Curious

The San Pedro area of the city of Monterrey is the riches neighborhood in Latin America. Think about that for a second. So then why is it that we have had two power outages in one month? I just don't get this place. For all their hooplah and posturing, things seem slightly polished on the surface, and barely held together underneath. It's not horrible, but it makes one wonder...

We went out last night to Sierra Madre Brewing Company. It's a small-ish chain of restaurants here, and they obviously micro-brew their own suds. We needed a cab to take us there. After stopping for directions, taking the long way, and getting lost (he clearly wasn't sure where to go), we spotted the sign to the restaurant. Having had enough of this guy, we told him to stop the cab (our intention was to walk the remaining distance; taking the cab would have involved many turn-arounds and lane-changes). He kept driving along the freeway, so out of anger, annoyance (at getting ripped off), and frustration, I flung my car door open, and yelled at him to stop the car. Evidently, cab drivers here feel that they shouldn't drive when the door is open, so he obliged me and pulled over.

After darting across lanes of freeway, we made it to the restaurant and meet the rest of our party. This place had the feel of a more casual Earls. The food wasn't very good, but because one of our companions had a special discount card, everything was buy one get the second free. It even applied to the pitchers of beer. A nice night was had by all. All told, the evening with return cab rides, two entrees (we both got hamburgers), an appetizer (Mongolian spring rolls), and around a pitcher of beer each only cost about $55Cdn.