Amo Mi Barrio

Los placeres cotidianos de lo que es vivir en la Ciudad de México | The everyday pleasures of living in Mexico City

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Palacio de los dulces #AmoMiBarrio 🍭🍬🍭🍬 (at Polanco, Mexico City)

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A falta de amor, tres tacos al pastor! #AmoMiBarrio (at Taqueria Tres Coyotes - Coyoacán)

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Sugar attack #AmoMiBarrio (at Churrería El Moro Río Lerma)

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Strawberry pop on the metro #SoyChilanga #AmoMiBarrio (at Mexico City, Mexico)

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Life is so sweet. Traditional sweets for sale at Dulcería "El Nidito" Av. Necaxa 98, Col. Industrial, Mexico City. #AmoMiBarrio (at Mexico City, Mexico)

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Now I feel like a true honorary chilanga with my charola de pan dulce from Pastelería Ideal #amomibarrio (at Pasteleria Ideal)

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My neighbors insist on having a clean barrio, free of dog poo. #AmoMiBarrio

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Veinte pesitos de felicidad. Rehydrating with some fresh watermelon, made even more irresistibly delicious with lemon, salt and tajín. #AmoMiBarrio

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Decided to work from one of my favorite coffee shops today. Can't wait to move back to Coyo for the summer. #amomibarrio (at Café Negro)

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It's always the right time of day to stop at La Michoacana for a refreshing paleta. Apparently people in the States are waiting hours in line (http://remezcla.com/lists/food/san-fernando-paletas-michoacana/) for these delicacies, but here en mi barrio I can buy them by the bucket-full. #AmoMiBarrio

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Inaugural post! A good opportunity to introduce mis queridos seguidores to something very traditional to my barrio, Mexico City (formerly known as el D.F.).

This is a torta de tamal, or guajolota as it’s known locally. Basically a bread roll perfectly engineered and baked to hold your choice of steaming hot tamale to fortify you as you continue your slog of a commute through infamous Mexico City traffic.

The health risks of eating the torta de tamal on a frequent or semi-regular basis still haven’t been studied. And it seems people not from D.F. are confused or slightly horrified by this invention. It’s an A++ in my book.