tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post4039168520369152389..comments2024-03-25T19:30:07.450-04:00Comments on A Retired Teacher in Mexico City: An Elegant SupperRetired Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-34359501603949797162016-02-05T21:13:34.318-05:002016-02-05T21:13:34.318-05:00No, I haven't seen Spectre. But I would defin...No, I haven't seen Spectre. But I would definitely be chuckling if they portrayed the Gran Hotel as down the street from the MUNAL. Oh well, artistic license, I suppose.<br />¡Saludos!Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-46660236612858754122016-02-05T15:32:36.264-05:002016-02-05T15:32:36.264-05:00Have either of you watched Spectre yet? Or at leas...Have either of you watched Spectre yet? Or at least the opening sequence?<br /><br />The Gran Hotel is most definitely not three doors down from the MUNAL. Tsk.Gary Dennesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121466795073130174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-28953871867137574772016-02-02T15:56:11.718-05:002016-02-02T15:56:11.718-05:00If the food was truly gourmet quality (and the por...If the food was truly gourmet quality (and the portions weren't skimpy) that would still be quite a bargain. 600 pesos comes out to about $33 US. Even in Cleveland, which is probably considerably cheaper than Boston, you could not eat at a deluxe restaurant at that price!<br />Saludos! Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-17222937067640302482016-02-02T12:10:04.319-05:002016-02-02T12:10:04.319-05:00I ended up spending more than I really wanted to (...I ended up spending more than I really wanted to (about 600 MXN), but I set out from my hotel at about 6:00 to take some photos, wandered up to the Reloj Chino on Bucarelli, and then ended up in the Centro Histórico, exhausted and hungry. And the place is one of the loveliest restaurants you can imagine, in the courtyard of an old, colonial mansion, filled with trees, with baskets of lit candles hanging from them. And the food was as good as the environment. <br /><br />So I splurged. And it was worth it. <br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />Kim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-38491987293857375842016-02-02T11:45:05.814-05:002016-02-02T11:45:05.814-05:00Cool! I wonder if the two ladies from California ...Cool! I wonder if the two ladies from California on the other side of us have looked at our blogs?<br />We had a less fancy dinner last night at el Bajío at Reforma 222.<br />Saludos,<br />BillRetired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005183909843018870.post-44340658115732149712016-02-02T11:24:11.242-05:002016-02-02T11:24:11.242-05:00Want to know a bizarre coincidence? Remember the y...Want to know a bizarre coincidence? Remember the young couple seated next to us? The ones with the fancy camera? <br /><br />Well last night, I went out to dinner in the Centro Historico at "Azul Historico," a place I'd definitely recommend as a splurge. Guess who was sitting next to me? The same couple!<br /><br />They are Australian and doing a year's world tour for their honeymoon. I wished them well. <br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />Kim G<br />DF, México<br /><i>Where the unusual is commonplace.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com