Postcard from Oaxaca: Slipping into comfortable old habits

La Biznaga was our favorite place to head to for meals five years ago, and it remains so on this visit. Comfortably casual, contemporary Mexican cuisine.

No matter what our food moods are, the menu has something on it to fit. Salads are stunning (see this earlier post); soups are interesting and flavorful. Menu del dia offerings are generous, and now the kitchen even makes smaller dishes from the “deli” available to order in the restaurant.

If that were not enough, we think La Biznaga hands-down makes the best margarita in town – tart, deep and potent. And we’ve sampled many.

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Plus, the servers bring you Oaxacan chocolates with your check.

Postcard from Oaxaca: Nature’s own tribute more spectacular than fireworks celebrating the feast day of Panchito

Sunset topped the fireworks shooting off soon after the natural beauty displayed on this, the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, in Oaxaca.

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Postcard from Oaxaca: The Monastery adjoining Santo Domingo Church

The age of some of the colonial buildings in Oaxaca is difficult to comprehend.

While the project took decades to complete, brothers of the Dominican order began the construction of the Santo Domingo Church and its adjoining monastery in the 1570s. The monastery houses the Museum of Oaxacan Cultures, an extensive collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts, colonial religious sculpture and historical exhibits, while the walled grounds enclose the city’s Ethnobotanic Garden.

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