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	<title>Midwesterner in Mexico &#187; Mexico City</title>
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		<title>Now who&#8217;s more dangerous: Mexico City vs. Omaha, Nebraska</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/23/now-whos-more-dangerous-mexico-city-vs-omaha-nebraska/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/23/now-whos-more-dangerous-mexico-city-vs-omaha-nebraska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I flew from Mexico City back to Omaha, Nebraska rather unexpectedly on Thursday. One might reasonably assume that Omaha (epitome of the good ol&#8217; Midwest with a population of around 830,000+ in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area) would be vastly safer than Mexico City (capital of narco-landia with a population of 23,000,000+).
Imagine my surprise when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takenoya: Chinese Steamed Soup Dumplings in Mexico City!!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/takenoya-chinese-steamed-soup-dumplings-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/takenoya-chinese-steamed-soup-dumplings-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chinese dumplings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese food in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shumai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soup dumplings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sushi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xiaolongbao]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2378</guid>
		<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>
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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>
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		<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>Mexico City Airport- Terminal 1 Meeting Point</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/mexico-city-airport-terminal-1-meeting-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/07/18/mexico-city-airport-terminal-1-meeting-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aeopuerto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AICM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benito Juarez International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international arrivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City airport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 30 minutes spent on the innerwebs trying to find an answer to this question, I thought I would share it with any other impending Mexico City airport visitors. (Consider it a follow-up to my &#8220;Navigating the Mexico City Airport &#8221; post from last year.)
If you are trying to either go pick someone up or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Trendy Wine Store in Polanco: Bacus</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/06/new-trendy-wine-store-in-polanco-bacus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/05/06/new-trendy-wine-store-in-polanco-bacus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bacus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polanco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine tasting]]></category>

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		<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>
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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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying: Feria Nacional del Burro 2010 *exceeded* our expectations. Get ready for some heavy photo coverage, folks.   As I mentioned on Thursday, I&#8217;d gotten wind of this Burro Festival on Twitter, and after seeing how witty their website was, I had no choice but to go. Besides, having a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Weekend Plans? How about the BURRO FESTIVAL??!?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/29/no-weekend-plans-how-about-the-burro-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Fair!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burro Festival!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donkeys]]></category>
		<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>Moments when I question my choice of Mexico City spa service providers</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/28/moments-when-i-question-my-choice-of-mexico-city-spa-service-providers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/28/moments-when-i-question-my-choice-of-mexico-city-spa-service-providers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser hair removal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lasers- good or bad for your naked eyes?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what could go wrong?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=2170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hit me last month that our time in Mexico is quickly coming to a close, causing me to spring into action on a topic that I&#8217;d been mulling over for the last year and a half: laser hair removal. (It&#8217;s ok, boys, you can stop reading now &#38; I won&#8217;t be offended.)
With an eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup Stickers: the latest trend where I&#8217;m out of the loop</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/24/world-cup-stickers-the-latest-trend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/04/24/world-cup-stickers-the-latest-trend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[albums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futbol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>
		<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>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>
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		<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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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[marble]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[onix]]></category>
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		<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>Call for Earth Day vendors in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/05/call-for-earth-day-vendors-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/03/05/call-for-earth-day-vendors-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embajada de los Estados Unidos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green vendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vendedores verdes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to take advantage of the ol&#8217; blog today to send out a request on behalf of the US Embassy in Mexico City.
The US Embassy is celebrating Earth Day by holding a green bazaar on April 22 in the Embassy compound.  They are looking for vendors (food, jewelry, clothing, anything!) who are green or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The latest trends in Lucha Libre souvenirs</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/the-latest-trends-in-lucha-libre-souvenirs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/25/the-latest-trends-in-lucha-libre-souvenirs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
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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>Flores de Calabaza (aka Squash Blossoms)</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/09/flores-de-calabaza-aka-squash-blossoms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/02/09/flores-de-calabaza-aka-squash-blossoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>Las Jirafas y la Mula in Santa Maria la Ribera</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/27/las-jirafas-y-la-mula-in-santa-maria-la-ribera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/27/las-jirafas-y-la-mula-in-santa-maria-la-ribera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cerveza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colonias]]></category>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[best gift ever]]></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>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>The Mexican winter of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/08/the-mexican-winter-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/08/the-mexican-winter-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circles of hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends &#38; family up north (like my parents currently experiencing -29F/-34C windchills in Grand Island, Nebraska) are sure to appreciate the latest weather developments from Mexico City. I was slightly amused tonight (Thursday) reading tense articles on www.reforma.com about the impending weather doom expected to hit the city ASAP.
Apparently Mexico City is expecting RECORD BREAKING [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best tacos come from the back of a van</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/05/the-best-tacos-come-from-the-back-of-a-van/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2010/01/05/the-best-tacos-come-from-the-back-of-a-van/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two friends visiting us this week are your classic &#8220;work hard, play hard&#8221; types. Since there is no work for them to do here, the focus has been largely on playing. In Mexico, &#8220;playing&#8221; loosely translates &#8220;tequila, cerveza, and more tequila&#8221;.
As you can see, this team was well prepared to handle its tequila:
After a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tunnel art in DF: does it soothe or scare?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/16/tunnel-art-in-df-does-it-soothe-or-scare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/16/tunnel-art-in-df-does-it-soothe-or-scare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to Mercado Ciudadela yesterday evening to do a bit of Christmas shopping (FYI, it seems to closes by about 7PM). Good spot for both locals or tourists wishing to find a solid selection of Mexican handicrafts at reasonable prices (and for any visitors lacking in Spanish, several vendors speak enough English to answer questions you may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Run, don&#8217;t walk, to Galerias El Triunfo for all your Christmas shopping needs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/15/run-dont-walk-to-galerias-el-triunfo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/15/run-dont-walk-to-galerias-el-triunfo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer columns]]></category>
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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>Cars to Avoid in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/12/01/cars-to-avoid-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto school]]></category>
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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>Coffee Names</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/coffee-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/coffee-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sometimes a girl needs non-instant coffee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ordering fancy-pants coffee in Mexico presents a very minor challenge at places that ask for your name to write on the cup of your impending tasty beverage. Although I go by &#8220;Julie&#8221;, I usually tell the coffee gods that my name is &#8220;Julia&#8221; [Hoo-lee-uh], both to avoid the confusion that results when you pronounce J&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be gone, foul dirt! Vaya con Dios!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/be-gone-foul-dirt-vaya-con-dios/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/18/be-gone-foul-dirt-vaya-con-dios/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleaning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[holy sweeping batman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a city with such a reputation for being dirty, filthy, polluted and the like, Mexico City really loathes dirt. I have never experienced a city where there is such constant cleaning going on. You see this exhibited in various ways in cities across Mexico&#8230;

the guys hanging out in every parking lot/popular street parking area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique shopping &amp; snacking in DF</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/06/unique-shopping-snacking-in-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/06/unique-shopping-snacking-in-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a big fan of cookie-cutter, chain restaurants/shops (except in a pinch), so I am always excited to find a unique, locally-owned spot to spend my pennies (or pesos in this case). God knows there are zillions of non-chain options in Mexico City, but here are a few of the more amusing selections I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dia de los Muertos celebrations around DF</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/02/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-around-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/11/02/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations-around-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></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>Good steaky-beef in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/09/15/good-steaky-beef-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/09/15/good-steaky-beef-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a huge steak eater, but every now and then, a big slab of meat sounds like the perfect way to create both a food-induced coma &#38; feelings of regret over not wearing one&#8217;s &#8220;fat pants&#8221; out to eat. Conveniently, John is an avid beef fan, and has gone through the burden (?) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who doesn&#8217;t like a good milestone like 100 blog posts?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/30/who-doesnt-like-a-good-milestone-like-100-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/30/who-doesnt-like-a-good-milestone-like-100-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[amusing search terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog friends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well kids, today marks the inauspicious milestone of the 100th blog post here at www.midwesternerinmexico.com. I am celebrating it with a wild Saturday night alone on my couch here in Mexico City, recovering from 3 final exams in one weekend &#38; drinking a bottle of Chianti while watching possibly the dumbest movie known to man, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who doesn&#8217;t have a line of credit at their local steakhouse?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/25/who-doesnt-have-a-line-of-credit-at-their-local-steakhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/25/who-doesnt-have-a-line-of-credit-at-their-local-steakhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial ruin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MeLéE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sign that Mexico has learned well from its northern neighbor about how credit is great for encouraging people to spend money they don&#8217;t have, I recently observed the below sign at a steak/pasta restaurant here in DF that is popular with the work crowd.
Shoppers in the US have faced plenty of reprimands over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mariachi-filled Night Out in Plaza Garibaldi</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/12/a-mariachi-filled-night-out-in-plaza-garibaldi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/08/12/a-mariachi-filled-night-out-in-plaza-garibaldi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, best known as the local hub of mariachi action. I posted back in March about our visit there after the Cantina Crawl, but I thought I&#8217;d follow up with a bit more detail on how to spend a night out in Garibaldi (for those suspicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AULL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autobus AU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue Demon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Power]]></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>Play Money in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/25/play-money-in-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/25/play-money-in-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$1000 peso bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finances in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesos]]></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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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>What really constitutes a &#8220;car accident&#8221; in Mexico City anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/09/what-really-constitutes-a-car-accident-in-mexico-city-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/07/09/what-really-constitutes-a-car-accident-in-mexico-city-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday marked my first car accident (if you can even call it that) in Mexico City. Frankly, I am somewhat amazed that it took this long for my car to come in contact with another car. Before anyone gets concerned (Mom), know that my car was moving at roughly 0.5 mph, as was the other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Important world news from Mexico City&#8217;s finest, Publimetro</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/25/important-world-news-from-mexico-citys-finest-publimetro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/25/important-world-news-from-mexico-citys-finest-publimetro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bras for men]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new interruption from my wedding-reminiscing&#8230; I came across this pressing news article from Mexico City&#8217;s esteemed (??) free daily newspaper, Publimetro, on Friday. It was excellent fodder for a wee chat with my taxi driver as we sat in standstill traffic due to the stupid route he chose. He simply could not believe that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Chopo: Mexico City&#8217;s goth/metal/ska/punk mercado!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/18/el-chopo-mexico-citys-gothmetalskapunk-mercado/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/18/el-chopo-mexico-citys-gothmetalskapunk-mercado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my boss tipped me off to TWO new Mexico City markets with which I was previously unfamiliar:

Tianguis Cultural del Chopo, a Saturday-only market dedicated towards all things rock/alternative/punk/ska/goth/weed/hippie
Centro Artesanal Buenavista, &#8220;La Tienda Mas Grande del Pais con 100,000 articulos finos en 24,000 mts2&#8243; (The largest store in the country with 100,000 fine items in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Government: Not a fan of Mexicans nor swine flu</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/05/chinese-government-not-a-fan-of-mexicans-nor-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/05/05/chinese-government-not-a-fan-of-mexicans-nor-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[holy crap don't be Mexican in China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 12 of Swine Flu not-quite-as-much Frenzy. John &#38; I returned this afternoon from a fantastic get-away from the hub of the furor, with 2 nights in San Miguel de Allende and 2 more in Guanajuato. (Check out the article I wrote for Inside Mexico regarding our escape here!)  Expect a run-down on our trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Flu Mexico City Day 6: in which we decide to eat lots of Bacon</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/30/pig-flu-mexico-city-day-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></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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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City: Day 4</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/28/crazy-pig-flu-vs-mexico-city-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we wrap up Day 4 of Crazy Pig Flu vs. Mexico City and beyond, all is still well here on the Southern front. I have essentially not left our apartment building since Friday night, not so much out of fear as a lack of anywhere to go. As per all of the news, much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luchadores in the Fight Against Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/25/luchadores-in-the-fight-against-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/25/luchadores-in-the-fight-against-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucha!]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swine Flu!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epidemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>
		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embassy spouses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tall]]></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>Malinalco with the visiting Nebraskans</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/12/malinalco-with-the-visiting-nebraskans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/04/12/malinalco-with-the-visiting-nebraskans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeological Sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aztecs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B&B]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casa Mora]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Estado de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hammock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malinalco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Malinalco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents from Nebraska came for a visit last month, so we decided to show them some of rural Mexico in addition to the Big Taco, D.F.  We spent a couple nights in Malinalco, located roughly 40 miles south-ish of Toluca or 60 miles (but ~2 hours) from Polanco in Mexico City.
Malinalco is a cute [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiderman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balloon dart toss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cantina Crawl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantina tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnival games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cervezas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ciudad de Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mariachis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paseo de las Cantinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plaza Garibaldi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to my previous post regarding the map of cantinas in the Centro Historico, I am delinquent on an report on our Cantina Crawl findings! Good times were had by all, and we managed to hit 4 cantinas prior to walking over to Plaza Garibaldi, hub of mariachi action. I wasn&#8217;t sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The many, the not-so-proud: the Kickdogs of Polanco</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/28/the-many-the-not-so-proud-the-kickdogs-of-polanco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chihuahua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kickdogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband long ago added the term &#8220;kickdog&#8221; to our daily vocabulary to refer to any dog who might be more efficiently moved across a room by kicking it rather than waiting for its 400 mincing steps to get it there on its own. (For the record, I have never seen John kick a dog. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid a Reverse Mullet in Mexico City</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/27/avoid-a-reverse-mullet-in-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/27/avoid-a-reverse-mullet-in-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bubbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delinquent on an eyebrow wax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair salon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair stylist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haircut]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peluquería]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reverse mullet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reading my friend Lesley&#8217;s post today that mentioned a recent crap haircut reminded me to share a secret gem with any local ladies in my blog audience. After 2 years in DC, I finally found a hairstylist I was happy with who charged reasonable prices (~$40) AND understood the fine balance between cutting-vs.-talking (visit Bubbles Salon at the Pentagon [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Angel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the wealth of mercados here in México, our non-edible purchases thus far have been quite restrained (if I do say so myself). I continue reminding John how lucky he is to have a wife who is not obsessed with pottery / Dia de los Muertos figurines / vessels made out of copper / traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Map of Cantinas in downtown Mexico City!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/06/map-of-cantinas-in-downtown-mexico-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/06/map-of-cantinas-in-downtown-mexico-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cantinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centro Historico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cerveza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paseo de las Cantinas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a few &#8220;bottle service&#8221; episodes at the über-trendy clubs &#38; lounges here in Mexico City, we have been itching to check out the more autentico cantinas in the Centro Historico. (For those not in the know, most of the glam spots here are big fans of the &#8220;buy a whole bottle of liquor&#8221; approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner at Izote!</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/02/dinner-at-izote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/03/02/dinner-at-izote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fine dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Izote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog updates have a been a bit slow recently, due to a combination of a looming accounting exam this past Friday and visitors in town!  John&#8217;s mom and aunt, Penny and Chris, made the trek down to Mexico to escape the highly-unpleasant climes of most of the US during the month of February.  They seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Highlights of México, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/09/animal-highlights-of-mexico-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travels in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Marquesa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squirrels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The plethora of unique animals here never fails to entertain me, so thought I&#8217;d share a few photo highlights of critters (or representations thereof) we&#8217;ve encountered over the last 7 months here in Mexico City and beyond!!
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		<title>Dining in Condesa: know thy strengths</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/02/dining-in-condesa-know-thy-strengths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/02/02/dining-in-condesa-know-thy-strengths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condesa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Tizoncito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flora Lounge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tacos al pastor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTF that's not a pizza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today was John&#8217;s birthday, so I ambitiously decided to make chilaquiles, only the best Mexican breakfast food ever. It is basically crispy, fried pieces of corn tortillas doused in a tasty salsa verde (tomatillos, onion, garlic, cilantro, serrano peppers) &#38; cooked briefly until the chips soften a bit. Mix in some shredded chicken, top with optional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Not to Wear&#8230; to a Mexican market</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/28/what-not-to-wear-to-a-mexican-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2009/01/28/what-not-to-wear-to-a-mexican-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogsherpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huaraches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado de la Merced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercado Sonora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not blending in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witches market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we decided to check our Mercado Sonora and Mercado de la Merced here in Mexico City. Mercardo Sonora is known as the &#8220;Witches Market&#8221;, meaning that its vendors proffer a wide variety of goods that tend to fall under the &#8220;potions&#8221; category (perhaps optimistically). So lots of incense, herbal/folk remedies, images of saints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Fun with Orphans</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/29/fun-with-orphans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/29/fun-with-orphans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick guest-post by John.  If you follow Julie&#8217;s blog, you no doubt saw me featured as Uncle Sam for the Embassy&#8217;s election night party.  A total sucker, I was quickly convinced to dress up as Santa for the Ambassador&#8217;s annual orphan Christmas party.  About 150 kids from a number of orphanages attended, and it was really touching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our first MEXPAT Christmas Party</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/our-first-mexpat-christmas-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/12/10/our-first-mexpat-christmas-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the organizations that I had sussed out prior to moving to Mexico is MEXPAT, an organization for expats living in Mexico. I like this group because their purpose is simple: to hold monthly social events for foreigners living in Mexico City/Guadalajara/Monterrey, usually at a trendy bar/restaurant and usually involving a fair amount of social lubricant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Day in Mexico City: Sunny &amp; 75°F</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/28/turkey-day-in-mexico-city-sunny-75%c2%b0f/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/28/turkey-day-in-mexico-city-sunny-75%c2%b0f/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To add to my list of &#8220;firsts&#8221; here in Mexico, I can now add &#8220;having Thanksgiving Dinner outdoors by a pool in 75-degree weather&#8221;.  This may not be novel to those of you in warmer climes, but for those of us whose past Thanksgiving celebrations have been limited almost exclusively to states north of the Mason-Dixon line, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live caterpillars: Not my normal market purchase</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/20/live-caterpillars-not-my-normal-market-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/20/live-caterpillars-not-my-normal-market-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food of Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maguey worms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The markets of Mexico provide for a veritable photographic wonderland, provided you are ballsy enough to break out your camera, blatantly take a photo of something, and run away without buying anything&#8211; all under the EXTREMELY watchful eye of the vendor of the object in question. Normally I am a bit shy when it comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The witty statues of Chapultepec Castle</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/10/the-witty-statues-of-chapultepec-castle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/10/the-witty-statues-of-chapultepec-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chapultepec Castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapultepec Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gang signs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend we visited the amazing Castillo de Chapultepec aka Chapultepec Castle in the massive park near our house. I will post more photos of this amazing structure at a later date when sleep is not as critical for me, but in the interim, I must share three statue photos that I took a shining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Night 2008: Expected Highs and Shocking Lows</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/05/election-night-2008-expected-highs-and-shocking-lows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/05/election-night-2008-expected-highs-and-shocking-lows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight John &#38; I had the honor to witness one of the most hotly contested elections in our limited political lives, while attending the US Embassy Election Night Party in Mexico City.  Quite the interesting experience. The excitement surrounding the big Obama win was somewhat marred by the news early in the evening of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Señor Oinks-a-lot</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/04/senor-oinks-a-lot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/11/04/senor-oinks-a-lot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Only in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arena Coliseo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucha libre]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We went for a wander downtown a bit north of the Zocalo on Sunday as well, arguably into a not *quite* as touristy neighborhood (as one might have extrapolated from the pairs of cops standing at each intersection we walked through). But one bonus find on our excursion was the OTHER Lucha Libre venue, Arena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My singing taxi driver</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/26/my-singing-taxi-driver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/10/26/my-singing-taxi-driver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City public transit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mariachi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I take a lot more taxis around Mexico City than I ever did in DC, and each taxi trip here begets the question of &#8220;to chat or not to chat&#8221;. (And by extension, &#8220;to practice my Spanish or not&#8221;) You can pretty much tell as soon as you get in whether the taxi driver is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mario Kart D.F.</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/21/mario-kart-df/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/09/21/mario-kart-df/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Driving in D.F.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poultry on ice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I left my safety blanket in the glove box. In a burst of confidence, I drove home in Mexico City without using my GPS, and I didn&#8217;t get lost.  Yes, so maybe it was less than 10 miles, and it was from the school that I had already been to 2 times, but you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praying fervently for a connection&#8230;broadband, that is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/29/praying-fervently-for-a-connectionbroadband-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/29/praying-fervently-for-a-connectionbroadband-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life's Little Frustrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I am praying fervently to the gods of Cablevision that they will shine their love down upon me &#38; send me a technician to fix our internet &#38; cable TV, which have now officially been non-functional for one full week. At this point, it is not even as much about having the TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lucha Libre: I may become a regular</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/27/lucha-libre-i-may-become-a-regular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/27/lucha-libre-i-may-become-a-regular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alek Koslov]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, okay, I realize that I have taken a short break from my promised regular blog updates&#8230; My apologies to all my faithful readers (both of you??), and I will try to get things back in gear!!  I figured what better way to do that, than via a post about LUCHA LIBRE!!!  For those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When security companies show off</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/when-security-companies-show-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/when-security-companies-show-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[glass houses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Properties in our neighborhood here in Mexico City are heavily secured, to say the least. Almost all have high walls/gates of some sort. Many have manned guard shacks or at least a guard window. The more innovative have decorative borders of electric fences, concertina wire, or shards of glass bottles/etc. jabbed into cement on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday in San Angel</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/saturday-in-san-angel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/06/saturday-in-san-angel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Spots in D.F.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mercado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexcio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Angel; Bazar Sabado; Plaza San Jacinto; how to get to Bazaar Sabado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We set our alarms for 7:30 AM this past Saturday, in a burst of inspiration that those of you know me, know is reserved only for EXPLORING (especially when that exploring may involve shopping). Instead of taking the easy option of a taxi, we opted for the double whammy of public transit: a pesero + [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public transport in Mexico City: overall, thumbs up</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/05/public-transport-in-mexico-city-overall-thumbs-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/08/05/public-transport-in-mexico-city-overall-thumbs-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In hopes of someday helping a visitor to Mexico City, here&#8217;s my three-weeks-in assessment of the public transit options around here. Positives: plentiful &#38; very cheap. Negatives: busy &#38; usually warm. Major caveat: I have not yet tried the Metro/Metrobus during rush hour on a week day (7-9AM, 6-9PM), and don&#8217;t know that I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good yet tiring times on the Turibus</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/19/good-yet-tiring-times-on-the-turibus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/19/good-yet-tiring-times-on-the-turibus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Mexico City]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three trips on the Turibus is one or two too many. While John was at his first day of work on Tuesday, I ran some errands in the AM &#38; then ventured down to the Turibus departure point in the early afternoon. The open-air bus runs two routes&#8211; one east/west between Polanco (where we live) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of wisdom from the Embassy</title>
		<link>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/16/words-of-wisdom-from-the-embassy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midwesternerinmexico.com/2008/07/16/words-of-wisdom-from-the-embassy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embassy Interactions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday was my first foray into the fortress that is the U.S. Embassy, aka. Embajada de los Estados Unidos. The Community Liason Office kindly holds Newcomers&#8217; Briefings once a week, where a variety of folks give you an overview on life in Mexico City &#38; within the Embassy. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t show weakness in the D.F.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God bless the driver from the Embassy. He met us just after the last set of tolls outside of the city, so that we could follow him to our apartment on Monday. Initially we were really appreciative, having heard numerous anecdotes about how much la policia in D.F. like to pull over folks with U.S. [...]]]></description>
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