Coyoacán is one of the most visited spots by postmodern hippies and artsy youngsters in Mexico City. Maybe that’s why you can find graffiti and stencils invading the facades belonged to the well-off. I found this one particularly great….

February just started…with awful weather that includes wind and constant rains. However, stores all over Mexico City do not waste the opportunity to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, offering colorful gifts for people in love. Meanwhile, the Chilango GLBT community is planning a march next Saturday to defend gay marriage and the right of adoption for gay couples in DF. Will Saint Valentine help a little bit in this matter?

Here, a huge teddy bear on the corner of Isabel la Católica and Regina, one of the newest trendy streets of Centro Histórico.

Today’s been sunny and bright in Mexico City; the sky is so clear that you can actually see the volcanoes from wherever you are, people seem relaxed, going home to prepare dinner, letting the city feel emptier and emptier….

DF has always had great weather in winter; however, the stereotype of this season as a time when snow and ice should be part of Christmas makes some chilangos long for temperature below zero. At least that’s how it feels if you go to Zócalo, where children can enjoy a well supervised snowball fight (wearing helmets), an ice ring (the biggest of the world), or make a snow-man by stuffing with actual snow something similar to a plaster cast in the shape of a little snow-guy.

(And I wonder, is global warming driving us crazy?)

Merry Christmas, Machas!

The Zócalo from a roof on Moneda Street

October is over and the national parties as well. The lights in the Zócalo, the big eagle in front of the Cathedral, and the little carts selling Mexican flags will disappear from the big square that is so important to public and political life in Mexico City. The Zócalo is where rallies, protests, gatherings and even concerts take place quite often, which makes it the most used public space by chilangos.

If you hang out in the Zócalo for even a moment, you will witness one of the best scenes in Mexico City, whether walking around the square or from the terraces of the many beautiful buildings that surround it.

I believe that the Museo Nacional de Antropología is wonderful to visit, not only for the amazing pre-Hispanic artifacts it houses, but for the building itself, designed by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and completed in 1964. It’s peaceful to walk around the large central courtyard, the design of which impresses me no matter where I’m standing.

The lions in New York are not nearly as cool as these.

Mexico City’s sky is still pouring water every day. The major, sad consequences had been serious floods in the outskirts of the city that mean irreversible losses for those living in these areas. However, Mexico is still feeling the effects of the biggest drought that Mexico has gone through since the World War II. If you want to know more about this paradoxical issue, and how the local government is coping with it, here‘s a good article that you can read. Thank you Brooke for sharing it!

The image was taken on Madero street, very close to the Zócalo.

Here is the huge eagle eating a snake that is now being in exhibition at the Zocalo. The brigthy sculpture is part of the decoration of one of the most visited places in Mexico City, and it’s a reference to the old legend about how the Aztecs found Aztlan: the eagle was the sign sent by the gods to the Nahuas, so they would know the place where they could settle their own city–after a long period of wandering in the Mesoamerican territory. This image is now on the center of the Mexican flag, as a symbol of the foundation of Mexico.

niño jesus in a condesa window

We passed this window strolling around the Condesa after a romantic dinner. Is it possible to spoil baby Jesus?

Enjoy this and other photographs of our Macha Mexico.