A long weekend in Mexico City is a true gift as many of the city's more than 20 million inhabitants take the opportunity to revisit home towns, head to parties in the surrounds, or simply lay low and exhale. We thought it a good time to go check out the emerging Calle Regina block to see what gives. The New York Times had finally published a piece by a friend of a friend about the bar scene there, giving us a great excuse to head into the center of town for a change. The Times must have had the piece "in the can" as we say for quite some time because we discovered the bar we wanted to meet at, Hosteria la Bota, had actually moved one block into Calle San Jeronimo. It's still a great dive though, with a good mix of odd drinks, including some Spanish mixes, and walls lined with hundreds of little wooden boxes that once housed cigars or other bits and that had been transformed into miniature art galleries of their own. I was thrilled just to be able to relax over a tequila, which arrived with a lime positioned neatly just so. The Canon G11 is the perfect low-light option for these sort of adventures as it seems to retain the feel, especially as you crank up the ISO and introduce a little more grain.
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