Cooking Time!

Today, I cooked just about all day. First I made Peach and Almond Tartlets with Cream Cheese Filling, and followed that up with a big batch of chile verde.

Am I the best husband ever?
In a word, yes!

Peach Tartlets with a side of cinnamon-sugar crust chips.

Roasting poblano chiles for the green sauce.

Get in my pot, señor cilantro!

La Merced

This afternoon, we took the Metro over to La Merced, the biggest market in Mexico City. It was huge! It seemed like it went on for miles. We probably explored about 10% of it today. There were dried chiles and spices piled high, all sorts of fruits and vegetables, and a huge kitchen supply section. Of course there was tons of street food too. We didn't try any there, but we did have some delicious deep fried quesadillas from a cart on the way to the subway. They were so good, so cheap and so covered in some of the hottest hot sauce that I've ever had. At the end of the day, our prize from the market was a mortar and pestle set carved from volcanic rock shaped like a pig called a molcajete.

El Metro

¡Piñatas!

Tons of people and stuff!

We bought some adobo paste from this stand and are going to have delicious tacos!

Holy jalapeños!

Bananas anyone? Yuck!

Our prize! The molcajete!

Adventures in Baking at 8,000'

This evening we decided to throw caution to the wind and attempt to bake. With our high altitude instructions in one hand and a trusty Martha Stewart recipe in the other, we forged ahead with Glazed Lime Cookies and had delicious results!

Very impressed!
Martha knows her shit!

I want a dishwasher!

Turibus: Part 1, Polanco

Site seeing on the Turibus* was interesting if not a bit on the overly-long side, but we got to see more of the city. The tour started off in our neighborhood, Polanco...

*Warning: Although not advertised in the promotional materials,
low hanging branches will be slapping you in the face on this tour. Thank you!

Antara, the finest and most exclusive mall in Mexico City...also has a casino!

El Palacio de Hierro / The Iron Palace...aka the Cheese Wedge!

Someone stole the corner out of that building!

La Feria amusement park in Chapultepec.
Spanish lesson #1:
Rollercoaster = Montaña russo*
*(literal translation = Russian Mountain!)

Spanish fountain in Condesa neighborhood.

Turibus: Part 2, Reforma

The second leg of our tourist extravaganza went through Paseo de la Reforma where Autumn works.


Paseo de la Reforma

Monumento a la Independencia in front of Autumn's office.

El Ángel

The Mexican Stock Exchange

Monumento a Cuauhtémoc, nephew of Montezuma

Turibus: Part 3, Historic Center

Final leg of the trip was through the old Historic Center of downtown.

Monumento a Benito Juarez

Palacio de Bellas Artes
Fine Arts Museum

Now we're talking! Beer Museum on Cinco de Mayo Avenue!

And if you don't want to stay with us on your visit, you can get a bed for $11! Right in the heart of everything!

Views down the old town streets

You WILL enjoy your trip to the pyramids DAMN IT!

Fun for the whole family!
Who doesn't like instruments of torture and capital punishment?!?

Turibus: Part 4, Return Home & Recap

Three and a half hours of bus riding fun later....we finally got home!

Happy to be headed home!

Step 1: No Smoking (possibly the only place in Mexico)
Step 2: Prepare to be slapped in the face by branches...check!
Step 3: Put away any umbrellas that might prevent face slapping!

If you love to ride buses and have 3 to 4 hours on your hands...just look for this sign!

Almost there...if only this bus went more than 5 MPH!

Diana...Greek goddess of the hunt and those looking for a way to shoot themselves for thinking that group tours are hilarious and fun!