A day on Prado…day 100

As some of you may know by now, one of my favorite things to do is go to the market, and today I decided to take Lina with me, and Goose decided to join me…and let me drive!

Since it was a sunny day and I figured we’d walk around Prado a bit, I dressed as comfy as I could, wrapped a scarf around as a sling, put Lina in the scarf and headed out. When we got to the market, Goose wanted to check out the entire place before buying anything at the usual stand in case he found something he liked more. Unfortunately, most of the stands were closed, so we opted for the regular. As he was ordering the fruit and veggies—which they hand pick for you according to when you plan on eating it—I went over to talk to one of the florist to ask about seasons for specific flowers, care of gardenias, and work numbers for our wedding budget. We put our purchases in the car, and as I figured, we decided to walk down Prado Norte—I figured Goose would like it. And I was right! Specially when we reached the gourmet shop, La Castellana, where he finally found the spaghettini he had been looking for. I showed him around the different restaurants, cafes, art shops, and cute shops that are all over Prado Norte. We checked Mobica furniture store and fell in love with half of their inventory. Found some coasters we really liked, dining table set, lamps, place mats, bedroom set, etc. Everything was really nice. Memo to self: spend money wisely

We stopped by Starbucks to get some coffee and take a brief break. I thought it was really funny when someone asked if I was carrying a monkey. I always call Lina my little monkey, but never thought she looked anything like one—ODD. The baristas at Starbucks fell in love with and she let them pet her. After cooling down a bit, Sergio asked where Cafe O was, and went to check it out. We got in the car and headed over to Prado Sur…the fancier part of Prado, if that’s even possible LOL.

Everything was closed, except Cafe O, another little restaurant and the bakery I had been wanting to show to Goose…which now that I think about it, we didn’t check out :( We did see something that made us extremely happy—they’re building a City Market five minutes from our place!!!!!!!!

After checking out Prado Sur, we made one last stop before heading home: Gandhi book store and MixUp music and movie store. I ended up buying a cocktail book that I really liked, while Sergio checked out different cooking books. 

It was a great Sunday, the three of us out enjoying the neighborhood…it painted quite a pretty picture of what our future can be like :)

Traffic…day 99

Last night was so relaxing! And the bottle of wine was totally worth the wait..we’re hoping we’ll be able to find more since it was a limited edition bottle I guess you could say. 

This morning I wanted to stay in bed so bad, but the heat made it impossible. It worries me that it is getting this hot, and it’s barely the beginning of spring here in Mexico City. So in a way, I was forced to get up and get ready to head to the other side of town to go meet two of my dad’s friends and pick up this month’s “love package” sent by my mother.

We were stuck in traffic for what seemed like an eternity…compliments of the million and one events going on in town today. It probably took us close to two hours to get to their home. They were very nice people and are making plans to get together some time next week if possible. 

The “love package” this time included goodies for Jay such as Capn Crunch and SunChips…cleaning products for the house (YAY!!!), two Coach purses I had left behind, colognes for the boys and perfumes for me. I know to some of you it might make no sense why my mother would send chips and cleaning products, but unfortunately some of the things we were so used to are not available here yet…And since I’m allergic to everything in this world, cleaning products have to be hypoallergenic and friendly—Swifer Jet has become a life saver for LOL.

But moving on, after picking up the package, we headed over to City Market to buy groceries and I realized I might have a sugar problem…just don’t let Goose know I’m actually admitting this…but everything I put in the shopping cart was candy and/or sweets. For example, tequila truffles, Baileys truffles, chocolate covered coffee beans, merengue, ice cream, etc. My excuse is research!

The rest of the day was slow…we were so exhausted, that all we wanted to do was nap and rest. Tomorrow will be another day.

(Thinking these would be great for the wedding)

Do we really have to leave? … day 85

Not going to lie, as much as I opposed to spending the night at the W, I have to admit it was an excellent idea. This morning there was no dog barking, no lousy kids in the pool, and no desire to go anywhere…and I think Sergio would agree with me, except for one little thing—he scheduled for the maid to clean our apartment at 9am. He got up around 8:45am and could tell he was dreading having to leave our suite and insisted that I stayed and enjoyed it for the two of us. I told him no worries and that we could return as soon as the maid was settled in. So I jumped in the incredible shower and enjoyed the Blis products provided by the W. 

Sergio dropped me off at home and went to buy “normal” cleaning supplies…I guess Swifer is a little weird to some people here hahaha. Once the lady knew what to do and where everything was, we packed a small bag and headed back to the W. 

Brunch on the terrace was really good. Sergio had green chilaquiles, green juice and coffee. I had eggs benedict, fresh orange juice and cappuccino. The weather was just perfect for brunch and we truly enjoyed how peaceful the city sounded. 

After brunch, I fell to sleep on the hammock as I was enjoying the view. Talk about a great nap! Sergio said I snored, but I think he was just pulling my chain. When the time came, we had a hard time leaving. As short as our stay was, we enjoyed it to the max. On the way out we stopped by their boutique and Sergio bought a mega cute Hello Kitty Mimobot (USB).

Since it was still early, we decided to head to Santa Fe to go grocery shopping. As we were driving up, I realized City Market was actually in InterLomas…which is even further away. We got off track for a bit, but found our way back. When we finally found the place, I fell in love!

City Market Interlomas is located inside Magnocentro shopping center. The store was bigger than the one we usually go to, and seem to carry more products. After grocery shopping, we checked out the rest of the mall and later went to Home & More.

Home & More is owned by Bed, Bath & Beyond… and for the two hours we were there, we both felt like we were back in the US. The floor layout was identical to BB&B…it even smelled the same!!!

We found so many things we want to buy, so I’m sure we’ll be going back soon :)

Take me out to the ball game…day 30

I find it really hard to believe that I’m up and about by 8 am on weekends…it’s surreal to me LOL

Today I decided to go with Sergio and Jay over to Liga Olmeca (baseball little league) and help them promote their Wilson products mini shop. So by 9:15am we were set and Jay had a table full of customers. It was nice to be back in the baseball scene and see the kids so into the sport, so dedicated. Around 11:30 Sergio and I took off to City Market to buy a few groceries we couldn’t find the night before. It never fails—we go on telling ourselves we’re only getting 4 or 5 things, and walk out with a full cart. I was very happy when I walked by their candy dispensers and found Runts and some candy I used to have as a child (anis liquor). 

The highlight of the day though was me driving around town. The last time I drove was really late at night (3am) and with no cars around. Today was a tad hectic for me since there was a major bull fight and we were in the area as people were heading to the Plaza. By 3pm, we were back home and done for the day—Sergio had a lot of reading to do for school so we just chilled at home. 

Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week, and hopefully the beginning of change. Wish me luck!

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