Move over, tequila. Mezcal is taking over as the dominant distilled spirit in chic Mexico City these days. At least, that is what I’m starting to believe after learning that a third location of the adorable and chic mini-chain La Botica opened up this past March in the Zona Rosa, joining the two previous locations [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zona rosa’
Sanborns: The Almighty Café
Every guide to Mexico City includes La Casa de los Azulejos (The House of Tiles) as a must-visit spot. Located in the Centro Historico, opposite the Torre Latino, this building is famous for the beauty of its blue tiles, imported from Puebla when the building was constructed in 1596 for the Count of Orizaba. Legend [...]
Public Displays of Affection
Something that I began noticing on my first trip to Mexico City and that still grabs my attention is the necking that seems to be taking place on benches, lawns, and (occasional) street corners throughout the city. Kissing does not adequately describe these fits of public love-making: these are not gentle pecks exchanged before parting, [...]
The “new” Zona Rosa
On a warm Thursday evening in the Zona Rosa, a gay neighborhood on the edge of Mexico City’s financial district, day-time businesses like clothing stores, beauty spas and little restaurants frequented by office employees are closing for the night, giving way to the younger population that walks up and down the streets of the Zona [...]
ladies’ night at lipstick
I had been coming regularly to Mexico City for over a year before I finally made my way to Lipstick on a Thursday night for their weekly lesbian party. I use the word lesbian here intentionally–this is not a dyke party, at least not according to my New York/San Francisco-bred sensibilities. I dare say that [...]