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Mexican food and culture, on both sides of the border

Back from San Diego

March 8, 2009 by Lesley Tellez

Flamingos

We’re back now. It’s kind of weird to be here again. Although, on a happy note, I did just discover that the crispy, heart-shaped orejita cookies they sell at Starbucks (where I am right now using the Internet) are actually really good. Way better than the chocolate-covered graham crackers they sell in the U.S.

If you’re ever in San Diego, you must try The Linkery, an organic, slow-food type of place that makes its own sausage. If you’re in Culver City and you want a drink and a light nosh, we really enjoyed The Mandrake.

And, um… if you live in DF and don’t know the two-for-one drink greatness that is Papa Bill’s, you must try it out. It’s totally the annoying frat-boy-cousin version of T.G.I. Friday’s, but they have awesome music. (In the span of 10 minutes, we heard CeCe Peniston, Roxette and Daddy Yankee.) Oh, and they have chips and salsa there. And our waiter wore a top hat.

The picture above is from our trip to the San Diego Zoo with my nieces and nephew. I wanted to post more, but the Internet is too slow.

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Mija is Lesley Téllez, a writer, mom, and culinary entrepreneur in New York City. I lived in Mexico City for four years, which cemented my deep love for Mexican food and culture. I'm currently the owner/operator of the top-rated tourism company Eat Mexico. I also wrote the cookbook Eat Mexico: Recipes from Mexico City's Streets, Markets & Fondas.

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