Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 13394431)

I love getting a free day from work. I am getting paid to hang out in starbucks.

Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13394371)

How awful for you.;)

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13393471)

Note to self, when I need to charge a cell phone, find an ATM.

Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394430)

Huhh? :confused:

Originally Posted by fozz (Post 13393471)

Note to self, when I need to charge a cell phone, find an ATM.

Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394430)

Huhh? :confused:

Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394430)

Huhh? :confused:

Originally Posted by cheepneezy (Post 13394499)

sbm12 - you're invisible again.:(

Originally Posted by Tinkerer (Post 13394251)

The first time I had beaver tails, I said WOW! - churros, but flat and with stuff on them! ;) For those who don't know beaver tails, they are somewhat similar to beignets at Cafe to Monde in New Orleans (though I'd argue churros and beaver tails are closer to each other than beignets).
uncertaintraveler's opinion in a prior post

In Mexico, churros are sweet and traditionally coated with sugar + cinnamon. In some places you can also get them filled with chocolate, cajeta, or condensed milk (think hollow tube in the middle, but not all the way through so that the filling stays in it and doesn't fall out the bottom). Churreria El Moro which is downtown and an institution in Mexico for churros only makes the traditional ones.

BTW, if you decide to go, they have 4 types of hot chocolate:
Frances (French) - normal with vanilla
Especial (Special) - bittersweet chocolate with cinnamon
Español (Spanish) - very thick and very sweet
Mexicano (Mexican) - neither very sweet nor very strong

You can get only churros, only hot chocolate or packages with both (e.g., one hot chocolate and 4 churros)

El Moro is a really old churreria (churro maker) which some would say is an institution in Mexico. They now serve meals in the back too, but churros is really their thing (for any meal downtown, I'd go to the Hosteria de Santo Domingo for great Mexican fare or Sanborns - The House of Blue for more international fare). At El Moro, they still make churros fresh (as they should be!) and it's fun to see them make them. They squeeze the batter out of an extruder and turn it in the oil so the dough makes large circles. Once done, they cut them up into long pieces and roll them in sugar and cinnamon. There's a few places that make them this way (more out of your way in Coyoacan and Las Flores), but El Moro is a piece of Mexican tradition and always serves them just-made as they should be.

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I'd book an airport cab and have them pick me up at a predefined location downtown. They will also have the best info in terms of how long it should take that day. I'd guess half an hour, but I'd defer to the airport taxis.

When you call them, just be aware that they'll follow the recommendation to be at the airport 3 hours ahead of time for international flights (which this time of year I would consider a bit excessive, at least for frequent flyers on CO -- I have no experience w/CM). FWIW, the airport cabs I usually use are Sitio 300; phone # 5571-9344 as they have the best info re traffic (esp. if you request a taxi with a two-way radio).

Alternatively, have whatever establishment you are at call you a radio taxi ("taxi de sitio")

Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394341)

Hello Box.



Just playing with you!! :D How many do you want?

Originally Posted by adelauro (Post 13394360)

No holiday here in London either.

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13394412)

Only an hour and 20 minutes left of w:rolleyes:rk

Originally Posted by Tinkerer (Post 13394452)

Reference to main forum thread on CO FA conduct in airport

Originally Posted by windwalker (Post 13394455)

Likely because there would be a power outlet available

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13394494)

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13394508)

How do you he is posting, I don't see anything by him.

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 13394508)

How do you he is posting, I don't see anything by him.

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13394560)

Anyone in IAH looking for a MR? FareCompare is showing a $79 base fare from IAH-DEN. :-:

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 13394560)

Anyone in IAH looking for a MR? FareCompare is showing a $79 base fare from IAH-DEN. :-:

Originally Posted by Brituchenite (Post 13394516)

:D:D:D You can bring me half a dozen! Or more! More IS more, y'know!