Travels With Pierre
Hasta la Vista Mexico! Coffee shop is life times 2! The trip to Portland Oregon! Woke up at Hotel Caesar this morning with a long day ahead of me. I started wandering the streets around 7:30am looking for an open coffee shop, but downtown Tijuana is a late night party town and not designed for …
Today’s ramble. My objective, the Museo Soumaya, essentially the private art collection of Carlos Slim aka the richest man in Mexico. Entry is free, so thanks Carlos old man. A great deal of religious art, a scattering of mainstream masterpieces, second tier European masters, currency, coins machines. The top floor is littered with smaller sculptures, …
Coffee shop is life! Grafo Cafe. The Cappuccino is not bad, had a little spice too! Plus a couple of nice buildings in my new neighborhood of Condesa.I finally got an apartment for the next 8 days. I also saw this Deco place on a park, seems to offer apartments, I might have to live …
My visit to Castillo de Chapultepec, one of two Royal palaces in the Americas. Construction began in 1785. It was the scene of a battle, during the Mexican-American war, in 1847, memorialized by both the Mexican legend of Los Ninos Heros defenders on the one side and as hallowed ground by the US Marine Corps, …
Coffee Shop is Life! Here are some bits and pieces I found wandering my neighborhood here in Mexico City. Coffee shops like Cafe De Chinos and Amamba coffee and juice bar. A unique cake shop, La Miniatura Pasteleria, with some really ornately decorated cakes, Mexican sweet bread and sandwiches. Plus I finally got a haircut!
My second stop today, continuing the theme of monumental buildings with unusual history…Monumento a la Revolución. Originally started prior to 1912 as a grand legislative palace, the project stalled. It sat dormant until the 1930’s when the existing elements were repurposed to build this monument. It is the tallest triumphal arch in the world. Interesting …
One part of today’s explorations: The Museo Universitario del Chopo is located at Doctor Enrique González Martínez Street in the Colonia Santa María la Ribera of Mexico City. There is some whimsy with this place: “In 1902, José Landero Y Coss bought the main hall of the machine room of Germany’s Gutehoffnungshütte mine. He had it shipped …
Eating cabra with AJ Beniston at A La Virria restaurant by Chef Javier Cruz. Fresh piping hot Birria and fresh tortillas. Delicious and filling on a cold winter afternoon. Don’t think the photo caught it, but steam was rising from the bowl.
Museo Nacional de Antropología – Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
An indulgent lunch after lots of walking and a visit to the Museo National de Antropologia. First a delicious salmon amuse bouche, Salade de Canard-smoked duck salad, toast with rillettes and foie gras, green beans, figs and hazelnuts. Lots of good bread and French butter. Finish with coffee and petit four. Figured I better take …