things i did in mexico city

as the end of this decade slowly starts to come into view, i’ve spent a lot of time looking at old photos. most recently i’ve been looking at pictures of my time in mexico city, and trying to recall how i felt in the months i spent there. i loved remembering where i walked, what i ate, what i saw, and who i spent time with.

so i wanted to write down what i did.

i wanted to remember my time there, and also to make a little guide for my next visit.

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~moments in mexico city, 2016

one of my many visits to el zocalo

eat-

• street vendors for tamales, and for mango with lime juice
• farmer’s market in tabacalera for queso de oaxaca, chicharrón, and pomegranates
• local market for almost everything (avocados, grapefruits, and mangoes)
• tacos de longaniza
• el caminero for tacos al pastor
• “el tigre” for tortas
• la universal bakery for pan dulce and other treats
• comida corrida for more food than you can eat
• expendio paletería for something sweet
• chilaquiles en salsa verde con huevo
• honey and jam from the tozepan pankizaske cooperative

view from the top of the pyramid of the sun, teotihuacán

drink-

• grapefruit juice from street vendors
• café, café con leche, café de la olla
• agua de jamaica
• pulquería spiritu santo for pulque
• “el tigre” for jugos (especially alfalfa y limón)
• mezcal con naranja, tequila con limón
• noche y día bar on insurgentes for banda music and a good time (and also for cerveza con limón y sal)
• la bodeguita del medio for a great mojito
• la frontera bar on insurgentes for a cold cerveza indio

el monumento a la revolución in tabacalera, near where i lived

go to-

• el zocalo
• el monumento a la revolución
• la alameda to sit outside and enjoy the sun
• la hija de los apaches for live music and dancing
• a lucha libre wrestling match (and buy snacks from the vendors)
• xochimilco to see chinampas, listen to mariachi music, and be on the water
• el museo de diego rivera and la casa azul
• el museo memoria y tolerancia, el museo nacional de antropología, and el museo de arte popular
• el palacio de bellas artes, and la casa de los azulejos
• el ángel de la independencia
• churches, especially el convento de san francisco on madero
• plaza garibaldi for mariachi music
• el castillo de chapultepec
• teotihuacán

heard this song during my time in mexico city- and it’s still one of my all-time favorites

songs i listened to-

• te metiste- ariel camacho y los plebes del rancho
• ya me enteré- reik
• gyal you a party animal- charly black
• yo no sé mañana- luis enrique
• me vas a extrañar- banda sinaloense ms de sergio lizárragate
• you can call me al- paul simon
• somos dos- bomba estéreote
• eres mía- romeo santos
• eternal sunshine- jhene aiko
• bachata en fukuoka- juan luis guerra
• panda- desiigner
• daydreamer- adele
• paradise waiting- vacationer
• i’m still in love with you- sean peal ft. sasha
• borro cassette- maluma

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originally posted: june 19, 2019.

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