i've got nothing to hide from you

okay. so i am basically super lucky. for real. two weeks ago i was in TAIPEI (and i know i still have not gotten around to writing about that, but it was awesome) and now i am in MEXICO CITY and it is just as killer. yeah. you know these places exist but that doesn't even matter. cause once you get here and you are existing within them... that's when it's happening. i am lucky. i have a job where i meet rad people all over the world. i swear i won't ever complain about my job again. well.... maybe that's the tequila talking but fuck it. mexico city, forget what you heard. sure, it might be a little dangerous but so is paris. sure the cops might suck, but they suck in LA too. dudes... mexico city rules.

this one's for kime.

urban trees.

tacos like you've never had in LA. i am not even sure i can eat mexican food in LA again.

amazing architecture.

mariachi's line the streets like hookers looking for work.

and then you round the corner and it's mariachi square. 24/7 mariachi party zone. come here to hire a band for your next fiesta.

quick break for a $2 michelada (cerveza, sour mix, tabasco, ice. yum)

friendly strays are everywhere enjoying the mariachi's.

and then inside the bar to find this guy. the shocker. pay him 100 pesos a pop and he will electrocute you and all your friends. grab an end of the cable hold hands with your friends. it goes up to 11.

feel the pain.

the phantom tingle lasts for awhile.

and this, my friends, is what i am gonna bring home to you. the "mexican flag" limes, white tequila, and tomato juice with tobasco and worchesteshire sauce. one at a time = delicious.

andreas, one of our hosts, looks a little like my old employer, paul banks from interpol. oddly enough paul lived in mexico city and was a grade ahead of andreas at the same school.

and three mexican flags later... time to leave.

Comments

[kime]

Whoa, Teq-kill-ya. Sweet. I like the Scheid dark side. Those shoes kick mine in the ass. Jillian would tell you all those drinks have empty calories. Hey, who cares you're in Mexico!

[Gabe]

I mean what are the chances that we both took a picture of the same building in Mexico City.

[noel]

China Cat MY MAN! Try the dried shredded beef with scrambled eggs, yum.

[Jen]

what ever you do, DO NOT go to a Mexican strip club in downtown Mexico City. One of the scariest Mexico experiences I've ever had.

[Cindy]

Garibaldi was so much fun. I did that shocking thing also.. I want to get one and shock everybody and get PAID for it..