what I've done in 2026
- visited family in Mexico City
trip to Mexico City
— Mentioned in what I am doing in 2026, what I'm doing now #19, what I've done in 2026After
vacationing in the Yucatan Peninsula, my younger sister and I went to Mexico City to visit family.
Sunday 01/04/2026 – Merida → Mexico City
- land & disembark @ 10:30am; take taxi to our aunt & uncle’s house in el Pedregal
- drink coffee & chat w/ my uncle G
- watch second half of Chelsea vs Man City until my grandpa & my aunt T arrived
- sit & chat w/ my grandpa; drink a beer & a tequila w/ him while my cousins E & E & their dad J arrived
- eat an assortment of meats that my uncle G grilled: chistorra, Argentine chorizo, arrachera, & rib-eye
- drink coffee, eat cookies, & chat
Monday 01/05/2026 – Mexico City (Palmas)
- sit in patio and write what I am doing with my life
& other bits
- eat lunch @ kitchen table w/ my sister, my aunt C, & my cousin G
- hang out & chat in living room, drinking coffee & eating cookies
- watch The Holdovers w/ my sister & cousin G
- supper @ Taqueria Los Atarantados
Tuesday 01/06/2026 – Mexico City (El Pedregal & Santa Fe)
- play tennis w/ my sister & cousin G
- lunch @ Los Canarios in Perisur w/ my sister, my aunt C, & my cousin C
- dillydally @ Centro Santa Fe & then Parque La Mexicana
- supper & rosca de reyes @ my aunt T’s house with aunts T, C, & S as well as several cousins & their partners
Wednesday 01/07/2026 – Mexico City (Roma Norte)
- relax & drink coffee
- spend the afternoon w/ my grandpa at his senior’s home w/ my sister & aunt C
- look at photo albums; eat lunch; play a board game; accompany my grandpa up to the gym
- meet w/ my childhood friend J
- beer @ La Roma Brewing then tacohopping @ Taquerias La Taque then @ Taqueria Los Atarantados
Thursday 01/08/2026 – Mexico City (La Condesa) & Toluca
- go to Mexican Federation of Football w/ my uncle G, my cousin G, and my sister
- tour the office; get a tutorial from folks who run the VAR; watch bits of a youth match at one of the fields
- have pizza for lunch while watching Arsenal vs Liverpool on patio
- spend time w/ my grandpa; play a board game with him, my sister, & my aunt C
- check in for flight; struggle through app errors
- supper @ El Tizoncito in La Condesa w/ a group of cousins
Friday 01/09/2026 – Mexico City
- wake @ 9am, say goodbye to my uncle, drink coffee, and journal
- breakfast @ kitchen table w/ my aunt C & cousin G
- more coffee & journaling; pack, shower, and leave for airport
- watched The Holdovers at my cousin’s house w/ my sister D & cousin G
- did a late Xmas gift exchange with friends in Vancouver
- watched Marty Supreme on 70mm @ Cineplex International Village w/ Z, Z’s mom, and Z’s stepdad
- visited family on Camano Island, WA
- attended Good Times Vinyl Night & Drawing Night @ The Wise Lounge, once w/ Z and once alone
- attended The Reviberators @ The Wise Lounge w/ friends
- go bowling w/ Z & friends
- go out to the club for our friend R’s bday
- watched Hamnet at home w/ Z & friends
- watched Send Help w/ Z & friends @ Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
- watched Train Dreams alone at home alone
- watched The Boy and the Heron at home alone in two sittings
- watched Arco @ Rio Theatre w/ my friend G
- watched Heat w/ my friend M at his apartment
- moved out of my place in Seattle
- hosted our friend D in Vancouver
- watched Phantom Thread at home w/ Z & our friend D
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made an offer on a condo w/ Z
- got our offer accepted for the condo
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visited Z’s family in the Greater Toronto Area
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got a mortgage
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spent a weekend in Squamish & snowboarded at Whistler w/ friends
- attended Katie Tupper show @ Fortune Sound Club w/ Z & friends
- saw Vancouver Goldeneyes hockey game vs Minnesota Frost @ Pacific Coliseum w/ friends
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watched Arsenal vs Manchester City League Cup Final w/ many friends
- attended our Strata’s Annual General Meeting
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joined the Strata council for our new condo
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watched Sirāt @ The Park Theatre w/ my friends G, A, & N
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watched Hoppers in 3D @ Cineplex International Village w/ Z
- got keys to our new condo
- interviewed for a Nexus card
- visited friends in Seattle
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ate dinner @ Communion in Seattle after years of intending to do so but was disappointed
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got tickets to a World Cup match
- watched The Wire seasons three, four, and five
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moved into our new condo
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watched Into the Manosphere at home with Z
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watched The Drama at @ Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver w/ Z and my friend D
- watched The Conjuring at home with Z
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listened to The Wire at 20 podcast
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watched the remaining two thirds of Oppenheimer alone at home
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attended Amar Singh’s Lil Cuties comedy special recording @ Little Mountain Gallery
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bought speakers for my home office desk
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played pitch ‘n’ putt @ Queen Elizabeth Park w/ my friends N, T, T, & A
- hosted our friend N in Vancouver
- saw live standup comedy @ Comedy After Dark w/ Z and N
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watched The Silence of the Lambs at home w/ Z and N
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participated in the first full Strata meeting for our condo
- hosted our friends A & M in Vancouver
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hosted my sister M & her boyfriend B in Vancouver the night before their flight to Montreal
- had a night out @ Sneaky Pete’s Pool Cafe & The Wise Lounge w/ friends
- hosted my mom in Vancouver
- played pitch ‘n’ putt @ Queen Elizabeth Park w/ Z and my mom
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tried a few restaurants in Vancouver: Bar Corso (really good), Violeté (poor), and Ahn and Chi (good)
- swam in rooftop pool @ our friends T & R’s building w/ Z and our friend N
- ate takeout @ our condo & watched the first episode of Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs
- watched final matches of English Premier League season
- played pitch ‘n’ putt @ Queen Elizabeth Park w/ my friend G & his friend F
- hung out & drank beer w/ my Sunday soccer team after our game @ Adanac Park
- took my friend T to the Wise Lounge for Good Times Vinyl Night
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visited our friends T & S at their new apartment in Mt Pleasant
- visited my family in Victoria
- celebrated my younger sister’s 25th birthday
- attended Joni & Leonard: The Untold Love Story at McPherson Playhousew w/ Z, my mom, my younger sister, my older sister, and her boyfriend B
- ate dinner @ Driftwood Brewery then got ice cream from Parachute w/ Z, my mom, my younger sister, my older sister, and her boyfriend B
- hung out w/ Z, my older sister, and her boyfriend at their place
- watched Arsenal vs PSG Champions League Final w/ my mom, then also Z and my younger sister
- played golf w/ my mom @ Mt Doug Golf Course
- hung out & drank beer @ The Drake w/ my friend L
- swam & played games w/ my best friends from high school B & F
- celebrated my older sister’s 31st birthday