Chiripa is back from another successful buying trip to Mexico. In the past we've chronicled our journeys with a sequential log. For a change of pace the posts from this trip will be random features of some special moments and memories.
We begin with the final day in Oaxaca (February 22) and a final dash through the central market just south of the Zocalo in search of molinillos (the carved wooden whisks used to froth hot chocolate). We find them in abundance.
From the market we head a couple blocks east for a last stop at Mayordomo for some take-home chocolate. The chocolate making is over for the day, but the aroma still overwhelms.
Of course we take the time to sample a bowl of caliente (hot) chocolate and photograph the young woman preparing our drinks.
Hot chocolate on a hot day in Oaxaca . . . it works. But it will taste even better in the blustery winter weather waiting for us in Wisconsin. We'll sip with memories of the perfectly wonderful time we had in Mexico, February 2011.
