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		<title>Back to Mexico City!!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2012/01/06/back-to-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Midwesterner in Virginia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A belated Merry Christmas &#38; Happy Holidays to all from me &#38; John here in Arlington, Virginia!  Thanks so much for continuing to visit this blog &#38; offer your comments. I love hearing from everyone who has Mexico questions, anecdotes, &#38; tips to share.
We interspersed some Mexico into 2011&#8217;s Annual Baking of the Cranberry Almond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/26/happy-holidays-from-midwesterner-in-virginia/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating New Year&#8217;s Eve in DF</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/25/celebrating-new-years-eve-in-df/</link>
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		<title>Our First Christmas Posada in Mexico City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many Mexican Christmas traditions I&#8217;m missing while back in the US this year is the posada. The season of posadas began on Friday, December 16th&#8211; nine days before Christmas.  When we lived in Mexico City, this marked both a time of holiday joy &#38; grinchy anger, because of the sharp uptick in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/12/18/our-first-christmas-posada-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s happening this December in Mexico City?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/27/whats-happening-this-december-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 2- Los Cabos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In follow up to my prior post regarding our Baja California Sur roadtrip, we continued on from Todos Santos to Cabo San Lucas, the most well-known spot for tourists. I will admit to being a bit skeptical of visiting Cabo prior to our arrival&#8230; I feared the existence of too many all-inclusive resorts &#38; too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/11/10/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-2-los-cabos/</link>
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		<title>Musical Guilty Pleasure: El Colesterol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share another musical guilty pleasure with you, which I just discovered today in Atlanta. My job brings me to Atlanta on occasion to visit clients, and there&#8217;s definitely a larger Mexican population there than the DC area. One benefit of this is the food&#8211; while I&#8217;ve not yet had any autentico tacos, I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/10/27/musical-guilty-pleasure-el-colesterol/</link>
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		<title>Are you a Mexico fan? Tell us about it &amp; win $500!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been sitting at your computer, paging through this blog, and thought to yourself, &#8220;You know, Julie is not the only one with stories to tell about Mexico&#8230;. I too have lots of witty/touching/inspiring/riveting things to share about this country! When will I be given the chance to share my stories about Mexico??&#8221;
My [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/10/23/are-you-a-mexico-fan-tell-us-about-it-win-500/</link>
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		<title>A race to the finish: our final days in Mexico City!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/10/23/a-race-to-the-finish-our-final-days-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 1-Todos Santos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we assessed our options for a longer vacation in Mexico over Semana Santa last year, we asked ourselves the question that most tourists as themselves: what would Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, &#38; Cindy Crawford do for their vacations?   Well, as it turns out, what they would do is prance around in their swimsuits at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/25/baja-california-sur-roadtrip-part-1-todos-santos/</link>
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		<title>16 Tips for a great Mexican Independence Day</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/09/15/16-tips-for-a-great-mexican-independence-day/</link>
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		<title>Sparkling Wineries in Querétaro: Viva Freixenet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve shared before how I&#8217;m a sucker for well-branded tourism, so Querétaro&#8217;s efforts to promote their wine &#38; cheese &#8220;route&#8221; certainly did not fall on deaf ears during my time in México. Even before we made our trip to Finca Vai for some cheese tasting, we drove from Mexico City to the same area in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/29/sparkling-wineries-in-queretaro-viva-freixenet/</link>
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		<title>Is the word &#8220;exposé&#8221; overly dramatic for a post about avocado prices in Arlington, VA?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of the highlights of life in Mexico City that we were the most sad to leave behind were 1) the amazing array of fresh fruits, vegetables and meat available to us at incredibly reasonable prices, and 2) the new world of fantastic Mexican food that we&#8217;d discovered (vastly unlike what we&#8217;d been exposed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/17/is-the-word-expose-overly-dramatic-for-a-post-about-avocado-prices-in-arlington-va/</link>
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		<title>Cheese Tourism in Mexico: a visit to Finca Vai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheese and dairy products in general are one of my favorite things to eat. So when I learned via Querétaro&#8217;s robust tourism board of a nearby farm that combined cheese-making with a barnyard animal petting zoo, it seemed like a no-brainer.  The fact that it was basically a simulated visit to the Midwest was just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/08/15/cheese-tourism-in-mexico-a-visit-to-finca-vai/</link>
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		<title>Guayaberas: the must-have men&#8217;s summer shirt of Mexico</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/27/guayaberas-the-must-have-mens-summer-shirt-of-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Visiting the Alebrije Hotspot of Oaxaca</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parts of my trip my recent Oaxaca trip via Mexico Today turned out to be the visit we made to the small town of San Martín Tilcajete. When John &#38; I visited Oaxaca back in 2009, we&#8217;d heard from friends about all the little villages specializing in various handicrafts that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-alebrije-hotspot-of-oaxaca/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Random Events in Mexico City &amp; beyond!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my continuing &#8220;Live Vicariously Through My Friends in Mexico&#8221; program, I wanted to alert y&#8217;all to some upcoming events in DF, Quintana Roo, and Hidalgo state that I thought may be worth checking out. Rest assured I continue to keep my finger on the pulse of kitschy activities despite my absence from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/07/06/upcoming-random-events-in-mexico-city-beyond/</link>
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		<title>Shopping in the Mexico City Airport</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you regular readers may have gathered by this point, there are few things I love more than products with a Mexican theme and kitschy shops for hipsters. When these worlds combine, good things happen.
I certainly didn&#8217;t expect to find this combo inside the Mexico City airport. But as I wandered through Terminal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/06/28/shopping-in-the-mexico-city-airport/</link>
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		<title>The Fields of Oaxaca</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe it was a famous photographer who once said, &#8220;Some of the best photos this world has seen were taken from small, fogged-up airplane windows while flying over the state of Oaxaca.&#8221;  Even if that&#8217;s not true, I&#8217;m still going to subject you to a photo I snapped on our descent into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/06/24/the-fields-of-oaxaca/</link>
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		<title>Mexico Today!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friends &#38; family can confirm that I rarely pass up the chance to promote all-things-Mexico. Whether it be travel, food, drink, people, glassware, professional wrestling&#8211; you name it and I can probably spend an hour of your time raving about it. (Well, maybe everything except the chapulines. While I have sampled the crispy critters, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/06/21/mexico-today/</link>
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		<title>The Burros are Back!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things are so important to alert my readers to that I have to emerge from my 2-month blog hibernation to do so.  Any guesses what could possibly make that exclusive priority list? The Feria Nacional del Burro, of course!!
For any readers who had the misfortune of missing my live coverage from the National Donkey Fair [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/04/26/the-burros-are-back/</link>
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		<title>Mexican Decor: more is more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an affinity for Mexican-themed decor at an early age, judging by this clay taco I just unearthed from my box of &#8220;Julie&#8217;s Elementary/Junior High School Stuff&#8221;.
For anyone wondering&#8211; no, this is not a rabbit poo taco. Those small brown pellets are obviously ground beef, accompanied by orange shredded cheese, thin pieces of green [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/02/24/mexican-decor-more-is-more/</link>
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		<title>Carnitas: bring that porky magic to your own kitchen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though we&#8217;ve only been out of Mexico for three months now, we&#8217;re already starting to get the DTs for some good tacos. (or perhaps the more appropriate term is TTs&#8211; taqueria tremens??) We&#8217;ve not done an exhaustive taqueria inventory in the DMV area, but we are starting to get skeptical enough that I&#8217;ve begun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/01/24/carnitas-bring-that-porky-magic-to-your-own-kitchen/</link>
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		<title>Ingredients for a Great Mexican Despedida</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2011/01/09/ingredients-for-a-great-mexican-despedida/</link>
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		<title>Mezcalerias vs. Home Depot on a Friday night&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/12/10/mezcalerias-vs-home-depot-on-a-friday-night/</link>
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		<title>Please make me some jello, Mexico-style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nestled among the names of a few restaurants &#38; esoteric museums on my &#8220;Things I Didn&#8217;t Get to Do While I Was in Mexico City&#8221; inventory, one activity regarding jello sits there on my list of regrets. Jello wrestling, you ask optimistically? No, my friends. It is actually a cooking class that I had my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/12/01/please-make-me-some-jello-mexico-style/</link>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very Happy Halloween to all those here in the US this evening! Today marks our official re-entry into Normal Life 2.0, as we arrived this evening back to Arlington, Virginia after 2 years and 3 months living in Mexico City. We&#8217;ve been on a 2700+ mile road trip starting in Denver, Colorado on October [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/31/happy-halloween/</link>
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		<title>Subtle Messages&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/13/subtle-messages/</link>
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		<title>What do you think about public transit in Mexico City??</title>
		<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:
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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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/12/what-do-you-think-about-public-transit-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Mexico Driving Hazards</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/10/mexico-driving-hazards/</link>
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		<title>Olympic Festival this weekend in Mexico City</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/08/olympic-festival-this-weekend-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>German names don&#8217;t go well in Spanish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John &#38; I are rather sad to be leaving Mexico City after an amazing 2 years and 3 months. I have been trying to look on the bright side &#38; think of things that we will not miss about Mexico. It isn&#8217;t going very well, because the best thing I&#8217;ve thought of so far is:

People [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/04/german-names-dont-go-well-in-spanish/</link>
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		<title>The preferred moving company of Mexico</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/04/the-preferred-moving-company-of-mexico/</link>
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		<title>He&#8217;s all mime, ladies</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/10/03/hes-all-mime-ladies/</link>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s Christmas Card photo&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;may be sourced from any of these pics from our despedida this past Saturday.  (Despedida = going-away party in Spanish).
Any votes on the winner??
Of course, this would imply that we are motivated enough to actually send out Christmas cards for the first time in our lives.  Hmmm&#8230;  Maybe I meant Christmas email&#8230;.  
P.S. Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/28/this-years-christmas-card-photo/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to the Corona Brewery (aka Cervecería Modelo)</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/23/a-visit-to-the-corona-brewery-aka-cerveceria-modelo/</link>
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		<title>Questionable Ladder Usage&#8230;</title>
		<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!!
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		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/20/questionable-ladder-usage/</link>
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		<title>What to eat at the Tacos &amp; Mariachi Fest in Mexico City</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/07/what-to-eat-at-the-tacos-mariachi-fest-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Zihuatanejo: our last beach trip in Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sense your sympathy may be limited when I tell you that today is the last day of our LAST Mexican beach vacation, and it&#8217;s raining. We&#8217;ve truly been spoiled with all the amazing travel opportunities during our 2.25 years here in Mexico, but nonetheless we wanted to jam in one last trip to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/09/06/zihuatanejo-our-last-beach-trip-in-mexico/</link>
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		<title>1st Taco &amp; Mariachi Festival in Plaza Garibaldi!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/1st-taco-mariachi-festival-in-plaza-garibaldi/</link>
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		<title>I need a cactus chair</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/30/i-need-a-cactus-chair/</link>
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		<title>How Driving in Mexico City Changes You</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/26/how-driving-in-mexico-city-changes-you/</link>
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		<title>Learn Mexico City slang on your iPhone!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/25/learn-mexico-city-slang-on-your-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Obesity linked to Snickers consumption at gym</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/23/obesity-linked-to-snickers-consumption-at-gym/</link>
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		<title>Cognitive dissonance: sexy, gourmet hot dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While watching television last night in Mexico City, we saw one commercial that really stood out&#8211; in a bad way. It ran twice in an hour.  The first time, we debated whether Saturday Night Live producers had somehow snuck a fake, joke commercial into Cablevisión&#8217;s Mexico programming. The second time, we felt slightly nauseous.
Decide for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/19/cognitive-dissonance-sexy-gourmet-hot-dogs/</link>
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		<title>Sancocho: the most impressive meat stew ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my MBA class friends here in Mexico City is married to a woman from the Dominican Republic. For Rodolfo&#8217;s birthday last year, his wife made an amazing Dominican creation known as Sancocho de las Siete Carnes. John and I were invited to the Gran Sancochada (as apparently one calls the event at which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/18/sancocho-the-most-impressive-meat-stew-ever/</link>
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		<title>Elvis Memorial Mass this Monday Night!!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/13/elvis-memorial-mass-this-monday-night/</link>
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		<title>Best time of day in Mexico City: early morning</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/12/best-time-of-day-in-mexico-city-early-morning/</link>
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		<title>Casseroles heal all wounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After two weeks here in Nebraska, hanging out both at the hospital in Omaha and in my hometown of Grand Island, the time has come for me return to Mexico City. I think the Carmann family is feeling a lot better now that we&#8217;ve had some time to gather more information &#38; Mom is well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/08/05/casseroles-heal-all-wounds/</link>
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		<title>Life in a hospital for 7 days: not as glamorous as Grey&#8217;s Anatomy depicts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I alluded to in my last post, I&#8217;ve been back from Mexico in Nebraska for the last week. Unfortunately it hasn&#8217;t just been all fun and games of monitoring crime in Omaha (though God knows it&#8217;s not for lack of news).
I&#8217;ve spent the several days at the University of Nebraska Medical Center here in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/29/life-in-a-hospital-for-7-days-not-as-glamorous-as-greys-anatomy-depicts/</link>
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		<title>Now who&#8217;s more dangerous: Mexico City vs. Omaha, Nebraska</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/23/now-whos-more-dangerous-mexico-city-vs-omaha-nebraska/</link>
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		<title>Mexican food I&#8217;ve not yet tried&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/22/mexican-food-ive-not-yet-tried/</link>
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		<title>Fruit &amp; Veg Wonderland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John and I have just under 3 months left in DF before moving back to the other distrito (DC, that is). As our time south of the border wanes, one thing you can expect over the coming weeks is some posts whining w/r/t what we will miss about Mexico.
Whiny Topic #1: Mexico&#8217;s beautiful, luscious, tasty, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/19/fruit-veg-wonderland/</link>
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		<title>Takenoya: Chinese Steamed Soup Dumplings in Mexico City!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parts of my recent visit to China was the food. Particularly, the magical &#8220;soup dumplings&#8221; for which Shanghai is legendary, known more properly as xiaolongbao. I went to DinTaiFung in Shanghai, as per friend Todd&#8217;s recommendation, which is known world-wide for its excellence in these steamed dumplings.
Why are these little nuggets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/takenoya-chinese-steamed-soup-dumplings-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Alert! Lucha Libre Expo next weekend in Mexico City!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/alert-lucha-libre-expo-next-weekend-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Mexico City Airport- Terminal 1 Meeting Point</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/mexico-city-airport-terminal-1-meeting-point/</link>
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		<title>Elisabeth Shue launches misspelled clothing line in Mexico</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/30/elisabeth-shue-launches-misspelled-clothing-line-in-mexico/</link>
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		<title>My husband protects me from screaming, naked girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 5th full day of our Yucatan Peninsula vacation, and we&#8217;re currently in beautiful Tulum on the east cost of Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Isla Holbox &#38; Valladolid were great; more to come!) We&#8217;re staying in a house (Casa de las Olas) on the very south bit of Tulum&#8217;s beachfront, literally the last property [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/23/my-husband-protects-me-from-screaming-naked-girls/</link>
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		<title>Big Pimpin&#8217;: Holiday Inn Express, Cancun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John &#38; I have been incredibly lucky to be able to do a *ton* of traveling around Mexico during our two years here. The last item to check off our list has been Yucatan &#38; Quintana Roo states, better known to most gringos as CANCUN.   Truth be told, I have never had a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/18/big-pimpin-holiday-inn-express-cancun/</link>
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		<title>Pork Consumption: China&#8217;s beating you, Mexico&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To further the undeserved reputation I have of being a crazy bacon/pork advocate, I thought it was time for another pig-related post. Two years of living in Mexico has opened my eyes to a whole new level of involvement between pigs &#38; your daily food intake. The sheer number of chicharrones (fried piggie skins) on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/12/pork-consumption-chinas-beating-you-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Radio Silence!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been a solid 2 weeks since I&#8217;ve managed to share any riveting, witty stories with my loyal blog readers. But I have a good excuse! Upon return from my 15 days in China, I spent a couple nites in Mexico City &#38; then was off on a plane again to Phoenix, Arizona. Off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/06/06/radio-silence/</link>
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		<title>Mao and Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What, did you think I *wasn&#8217;t* going to get a photo of me in an ironic t-shirt in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing? It seems a bit unrealistic, don&#8217;t you think?  
Thanks once again to Threadless.com &#38; the Communist Party.
Note the dour, gray, smoggy sky in photo above&#8230; Never though I would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/23/mao-and-me/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to the Great Wall!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My time in Beijing has come to end (note: 3 days ago, but the blogging is a little delayed, folks). I am (was) typing this offline while sitting in the Beijing airport, with the distinction of being the earliest passenger to arrive for my 8AM flight. I’m unclear if the guy at my hotel has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/17/a-visit-to-the-great-wall/</link>
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		<title>Hello from China!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you may think, a lot has happened since BurroFest &#8216;10. First off, I am DONE WITH MY LAST FINAL EXAM EVER!! This past Friday &#38; Saturday (May 8-9) brought about the last weekend of my 2-year, bi-weekly MBA program, with 3 long-awaited final exams. I still owe y&#8217;all a snapshot of what an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/13/hello-from-china/</link>
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		<title>New Trendy Wine Store in Polanco: Bacus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cute little wine store recently opened up about a block from our apartment in Polanco. It&#8217;s called Bacus, and this is their 3rd site so far in Mexico City (other two in Del Valle and Satelite). Knowing that having a wine source so close could cause problems for both our budget + my level [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/06/new-trendy-wine-store-in-polanco-bacus/</link>
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		<title>What is the Best Festival EVER in Mexico? Ask the burros!!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/01/what-is-the-best-festival-ever-in-mexico-ask-the-burros/</link>
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		<title>Motorcycle Helmet FAIL</title>
		<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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		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/30/motorcycle-helmet-fail/</link>
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
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		<title>Moments when I question my choice of Mexico City spa service providers</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/28/moments-when-i-question-my-choice-of-mexico-city-spa-service-providers/</link>
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		<title>World Cup Stickers: the latest trend where I&#8217;m out of the loop</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/24/world-cup-stickers-the-latest-trend/</link>
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		<title>Visit to Boston: 1st day highlights</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/15/visit-to-boston-1st-day-highlights/</link>
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		<title>Now included on Mexicana flights: free Scandinavian escort!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/10/now-included-on-mexicana-flights-free-scandinavian-escort/</link>
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		<title>Tecali de Herrera- Mexico&#8217;s hub of all things onyx</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/29/tecali-de-herrera-mexicos-hub-of-all-things-onyx/</link>
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		<title>The true dangers of Mexico City</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/23/the-true-dangers-of-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Differentiating yourself via Mexican-themed packaging</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/differentiating-yourself-via-mexican-themed-packaging/</link>
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		<title>Electrical Engineering at its finest&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/17/electrical-engineering-at-its-finest/</link>
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		<title>Taxi Chats about mickeyteesone</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/11/taxi-chats-about-mickeyteesone/</link>
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		<title>Las Pozas: a Jungly Wonderland in Xilitla, Mexico</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/08/las-pozas-a-jungly-wonderland-in-xilitla-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Call for Earth Day vendors in Mexico City</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/05/call-for-earth-day-vendors-in-mexico-city/</link>
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		<title>Mexican Weather Barometer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As seen in the courtyard of the Museo del Queso y Vino (Museum of Cheese and Wine) in Tequisquiapan:
I have got to find myself one of these. In case it&#8217;s not very clear from the pic, the &#8220;measurement&#8221; part of this barometer is the cow&#8217;s tail, which is a piece of rope. The translation:

If the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/03/mexican-weather-barometer/</link>
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		<title>The latest trends in Lucha Libre souvenirs</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/the-latest-trends-in-lucha-libre-souvenirs/</link>
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		<title>Two different approaches to Mexican tourism: Queretaro vs. Hidalgo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I constantly rave about Queretaro State&#8217;s Secretaria de Turismo (tourism board). They really have their stuff together, with amazing maps, good websites, great brochures, all of which serve to seduce people to a Mexican state that (to be honest) I initially thought didn&#8217;t really have that much going for it. (I have since reconsidered this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/two-different-approaches-to-mexican-tourism-queretaro-vs-hidalgo/</link>
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		<title>Tasty Capsu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes one comes across something in Spanish that makes me feel better about my language abilities, because it reminds me that on occasion, Mexicans have trouble with Spanish too. And maybe also trouble with colors.
Reference the below photo snapped by one of my eagle-eyed MBA classmates this weekend, as seen on the table of food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/22/tasty-capsu/</link>
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		<title>A Las Pozas preview&#8230;</title>
		<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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		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/16/a-las-pozas-preview/</link>
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		<title>Sluggy McSluggerson recounts some Mexico Highlights!</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/11/sluggy-mcsluggerson-recounts-some-mexico-highlights/</link>
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		<title>Flores de Calabaza (aka Squash Blossoms)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On almost every trip to the mercados or grocery stores here in Mexico, I find myself admiring the flores de calabaza, a.k.a. squash blossoms. Not being a fan of actual squash, I consider these guys by far the best thing to emerge from the squash family:
I never got around to actually buying them due to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/09/flores-de-calabaza-aka-squash-blossoms/</link>
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		<title>Las Jirafas y la Mula in Santa Maria la Ribera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in December, John, friend Susan &#38; I went on a long overdue visit to one of Mexico City&#8217;s up-and-coming neighborhoods, Santa Maria la Ribera. (Read as: no Starbucks yet) For additional colonia commentary, check out SMlR resident Jesus Chairez&#8217;s blog, or Lesley&#8217;s post re. her visit.  There are several cute little spots, like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/27/las-jirafas-y-la-mula-in-santa-maria-la-ribera/</link>
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		<title>Cat Whistle satisfies all gift-giving needs</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/26/cat-whistle-satisfies-all-gift-giving-needs/</link>
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		<title>Ok, so maybe I won&#8217;t park my car here</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/18/ok-so-maybe-i-wont-park-my-car-here/</link>
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		<title>Newsflash: free water at restaurant in Polanco!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Living in the fancy-pants neighborhood of Polanco in Mexico City, we see loads of overpriced, trendy restaurants where the food tends to be sub-par. There are a few diamonds in the rough, but it is rare you can escape lunch (much less dinner) with a bill of &#60;$200 pesos at any of the see-and-be-seen joints. These are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/14/newsflash-free-water-at-restaurant-in-polanco/</link>
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		<title>The Spanish Wingman</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/10/the-spanish-wingman/</link>
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		<title>The Mexican winter of 2010</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/08/the-mexican-winter-of-2010/</link>
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		<title>The best tacos come from the back of a van</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The two friends visiting us this week are your classic &#8220;work hard, play hard&#8221; types. Since there is no work for them to do here, the focus has been largely on playing. In Mexico, &#8220;playing&#8221; loosely translates &#8220;tequila, cerveza, and more tequila&#8221;.
As you can see, this team was well prepared to handle its tequila:
After a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/05/the-best-tacos-come-from-the-back-of-a-van/</link>
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		<title>A taste of Yelapa&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the delinquency in beach photo uploads!! We have a couple friends visiting this week, so we have been busy with a flurry of taco-eating, pyramid-visiting, tequila-drinking, lucha-watching, bullfight-attending, etc. For an added bonus, one of the visitors (college friend James) is taller than us, which has provided an exciting chance for me to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/01/a-taste-of-yelapa/</link>
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		<title>¡Feliz Navidad!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well kids, we decided to forego the trip home to the Midwest this Christmas. This is now seeming quite fortuitous, given the crazy snowstorms that have been popping up all over the States this week &#38; last. Nebraska is apparently scheduled to get heavy snow for the next 3 days, which you can view live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/23/%c2%a1feliz-navidad/</link>
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		<title>A tasty Christmas-y appetizer&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, a caveat: this is not a remotely Mexican recipe. :) But it does fit the bill for blog-inclusion by being Midwestern. And more importantly, it is a gooooood recipe, probably because it is endowed with the hallmarks of Midwestern cooking: dairy, dairy, and more dairy, with the occasional smattering of vegetables well-disguised by cheese.
The illustrious Pizza Dip has gained [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/20/a-tasty-christmas-y-appetizer/</link>
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		<title>Musical guilty pleasures</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/18/musical-guilty-pleasures/</link>
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		<title>Tunnel art in DF: does it soothe or scare?</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/16/tunnel-art-in-df-does-it-soothe-or-scare/</link>
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		<title>Run, don&#8217;t walk, to Galerias El Triunfo for all your Christmas shopping needs&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/15/run-dont-walk-to-galerias-el-triunfo/</link>
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		<title>Surprising that I&#8217;ve not spotted these decorative cow heads around Nebraska&#8230;</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/08/surprising-that-ive-not-spotted-these-decorative-cow-heads-around-nebraska/</link>
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