a little {self-promo}

Do you want to get married in Mexico? Specifically in Cuernavaca because of its amazing year round weather? Then there is only one place for you!!!

Check out the website www.el-cid.com for information and photos of the place...I promise you will fall in love with it! 

A little shameless self promotion never hurts, does it? lol. 

If you get married at EL CID, I'll even be your personal civil registry and immigration liason...since I consider myself somewhat of an expert in Mexican red tape, paperwork, and bureaucracy... :)

Seriously though, check out the place and let me know...what do you think of it??? 

The gates are open...

It's been almost a year since we tied the knot.

And almost two years since we began the stressful/exciting/anxiety-filled/wonderful world of wedding planning.

All the time and effort spent into making one day the most perfect one. 

Seems so long ago, but yet almost like yesterday.

The same amount of time has gone into thinking/planning/strategizing about the incredible setting of our wedding...EL CID.

The beloved rancho of my gordo's family has finally opened its gates (and heart) to other hopeful novios as the perfect place to celebrate the most important day of their lives...

Aside from weddings, any special event will surely shine with EL CID as its backdrop.

So check out our site: http://elcid-eventos.blogspot.com/

Like us on facebook: http://on.fb.me/9bA7Xn 

Follow our tweets: @elcideventos

Email us your thoughts: elcid.eventos[at]gmail[dot]com

Thanks for your support! 

As My Worlds Collide...

Time has never flown by so quickly for me as it has been doing so lately. It's only been 10 days since my last post, but I've been running around like a madwoman and thus I never seem to have enough time in the day to tick off everything on my to-do list. Maybe I'm really busy - or maybe I need a crash course in time management. Bueno...

This whole blogging business started with our wedding website (yes, dear reader, in case you didn't know I am in the midst of wedding planning). Since we sent out our "save-the-date" announcement, emails constantly pour in from family and friends around the world with one thing in common: "How are the wedding plans coming along?!?" Thus, the creation of yet another wedding blog in the seemingly endless blogosphere. For those who want to be in the know - they do so by checking out the latest here.

Then...moving to Mexico happened somewhere in the middle of all this wedding business. TA-DAAA: yet another blog! This one you are reading now ;)

At this point though, my two worlds (read: blogs) are coming together and I am finding that everything about ...findingmexico... at this moment in my life has to do with finding out what it's like prepping for a wedding in Mexico.

Hence my recent absence - all of my time dedicated to wedding planning that I figured has no place on here - but really, it gives me A LOT to write about. Getting married in Mexico is a whole other story...and allows me to find my very own Mexico in a whole other way.

This last week I confronted Mexican Immigration. Though armed with all the required documents, my visit turned out to be futile. Frustrating, considering how much time and effort it took to gather all the paperwork.

So maybe from here on out until end of November you won't read about great restaurants, hip neighborhoods, or secret spots in DF just yet; but there will be lots of musings, frustrations, and of course excitement as the big day nears.

And if you ever want to get married in Mexico - you know who to ask!!! ;)

*p.s. I do have a great restaurant recommendation! Check out Mankora - a Peruvian place in the heart of Polanco. YUMMY!

Alejandro Dumas 16
Col. Polanco Chapultepec
5281-3547

A day of firsts...y despues?

First monday, first june, first of june, first day of "settling in". But all I did was toss and turn the night before this BIG day and waste precious hours of sleep as my mind was racing a mile a minute with all the tasks on hand.


I really did try to start the day with all the intention of organizing our lives, but as you can imagine, it isn't that easy to figure everything out before lunch. Instead of creating my game plan, I started feeling this overwhelming desperation/anxiety and nerves of what's in store for us.


There is soooo much to think about:

• finding an apartment - and where in this monster of a city???
• my hubby and his new work schedule - where do I fit in, of course?
  
• I have a wedding (mine!) to continue planning
• what am I going to do with my time? i need to get priorities in order...

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!


It seems all nice and neat with bullet points, but honestly, I don't even know where to start!


One day at a time I guess. The only consolation is that I finally have access to a threadmill, so today was also marked by my first workout; and with the altitude of Mexico City, you burn calories like a bat out of hell! :) Yehay for less oxygen. Never thought I would say that.