Colonia Condesa

    I was out for a Sunday stroll when this caught my eye..

They keep coming down! Another building damaged in the earthquake of September 19, 2017 is being demolished. We live with the rubble, we live with the uncertainty that the ground beneath our feet can move at any time. 

CDMX: On the street in Colonia Roma

A recent addition to the streets of Colonia Roma are these murals surrounding a parking lot at the confounding intersection of Insurgentes, Yucatan and Medellin (right across from the Hotel Roosevelt). Most of them are on Yucatan, a street that gets little pedestrian traffic. Dedicated to migrants, the scenes of horror outweigh those of joy. It's pretty powerful street art--take a look. 

The Best Seat in the House

 

Now that I have a dog I'm taking even more pleasure in Parque México, that little island of green in Colonia Condesa. Late afternoon is a great time to go--the sun is lower, so things have cooled down, and the light is glorious.
A fairly recent addition to the neighborhood is a branch of Churros y Chocolate El Moro, whose original location in the Centro Histórico has been around for almost a century.
Facing the park at the corner of Michoacán, El Moro offers rocking chairs where you can sit and dunk those sugary crunch churros into a thick steaming mug of hot chocolate. Does it get any better than this in Mexico City?
For more on Parque México, click HERE.

 

                      Lucy, resting after her run around the park

An Easter morning stroll through Colonia Condesa

The light was crystalline, the air was clear, and the streets were almost deserted--a perfect morning to stroll through Colonia Condesa. Happy Easter.