It was an idea given to me by a former colleague, she asked, why don’t you cover all the new restaurants located in the Northern Roma area and provide a guide. That is a very cool project, so while I was thinking on how to creatively approach that, I just noticed people walking, talking, in Roma, a volume I had never seen before as individuals from outside Roma, like never before have been making it a small metropolis, like never before.
Where do they go? What do they see as so attractive? For once, I thought I’d just play visitor and see what my own neighborhood would tell me, take me, that I had as of late maybe taken fro granted. So here we go…
Walking out of my door on Cordoba, I found myself walking down Tabasco, past the Buddhist temple full of meditation this early evening, and right onto the doorsteps of
Silvestri on Tabasco
Camino Silvestre, my favorite hummingbird tienda. As soon as you walk, listen, pause, the continue
Goethe Institutein you are surrounded by the songs of birds, and the massive collection of bird supplies envelopes you. The staff here is amazing, helpful, and always helps me out with the questions I have and provides the right answers. As I had used them as my personal reference text today, I left and headed up to Tonala, past the
in, you are surrounded by the songs of birds, and the massive collection of bird supplies envelopes you. The staff here is amazing, helpful, and always helps me out with the questions I have and provides the right answers. As I had used them as my personal reference text today, I left and headed up to Tonala, past the Goethe Institute.
I realized how cool of a place this institution was hosting the documentary film festival and tons of cool and new events from film, literature pop culture, and so more, there is always something happening new here. When you walk along this neighborhood, you really notice the 
freedom of casually opened windows, amazing architecture, and a solace among the quietness and peacefulness. It is simply Roma.
Heading down to Tonala, and speaking of architecture, you find your nose leading you to one of the
La Puerta Abierta
best bakeries (and there are four within walking/smelling radius) right in front of you. La Puerta Abierta offers a wide range of 
tasty baked good but also cooking classes for young and old in some of the best rec
ipes you’d want to have in your own home. Looking at the selections so late in the day today, you realize, you could always find a home here. The smell of the Apple Tarts hovers right above you and after that there absolutely is no turning back. There is always nostalgia also on the streets, in the form of architecture, 
or in the form of say, vehicles. An old Wagoneer took me aback to being around 8 years old on a winder day, being able to get through any snowy road thanks to its tough durability. 
It seems this Jeep Wagoneer easily endures now through the now snowy temperament of Mexico City ! You also will undoubtedly pass some of the best street stands for Queso, tortillas, and a hundred
items at one of these famous stands. The Oaxaca cheese? I have this problem with eating it before I get home. Head ing towards Alvaro Obregon, you notice the bustle of young musicians into 
Boicot Cafe, my favorite new find. A great and artsy establishment, with a back area dedicated to community artists, you feel the excitement of a Friday evening filled with dropping off of intruments, setting up equipment, and a Bohemian experience of music and art blended into one cafe awaits. The Chai Tea there is addictive and that is not the only thing that will keep you up all night thanks to an entertaining venue found in this cafe.Go a little futher, down and left, and then Orizaba come up on you faster than you 
expect. Walking south, you see the former gym has been replaced by a new upscale version of business, Mint & Tea, the not yet opened employees teasing passers-by with th
e preparation of vibrant colors, found normally in glasses and plates of exotic Mexican food, and being soon available for home decor. Go a few steps further, and you see on your right a former half-ram-shackled
garage turned into a collective of enticing restaurants of seafood, burritos, and more. Within roughly three weeks the transformation that occurred on this corner was amazing. The neighborhood, within four years has transformed itself, and for some reason I notice the transformation here more than past neighborhoods in the United States, not exactly alarming,but just always something to wow you. As you make your way down Orizaba, you run into the spectacular 
Plaza Luis Cabrera. Spectacular because of its overwhelming ability to calm you, as well as draw you in to the establishments that classically surround this plaza. Today, the exhibit about the facts of individuals making the Exodos
from their own countries for survival and preservation of their lives. The statistics stun you, make you stop, and appreciate the such basic surrounding we have and find in our own neighborhood, often those I take for granted on a walk with less observations than on this particular evening. Leaving the park reluctantly, and heading back to Merida, you stroll past one of the best office of Ophthalmology in 
Mexico City. Having pretty much the worst eyesight since I can remember as a child, and being able to see perfectly the sunsets, the sunrises, beaches with perfect views, that is pretty much a miracle in itself. Then being given the information ahead of time of what it going to happen,how, and what to expect in detail, and hearing the newest investigations that are being researched and 
discussed, Dr. Ramon Naranjo Tackman? Not difficult how he is easily one of the best in this country and many others. Go a little further and look up (I often simply forget to look up to see the skyline and the art that can be above you), and you see Roma has impressions of expression and art in every direction. Creativity, of course, can be found in food as you
Ice Cream Nation
come down Merida and onto the coolest Ice cream preparation using liquid 
nitrogen, and there is always a line. Period. Ice Cream Nation has so much to offer in plain old cups of ice cream filled with amazing concoctions, to the classic milkshake that fills you up as if you just had a full array of selections. The show is not bad either as the Nitrogen does its work – and you know you’ll be filling that punch card up quickly. Crossing Alvaro Obregon and leaving the sounds of countless cups of ice cream behind, and really looking down the middle walkway 
of Alvaro Obregon, you appreciate the mix of efficiency of Ecobici and trees that line Roma, and bring its welcome home feeling to you as you just wander. To your left is the scent and reliability of the flowers 
you have always frequented for ceremonies at ASF, and a little further the multifaceted corner of tacos, but even beside that, the attraction of Casa Franca, who provides spectacular jazz in evenings above and below, as well as delicious pizza
and more entrees from the personable owners on the ground floor, who you will occasionally see arrive on his UK. scooter. Roma itself has so many personalities, this is but one brief (brief taking almost 2 hours) to take it so many accents that present themselves to the average individual in Mexico City. Priceless, definitely. Forgettable? Not in the slightest.
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