...]]]></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>
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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>A Las Pozas preview&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/16/a-las-pozas-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/16/a-las-pozas-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Potosi State]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If these images don&#8217;t at least pique your interest regarding a trip to Las Pozas in middle-of-nowhere, Mexico (a.k.a. Xilitla in southern San Luis Potosi state), then I don&#8217;t know what will.    More details to follow of our amazing weekend trip, a mere 7 hours north of Mexico City!!

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		<title>Sluggy McSluggerson recounts some Mexico Highlights!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
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		<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>Cat Whistle satisfies all gift-giving needs</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/26/cat-whistle-satisfies-all-gift-giving-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/26/cat-whistle-satisfies-all-gift-giving-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best gift ever]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cat Whistle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[markets in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico souvenirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocky the Raccoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day presents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a dude I&#8217;ve encountered at a couple markets in Mexico City who walks around holding a big, black plastic garbage bag. You can hear him coming from a couple aisles away, because it sounds like he is accompanied by a very angry cat. The first time you come upon him, you are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ok, so maybe I won&#8217;t park my car here</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/18/ok-so-maybe-i-wont-park-my-car-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/18/ok-so-maybe-i-wont-park-my-car-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parking lot; possibility of your car being burned]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As seen in a parking lot in Patzcuaro, Mexico:
Fair enough on the robbery front; that&#8217;s par for the course in most parking lots. But the fire part? Uh, has that happened here before? Or happened often? I guess what I&#8217;m asking is: what are the odds of my car being burned down if I park [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spanish Wingman</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/10/the-spanish-wingman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/10/the-spanish-wingman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning Spanish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Red]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chatting up girls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dating in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the unique things experienced by visitors to Mexico City, I&#8217;ve found that our US-based guests are most surprised that English is not spoken more prevalently here. I think there&#8217;s a general assumption among Americans that everyone in Mexico is dying to move to the USA and hence is furiously learning English. Point of [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas decor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life-size giraffe]]></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>Surprising that I&#8217;ve not spotted these decorative cow heads around Nebraska&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/08/surprising-that-ive-not-spotted-these-decorative-cow-heads-around-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/08/surprising-that-ive-not-spotted-these-decorative-cow-heads-around-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxidermy; stuffed cow heads; tacky stuffed birds; trendy decor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stuffed animals seem to be über-popular in Mexico, or at least you&#8217;d guess that based on their prevalence at markets/stores nationwide. To be clear, by &#8221;stuffed&#8221;, I do not mean fuzzy-wuzzy little teddy bears. Rather, I mean no-shit, taxidermied, formerly-alive-but-now-marble-eyed ANIMALS. I have seen a fair number of fake replicas as well, but even those (i.e. [...]]]></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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto school]]></category>
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		<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>
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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>Fighting the scourge&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/fighting-the-scourge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/fighting-the-scourge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evil plagues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also in the vicinity of Leon, we spotted this bumper sticker:
Perhaps fruit flies are a bigger scourge here than I am aware of&#8230;? Who knew they required a national campaign? Needless to say, I am gettin&#8217; me one of them stickers ASAP.  
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		<title>Best medical deal yet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/best-medical-deal-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/21/best-medical-deal-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guanajuato State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everlasting love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot medical bargains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saw this hot deal advertised outside a store while passing through Leon last week:
Everlasting love for less than a buck? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me&#8230; But unfortunately as I am cautioned, this will only &#8220;preserve&#8221; your love from forming a child.   I like the romantic heart additions to class it [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[brooms]]></category>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dia de los Muertos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of my fellow bloggers have discussed, this is one of the best times of year to be in Mexico City&#8211; during the Dia de los Muertos celebrations. Preparation for this fascinating holiday begins during the last week or two of October, with activities reaching their peak on November 1 &#38; 2. Wikipedia offers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best kid-friendly Halloween decor</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/31/best-kid-friendly-halloween-decor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/10/31/best-kid-friendly-halloween-decor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fake bloody rats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom is down for a visit this week, so I was excited that she would be able to see some of the Dia de los Muertos action here in Mexico. We had a successful trip down to Coyoacan today in search of ofrendas (pics to come!), but I first wanted to quickly share this gem of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[free internet]]></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;
]]></description>
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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>
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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>Lucha Libre: La Experiencia</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/07/lucha-libre-la-experiencia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/07/lucha-libre-la-experiencia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the US, if you told me that there was a WWE convention going on next weekend, you can pretty much bet your ass that I wouldn&#8217;t be there. For whatever reason, though, professional wrestling in Mexico City = entertainment gold. Hence, I was all over Lucha Libre: La Experiencia, the lucha expo that came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern poultry refrigeration techniques continue to sweep Mexico by storm</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/30/modern-poultry-refrigeration-techniques-continue-to-sweep-mexico-by-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/30/modern-poultry-refrigeration-techniques-continue-to-sweep-mexico-by-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chickens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a follow-on to last year&#8217;s photo of [dead] chickens on the move, my brother Tim snapped this gem while we were wandering around the Centro during his visit the other week.
We observed that the ladies (may they rest in peace) were being watched over by a singular guard wandering through the gutter nearby&#8230;
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[$1000 peso bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finances 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>The multi-purpose trucks of Mexico&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/12/the-multi-purpose-trucks-of-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/12/the-multi-purpose-trucks-of-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A glimpse of the varied trucks encountered last week on our drive to Oaxaca City&#8230;
#1) Crazy-piled green onion transporter. This truck was traveling at 60+ mph on the toll road between Mexico City &#38; Puebla. I have no idea how you stack green onions 6-feet high in a way that prevents them from being blown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delicate Oaxacan bathrooms&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/03/delicate-oaxacan-bathrooms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/03/delicate-oaxacan-bathrooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oaxaca State]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate my end-of-job + John&#8217;s 3-day weekend, we decided to make the 6-hour drive down to Oaxaca City in the state of Oaxaca for the weekend. We will definitely have more insightful comments to add, but for the moment wanted to share this gem of a poster found in the baño of the seemingly oft-gringo-frequented Café [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centro Artesanal Buenavista]]></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>Is &#8220;Mickey Burger&#8221; the correct Spanish translation?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/17/is-mickey-burger-the-correct-spanish-translation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/17/is-mickey-burger-the-correct-spanish-translation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my continued fascination with the wares of Mexican grocery stores, we came across this gem yesterday at Superama:
How quickly Mickey has apparently forgotten his long-time friend, Clarabelle Cow. I was also struck by the elegant array of seafood on display, namely the purply octopuses. I like most seafood, but I will admit I&#8217;m not [...]]]></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>
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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>
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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>
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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>If the druglords don&#8217;t get ya, the flu might&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/24/if-the-druglords-dont-get-ya-the-flu-might/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/24/if-the-druglords-dont-get-ya-the-flu-might/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[things your professor will never believe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yay for flu shots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In late-breaking news from here at my dining-room table Financial Accounting 12:30AM study session, there is a chance my final exam scheduled for today (Friday) may be cancelled due to a flu outbreak in Mexico City &#38; surrounding areas. El Universal just reported that the Secretaries of Health &#38; Public Education have decided to cancel [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></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[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embassy spouses]]></category>
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		<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?
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[balloon dart toss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar tour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cantina Crawl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carnival games]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mariachis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paseo de las Cantinas]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
		<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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		<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[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[border violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[come visit it's safe honest!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangerous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't be a moron when you travel]]></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>Chiapas-style Car Wash</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/17/chiapas-style-car-wash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/17/chiapas-style-car-wash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chiapas State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car wash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John made it down to Chiapas this past weekend (while I was stuck at class busy being a brilliant MBA student). A summary from him should be forthcoming, but in the interim, I was entertained by this photo of a car wash along the Usumacinta River along the border of México and Guatemala.
 
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Condesa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Tizoncito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora Lounge]]></category>
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		<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>Photo highlights from Querétaro State</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/12/photo-highlights-from-queretaro-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/12/photo-highlights-from-queretaro-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Querétaro State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[churches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eagle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post with the relevant details of our trip to Querétaro, Tequisquiapan, &#38; the Freixenet Winery will be forthcoming, but for now the behind-in-her-readings MBA student can only be bothered to post a few of the random photo highlights of our 3 day trip to the state of Querétaro&#8230;.
 
 
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		<title>We are one with Street Food Vendors of Querétaro</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/we-are-one-with-street-food-vendors-of-queretaro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/04/we-are-one-with-street-food-vendors-of-queretaro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[esquimos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We felt obligated to take advantage of both of us having New Year&#8217;s Day 2009 off from work, and so parlayed it into a 2-night stay in Querétaro, a town of ~1.6 million people located two hours northwest of Mexico City. Our recent string of luck continued, as we happened upon yet another holiday festival&#8211; the town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Monarch Migration: bazillions of butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/16/mexicos-monarch-migration-bazillions-of-butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/16/mexicos-monarch-migration-bazillions-of-butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michoacan State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, John &#38; I took advantage of the Friday I had off of work in honor of el Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe to drive to Michoacán to see the annual monarch butterfly migration! In a nutshell, millions of butterflies migrate from the US &#38; Canada each year starting in November to spend [...]]]></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>
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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>Live caterpillars: Not my normal market purchase</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/20/live-caterpillars-not-my-normal-market-purchase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maguey worms]]></category>
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		<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>Señor Oinks-a-lot</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/04/senor-oinks-a-lot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arena Coliseo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[careers in Mexico]]></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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street vendors]]></category>
		<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>A sad day for Mexican circus lovers</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/25/a-sad-day-for-mexican-circus-lovers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/25/a-sad-day-for-mexican-circus-lovers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seriously debated whether to post this breaking-news item, out of concern for offending the sensibilties of my more delicate readers&#8230; In the end, however, I decided that since I may be your only set of eyes and ears here in Mexico, I am obligated to be the bearer of anything that falls into the &#8220;News You [...]]]></description>
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