Mexico City has been very close to the top of my list for a long time so when my pal Brenda said she was coming here after Christmas and I was welcome to tag along, there was no hesitation. So many of my friends have been here and loved it, and I was tired of not having that pin in my map. I arrived yesterday and met up with Brenda. We walked around our neighborhood of La Condesa for a bit and then met up with Seattle friends Dave and Annabelle who also happened to be here - it's the hot spot - I'm telling you. The four of us had dinner and walked around some more and had drinks/dessert at another place before calling it a night. This city is sprawlingly huge, I know, but our little area is very beautiful and very... 'livable' keeps coming to my mind. There are charming old Colonial-style buildings, the parks are beautiful, the dogs are groomed, the boutiques are cool and there are intriguing restaurants, bars, taco stands, and ice cream shops everywhere.
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| mobile dog-groomer: genius |
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| at Molina El Pujol (a hole-whole-in-the-wall offshoot of the fancy restaurant): Oxacan style with cheese, avocado, wrapped in a tortilla with hoja santa leaf  |
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| doesn't look like much, but this Yucatan-style carnitas taco was the tastiest one on the tour. |
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Mexico City-style: beef braised in a vat of beef fat |
