Posts Tagged ‘tacos al pastor’

Even though we’ve only been out of Mexico for three months now, we’re already starting to get the DTs for some good tacos. (or perhaps the more appropriate term is TTs– taqueria tremens??) We’ve not done an exhaustive taqueria inventory in the DMV area, but we are starting to get skeptical enough that I’ve begun [...]

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 & made lots [...]

…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…  Maybe I meant Christmas email….
P.S. Many [...]

Today was John’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) & cooked briefly until the chips soften a bit. Mix in some shredded chicken, top with optional [...]

We felt obligated to take advantage of both of us having New Year’s Day 2009 off from work, and so parlayed it into a 2-night stay in Querétaro, a town of ~1.6 million people located two hours northwest of Mexico City. Our recent string of luck continued, as we happened upon yet another holiday festival– the town [...]