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By: Portobello Road | The Mexile

Portobello Road | The Mexile — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:03:06 +0000

[...] I used to regularly walk up Avenida Alvaro Obregon, near Metro Ninos Heroes. It’s one of my favourite places in all of Mexico City. Perhaps my mostest favourite. Especially on Saturdays when the antiques [...]

By: garydenness

garydenness — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:43:22 +0000

I think I was meant to nominate three or five other people to blog about their secret local treasures, but I forgot! Still, consider yourself nominated!

By: garydenness

garydenness — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:42:10 +0000

The museum is worth the trouble visiting, and if you don’t mind the metro it’s not that difficult a trip. Swap the metro for the Tren Ligero and get off at La Noria…it’s just 5 minutes walk, maybe less, from there.

They do serve up some normal dishes at Bar Chon – I can vouch for their Enchiladas Poblana.

Always at your service señor!

By: garydenness

garydenness — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:40:03 +0000

Well the person who claimed the Merida postcard has volunteered to take the Fish one instead, so if you pass on your address to me….!

As for the dog, yes, that’s the one that I meant. I’ve gotten my tongue around most weird Mexican names, but that’s the one that always completely defeats me!

By: kwallek

kwallek — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:46:03 +0000

Calakmul was like going to another planet for me, it is in a protected zone down on the Guatemala border, wildlife, trees, I think maybe it was the smell of copal in the air that did it for me. What ever it was I still have dreams about that place now and then. It is a top three for me…

By: Felipe Zapata

Felipe Zapata — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:21:50 +0000

Yet again, you have performed a public service. Wish that museum were not so far south, but I may still head down there next visit to DF. As for the restaurant, my wife would dive right in. I, on the other hand, would be a little more conservative. My wife will eat anything.

By: Nez

Nez — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:54:57 +0000

You have given me plenty of visuals in this blog post…some more than I would like to have in my mind Paola sounds like my sister!

Alvaro Obregon sounds pleasant enough. One can never have enough Atari’s to re-sell here for a jacked up price It sounds like a lovely place, without it being too perfect and “just so”. It has enough of that worn out charm, whilst still being a productive place to visit. I shall it add it to my itinerary! You know..the one that I’ll get to “someday”

Museo Dolores Olmedo really sounds like my kind of place! I love the sound of its lush lawns and old home filled with charming antiques. It sounds like the kind of place I dream of living in. Who wouldn’t like peacocks on their garden? Or those adorable Xoloitzcuintli’s that I think you’re referring to, though I personally think they’re beautiful and CAN pronounce their name

It sounds like the kind of home one should be playing cricket in and women should be wearing big poofy hats lol.

As for Bar Chon…

Being that I am in the minority group of vegetarian Mexicans (now THAT is a minority!) I don’t think that place will be added to my “someday” itinerary, though I can definitely get the fascination of it. I could have sworn I saw a travel special on tv recently, where the travel host went there. Hmmm.

Thanks for sharing some of your Top 3 places there. It opens my eyes up to the many places my family and I can visit, hopefully in the not too distant future. Oh and I did look at your post card’s page and did particularly like the Tamayo Museum post card, except I’m looking for one that shows a specific area in Mexico. My sister recently said someone asked her “Are there trains in Mexico?” and she said she didn’t know. It was one of those face palm moments for me. I would really love for my family to have a better understanding of what Mexico has to offer, outside of the tiny small town we go to visit our family in. I’ll keep my eyes open for any future post cards, so keep em’ coming!