When I heard on the news that a Mexican criminal is calling herself Diana the Huntress after the Greek goddess, I thought about how often I’ve seen statues of her in various Mexican cities. She seems to have captured the national imagination. This one is in the Zona Rosa in Mexico City.
A great picture of Avenida Juarez in downtown Mexico City in the 1950s. Several of these buildings were destroyed in the 1985 earthquake. From the great Facebook page La ciudad de México en el tiempo.
Avenida Juárez y sus alrededores en una imagen de los años cincuenta, cuando la Torre Latinoamericana aún en construcción ya dominaba el horizonte. A la derecha está el edificio de la CFE en la esquina con Humboldt, y se aprecian varios inmuebles que desaparecieron tras los sismos de 1985.Crédito: “Postales de México, D.F.”
Tacos al Pastor is one of the most celebrated dishes in Mexico City. In all of Mexico, actually, but especially in Mexico City. El Huequito is my secret favorite place – not such a secret, though, as it was featured in an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s show. It’s a nice restaurant downtown, with a wide menu, but the pastor grill is outside, where you can grab a couple of quick tacos on the run.
The basic tacos are pretty, uh, basic. Slivers of caramelized marinated pork sliced onto warm tacos, splashed with a spectacular sauce of guacamole, thinned with orange and chile flavors. I like to go a little crazy, though, and order the Especial. It’s sort a make-your-own-taco affair, in which enough meat for several tacos is served in a towering pile, laced with delicious sauce, accompanied by a stack of tortillas on the side. My one and only complaint is that they don’t serve orange Fanta, my favorite drink with spicy tacos.
Still one of the nicest boulevards for walking.
Under the Monumento de la Revolución. November, 2011. Taken moments before the main photo on this blog’s home page.
I’ll admit it – I’m fascinated by the huge volcano 40 kilometers from Mexico City airport, near Puebla. In this video, a father and son team climbed to the lip of the volcano to film it.
Here’s the link to El Universal’s website: http://www.eluniversaltv.com.mx/videos/v_8f5d06cc000f4d098d485440f627aeac.html
Another great photo from the Facebook page “La Ciudad de México en el tiempo.” Avenida Juárez – not hard to recognize the spot.
Vista de la avenida Juárez a la altura del cruce con Humboldt en 1956. Entre muchos detalles, se aprecia el Edificio Corcuera con su anuncio de llantas Goodrich, y a la izquierda de éste, el Banco del Valle de México; del lado derecho está el edificio de Juárez 97, que aún existe, y en la misma acera destaca la antigua sede de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, demolida junto con los inmuebles vecinos para ampliar el Paseo de la Reforma en 1964.
The famous volcano near Mexico City and Puebla has been increasingly active for several months, including throwing massive amounts of ash into the air. Mexico City airport – 40 kilometers away, was shut down briefly earlier this week because of ash. The alert level is just one step short of calling for evacuation. Here’s the link to El Universal newspaper.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2013/emitio-popocatepetl-39-exhalaciones-ultimas-24-horas-935175.html
There’s a controversy over whether national monuments in Mexico City should be illuminated at night. Click on the link to the newspaper El Universal… I quite like the way they lit the Monument to the Revolution. It’s where I took the cover picture for this blog.
A great photo of the chapel in the 1970s. From the Facebook page “Ciudad ed México en el tiempo”
La Capilla de la Concepción Cuepopan vista desde el Templo de la Concepción a inicios de los años setenta. Un espacio que no deben dejar de visitar. Belisario Domínguez entre Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas y Allende.El sitio en Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/Sso4e
Información actual de la Plaza: http://www.eluniversaldf.mx/home/nota20747.html
Crédito imagen: INBA
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