Eatin’ Out: 16 mm

Not really a restaurant. Nor a coffee shop. It’s (literally) a house with people shuffling about in various rooms. A hang out, I’d say. A host for a variety of events including movies, art exhibitions, music and board gaming.

Note: they have a website although joining their group on Facebook might be a more efficient way of staying in the know.

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Happenings: Festival Internacional de Santa Lucía

Running from September 20th through October 25th, the festival includes a varitety of cultural events along the Santa Lucía, which runs from the west side of Parque Fundidora to the Mexican History Museum in the macroplaza.

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Happenings: Hellow Fest

Belated, yes. But check out some amateur camera work and editing of the music festival that went down in La Huasteca on August 15th.

Happenings: Movie Release Dates

I just came across this and thought I’d keep you in the know (although I don’t have the Spanish titles):

Sep. 25: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “The Soloist,” & “Brüno”
Oct. 2: “Funny People”
Oct. 9: “Year One”
Oct. 16: “Inglorious Basterds”
Oct. 30: “Julie & Julia”
Nov. 6: “Couple Retreat”
Nov. 13: “2012,” “Los Abrazos Rotos”
Nov. 20: “Twilight: New Moon”

So now you can plan your lives accordingly…

Out & About: Parque Fundidora

If you’ve spent any time at all in Monterrey then you know about Parque Fundidora. Acres upon acres of park-ness; so big there are two metro stops for the same park. Bike rentals ($100 deposit but no cost). Ice skating ($60ish). Skate boarding. The beginning (or end) of Paseo Santa Lucia ($40). Museums. Art galleries. Movie theatre (known as the “Cineteca”; $25). All sorts of ways to waste time on a weekend afternoon.

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Happenings: Cirque Du Soleil

…in Monterrey (Parque Fundidora, to be exact). September 17th – 27th. Great fun. Only you must dig, dig into those pockets.

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Goin’ Out: Tec Raza

Not to be confused with Tex Raza which just so happens to be right around the corner from this establishment. I’m not sure if one bar owner is trying to confuse the people into coming into his bar rather than the competition’s or whether they are owned by the same people or whether it is one Bertha-sized conicidence, but that’s neither here nor there. Tec Raza is a two-tiered antro that has a live band on the weekends and plays pop music when the band goes to the john or for another round of beverages. The band is…ok (at best). The vibe is always good, though. Lots of people, lots of dancing, lots of making out. And there’s a 24 hour taco place across the street in case you wanna munch on something after a session of grinding and gulping.

COVER
$50

DRINKS
Beer: over $30 (although I don’t remember exactly how much)
Mixed Drink: ?

BEST NIGHT
Friday

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Goin’ Out: Love Pub

Not much more than a hole in the wall, slightly off the beaten path. Cozy little spot to get a little love in the club (or in this case, pub). The music isn’t as overwhelming as you get in the majority of the bars/clubs in the city, so if you’re interested in a coherent conversation and American pop radio from the past three decades, you oughta give it a go. They also have their own 8 page periodical which is basically a list of events and a few ads and, for some reason, 4 or 5 articles published by someone else (e.g., Rolling Stone) and then just translated into Spanish.

COVER
$15 (on Saturdays)

DRINKS
Beer: $15
Mixed Drink: $90 (half price on Tequila drinks on Saturday)

BEST NIGHT
?

Happenings: Week of Russian Film

They’ve crossed the Bering Strait, worked their way down the west coast of Canada and the States and have finally found themselves in the land of Tequila and blistering heat. These handful of Russian films will only be here for a few more days (Sept. 4 -10th) and will only be showing at Cinépolis Galerías in Obispado, so get your fill while you can.

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Goin’ Out: Rose

Live music. All-american covers all the time. The house band is a bunch of chicks that don’t play all that bad. In my opinion, the service is by no means affable and at times rather rude (e.g., making people move from a table because another group bought a bottle of whiskey while you just had a half empty bucket of beer, putting the wrong alcohol purposefully in your drink and hoping you won’t notice, etc.). Not to say that it isn’t a fun place (i.e., lots of eye candy and songs you know the words to); just be aware.

COVER
$50

DRINKS
Beer: $35
Mixed Drink: $90

GOOD NIGHTS
Friday & Saturday

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