if you don't know, don't say you do.

i can't believe i paid 4 dollars for these three huge pork tacos and a coke...as the garbs would say, 'what a rip...'

i've become the easy mark.
not hard really.
big, white gingo.
the taxis that the hotel calls for me have, as it turns out, been charging me double - at least - what it should cost to get to where i want to go. it's regular practice here to ask for a price for the trip, in advance, before you get going so it's a done deal. the problem is, in my case - and many other tourists' case - i have no idea how far away it is to the destination so, is it a good price i'm getting? or shitty? turns out i've been getting a shitty deal. and i'm going to tell the hotel so - not that they'll care but i have been given a number to call, by eric, that is a better taxi company - the one they all use. and really, the cost is still low by canadian or american standards so it's fine...but i still don't like being taken advantage of.
fuckers.
i walked for miles, again, today making my way from an artisan market i was dropped off at, down reforma ave to chapultepec park - which is closed mondays - the biggest park in all of mexico city (that houses a couple museums, small lakes, etc...) was closed. kinda like closing stanley park on mondays...okey dokey. it was a great walk regardless and i saw some great things including so many that i had seen in pictures all these years.
after the closed park i walked back to ricardo's store to get a briefing on tonight's dinner plans and asked how to get to the mexico city upper playground store - which was another long walk and in the end kind of a disappointment. (it's a small store but that wasn't the worst part. i had to ask directions a few times and everyone kept giving me slightly different ways to go. but they were all certain they knew - but clearly they didn't. if you don't know. say you don't know).. but that's ok..it's in a cool part of town and i was able to find some lunch there...what? tacos again...fuckin' rights...when i stop loving tacos - just fuckin' kill me.
tonight's squash night for the boys and then afterwords we're gonna go to perso's favorite taco joint...this should be good after seeing him hoss-down the other night.

more as it develops.

g. xo

they have a bunch of different nativity scenes on one section of reforma...this one was odd...as was the luchador one below.


the most famous statue in mexico city. el angel de la independencia.


the park is closed today. deal with it.

nice fountain on reforma.

beaded skull action...get yours now.