Flaneur Redux: Mexico City Places to Go, People to See, Things to Eat and Drink…

Chocolate a la española, El Popular
Chocolate a la española (Spanish-style hot chocolate), Café El Popular, 5 de Mayo #40, Centro Histórico.

Posada San Antonio de Pádua
San Antonio de Padua
(St. Anthony of Padua), José Guadalupe Posada.  Collection Carlos
Monsiváis, Museo del Estanquillo, Isabel la Católica #26, Centro
Histórico.

Bazar Sábado Pepitorias 2
Pepitorias for sale at San Ángel's delightful Bazar Sábado.

Colonia Roma Wreck
Just a shell of its former self, a shadow of its former glory.  Remains of private home, Colonia Roma.

DF Boleada Next...
A bolero is not always a song.  Shoeshine stand, Centró Histórico, DF.

DF Santuario San Charbel 1
Santuario de San Charbel (Sanctuary of Saint Charbel), Calle Uruguay, Mexico City.

La Lagunilla Metrobus Insurgentes
MetroBús stop, Glorieta Insurgentes.  Another kind of shadow.

La Lagunilla 1 MetroBus
MetroBús, Glorieta Insurgentes.

Stairway, Escuela de Gastronomía
Gradas al Atardecer (Stairway at Dusk), Escuela de Gastronomía Mexicana, Col. Roma.

La Lagunilla Lentes
Cocktail hour sunglasses from the 1960s, modeled by the vendor.  La Lagunilla.

Templo de la Profesa, Centro Histórico
18th
Century barroque Templo de la Profesa, Isabel la Católica esq.
Francisco Madero, Centro Histórico.  From the rooftop, Museo del
Estanquillo.

Flor de Lis Champurrado
Champurrado (atole, a thick, hot corn-based drink, in this instance made with chocolate), Restaurante Flor de Lis, Col. Condesa.

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