Open Air Museum

Another reason why I love my hood.  Crumbling colonial mansions and gorgeous, edgy street art like I’ve never seen before.  Who needs NYC?  And did I mention the blue corn quesadillas with pumpkin flowers or papas con chorizo for only 10 pesos (about .70 cents)?  Mexico, you rock my world.

Spotted on my block

I have a new camera, so I can finally document all of the fabulous things that keep popping up in La Roma.  This crazy combination of stickers/posters/stencils/graffiti is on the corner of Cordoba and Colima, if you’re interested in checking it out yourself.

I heart la Roma

I live in the coolest neighborhood ever.  La colonia Roma, located in the center of the city just south of the zocalo, is full of crumbling colonial mansions, funky cafes, dive bars, and art galleries.  To me, it’s the lower east side (my favorite part of New York), but the gritty, dirty, lower east side [...]

Vehiculo Abandonado

There’s a man on my street who lives in his car.  He’s a nice guy, always drunk but never rowdy, seems to stay out of trouble and makes a few pesos by helping people park their cars and guarding them for a few hours.  On my old street, a few blocks away, there’s another guy [...]