Taquería part two

After a long day of site-seeing and wishing off rain, we had worked up quite the dinner appetite.  We also had not gotten off the bus in the Zona Rosa, so we thought we'd check it out and maybe try to find some tacos there.  We had seen some amazing food on the side of the road as we were touring and were hoping for that kind of cuisine.

So we walked out of our hotel and headed that way, just wanting to take in the scene.  

The Zona Rosa is a short walk from the hotel, so we saw all we needed to see quickly.  It's mostly clubs, restaurants and shopping.  We hopped in a mall seeing that they had a taco place.  They had a sports store, which immediately drew Ashley in.  I explored the other stores and saw that they had a Mango, which was one of my favorites in Spain.  Only problem is, when I was in Spain, I guess the dollar was GREAT against the euro, and apparently Mango was new or not as popular yet.  There was very little in a price range I would consider anywhere, but especially Mexico.  It was still fun to look.  Ashley eventually joined me and really liked it.  Her take on the prices was not as dramatic as mine (further evidence I've been living here too long).

We ran by the food court, but decided we could do better.  We hadn't found anything, though, and we had covered most of it.  That was when we decided to make an emergency call.  We popped into the hotel in the picture above (we LOVED our hotel, but this one might have been an excellent second!) and asked the front desk for suggestions on a taquería.  They told us the name of a place "across the street" and I misunderstood the name as the food court place.  

When we got outside, we saw that there was a restaurant right by the mall.  It looked like a typically shady-looking taco place which meant it would be delicious!  We sat down and I ordered tacos al pastor so Ashley could try them (and also because I like them).  They're the cheapest, so they're probably the worst meat ever, but they're really delish.

Ashley was won over and decided that would be what she ordered at some point on this trip.

After our incredible meal, we decided to walk La Reforma, the main street that would take us back to our hotel.  It has some great artistic benches (see below) and just a neat ambiance at night.  Also, since this was our last night in the city until Friday, we wanted to take advantage of it!

Ashley climbed the chairs and we got a picture.  By the time she was back down, there was another girl in line to do the same.  There were all kinds of different "artsy" sitting places.  There was a deck of cards I wanted my picture with, but it was in the other direction and it didn't look as good at night.  I meant to make it back there, but I didn't.

As we got closer to the hotel we know and love, we wanted a cool night picture.  It didn't work out quite as we expected....