Tomorrow, there will be a big march protesting the mass lay-offs of the city's electricity workers. Therefore, power may or may not be shut off for a smidge solely for principle's sake (not terribly uncommon, anyhow), and my class is canceled (I get one more day to prepare for my oral midterm exam-yippee!). Sooooo, instead of totally using wisely all this donated study time, I think I'll finally elucidate on our neighborhood.
Colonia Roma. It's a good, centralized location. As stated before, it's very safe (and it seems to let out a big ol' "shhhhhhhhhh!!!" at night, so quiet). It's got a hearty handful of good little museums and galleries. Also, there are lots of restaurants, cool bars, coffee shops, even vintage clothing stores. It's very middle-class. A mix of families, artists, and those in the "other" category (the box we'd check). It's beautiful in that crumbly sort of Mexico City way. It's crumbelievable, actually. It's a motley, myriad, melange of architecture, including stately colonialism, cute art-deco, and boring utilitarian. There are a lot of charming little neighborhood parks and lots of once/twice per week outdoor markets. We love it.
In pictures
The stately:
Perhaps once upon a time this was stately, now it's just charred, abandoned and a refuge for feral felines.
Color EVERYWHERE:
A slide in our closest neighborhood park. The picture was taken during rainy season, BEFORE beautifying efforts:
Taken during smoggy season, AFTER:
The stenciled, tagged, postered plywood covering the vacant building adjacent to our apartment:
And lastly, our beloved tortilleria called "Nelly" where, at least two times per week, we buy corn tortillas, piping-hot and freshly-made on the cute little tortilla conveyor belt before our very eyes. They're amazingly cheap, too.
Beautiful pictures! I love the colors.
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