2024

• Bucareli Avenue
• Xochimilco, mexico city
• Plaza Conchita
• Coyacan marketplace
• Alameda park marketplace
• Zona Rosa shopping area (upscale, lgbqt)
• Roma Shopping along Colima street, including 180 Grados
• Condesa:
  • Parque México, Parque España, Plaza Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Amsterdam and Alvaro Obregon streets, and Glorieta Cibeles
• Zocalo Square - New Years + Angel de la Independencia + Palacio de Gobierno where you can see Diego Rivera’s fantastic murals
• Centro Histórico: the Palacio Postal, the Zócalo, and the Casa de los Azulejos, National Palace Murals by Diego Rivera, Palacio de Bellas Artes Murals by Diego Rivera, Plaza Garibaldi-Mariachi
• Museo Nacional de Historia
• Plaza Río de Janeiro
• Casa Azul: Frida Kahlo
• Lucha Libre Show
• Polanco: Chapultepec Park: Anthropology Museum
• Coyoacán
  • Frida Kahlo's Museum
  • Coyoacán and Fuente (fountain) de los Coyotes
  • Bazar Artesanal
• El Chopo Punk Flea (El Tianguis Cultural del Chopo is located in Mexico City on Calle de Juan Aldama, near Metro Buenavista in the Cuauhtemoc borough. It is a treasure of the alternative, punk, and metal scene.) + Biblioteca Vasconcelos
• Museo de Arte Popular
• Mercado de Jamaica (flowers market)

VINTAGE:

• Erre vintage (condesa and roma)
• Goodbye Folk
• Xolo
• Vintage Hoe (roma)
• Void (condesa)
• Centro Artesanal La Ciudadela (souvenir shopping)
• Tus Besos Frios (roma)
• Cara Ananda (roma)
• The Vintage House (roma)
• Back to Life (roma)
• Revolver (roma)
• Lobo (roma)
• San Junipero Vintage (condesa)
• La Nacion De Todos (roma)
• El Bazaar Sábado (SATURDAYS: artisanal market)
• La Lagunilla (SUNDAYS)
• Adios Closet Bizarre monthly

FOOD:

• Panadería Rosetta: The most famous bakery in Mexico City
• Expendio de Maíz Sin Nombre
• Casa Quimera and couldn’t believe our luck – it’s an almost entirely vegan food market with a collection of stalls selling veggie versions of Mexican dishes.
• Mercado Roma is hipster central; a covered market filled with little food counters from some of Mexico City’s most popular restaurants and cafes. The tamale de quest con rajas tacos from Azul Antojo are some of the best tacos
• Ciena (farm-to-table cuisine)
• Ojo de Aqua (great juices)
• Pizzas Nosferatu
• Yamasan Ramen House (great veggie ramen)
• Milo’s (mediterranean food in a beautiful setting)
• Por Siempre (a vegan taqueria)

2008

• Seeing diego rivera's murals in person
• John's mishaps at the hotel: sleeping with roosters, then next to a booming quinceanera, then his almost bar fight
• Xochimilco, mexico city
• all the cops on every street in centro historico and the zocalo district
• Sitting in plaza conchita
• Coyacan marketplace
• Seeing all the mariachi bands at Plaza Garibaldi-Mariachi
• Reading by the ocean in yelapa for hours and hours
• Seeing whales on our way back from yelapa
• DJing the dance party for matt and salma's wedding
• Seeing frida kahlo's bed
• Alameda park marketplace
• The beauty of yelapa and not seeing a single car for a week
• Strolling through the zona rosa shopping area
• Claudia the massage therapist who made me feel amazing
• Nancy and lucas at lagunitas
• Getting lost on the waterfall trail
• The walk through the tree path neighborhood of condesa and our amazing salmon sandwiches at Ocho
• Hotel Lagunita, yelapa mexico
• Hotel Catedral, mexico city

STAYS

• Red Tree House