This weekend was such a blast!

On Friday, a bunch of great friends & I went to Hookah Lounge in the Condesa, which was really padre. My friend that I met at Cafe la Habana, Chris, came out with us, too, which was really fun.

Some pictures of my friends and I at Hookah.




Saturday was easy going. I headed to the Bosque de Tlalpan to go running, since I want to do Bay to Breakers again this year. It's so convenient to live SO CLOSE to a beautiful park where I can go running--I should've taken advantage of this much earlier in the semester! Running is a little tougher here given the altitude and the hills, but I figure it's great preparation for bay to breakers, especially heart attack hill.

Sunday was the best. After tomando cafecitos with Chris & Diana in the Centro de Tlalpan, we headed to Estadio Azteca for the America v. Morelia game. Estadio Azteca is IMMENSE, which made for an incredible experience. It was a really fun combination of people, too because for Chris, who is an huuuuuuuuuuge soccer fan, it was almost like a pilgrimage. For Diana, it was a huge sacrifice because she HATES the team that played, and for me, I just thought it was fun to drink bears and yell at the players. I also like to check out all the weird food that they sell at the stadium. Like raw pigskin in a cup. See for yourself!



Representin' Cal at Estadio Azteca:



Diana, me, & Chris at the game:



That's all for now. This week should be pretty easygoing since we're out for 2 weeks of spring break next week! I'm also really excited to see mom & dad, who are coming on Sunday!!! :)

Drop me a line, I'd really like to hear from you! Cuidense!

Estoy enamorada.

Today I decided to play hooky from school to explore D.F. a little more, and I'm officially in love with the city. It's just incredible, everything about it. Okay, the traffic annoys me sometimes, but everything else is really amazing and I never want to leave. I really feel muy chilanguita. My professors are trying to convince me to stay here and work, saying they can easily get me really great jobs. I really like the idea...I mean, not for another couple of years because I obviously have my obligations back in California, but the idea of working and living in D.F. como abogadita really interests me.

I started out in Reforma to visit one of my friends who works for a Senator in the Torre de Caballito. It was so cool to head up to the 25th floor and be in an actual office of one of Mexico's Senators! What was even cooler was the he wasn't there, so my friend took me into his office and everything--and WHAT A VIEW. You can see the whole north end of the city from his office, totally incredible!

Here's a picture of the Torre de Caballito:

Afterward, I headed to Cafe la Habana where legend has it that Fidel & Che spent many hours planning the Cuban Revolution over a strong cup of coffee. It was there that I met Chris, an English traveler who had just arrived in Mexico City! We became fast friends and ended up chatting for a couple of hours about everything from former travels to Flight of the Conchords.

Sipping a limonada in Cafe la Habana:

(The picture makes it look a LOT bigger than it really was!)

After Cafe la Habana, we decided to head to El Cuadrilatero, a torta restaurant/shrine to lucha libre!!!!! The walls are covered with lucha masks and pictures of the owners with luchadores, and they sell a torta that must weigh at least 20 pounds called "Torta Gladiador"--if you finish it in 15 minutes it's free. What a deal, huh? The heart attack is also free of charge. Apparently the luchadores come to eat there all the time!! How cool is that?!
Anyway, I introduced Chris to micheladas, which he of course loved, and then I made the 2 hour trek back to my house in Tlalpan, which I loved because I got to take the metro. I REALLY miss the metro--I almost never get to take it these days because I live too far, so it was really great to be back on it.

Que viva la lucha!


With Chris in El Cuadrilatero:


Hope everything's well with all of you--I'd love to hear from you soon, it's been such a long time! xoxo