Post: #76

(04-22-2013 10:16 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  But it sounds like you are comparing "average to average" which I am not quite sure the value of.

By average, I mean looking around at the bars and comparing the proportion of pretty girls to ugly and plain ones. At the bars in Costa Rica, I saw a better proportion than the bars in DF. It's not perfect, but it is comparing "apples to apples," unlike say, comparing the talent at the hottest clubs in Polanco to that of the bars in San Jose.

The value of a place with high average is that you have to work less to swoop a fly girl. Abundant beaty lowers the price of the top notch chicks. Scarcity leds to thirtst. Thirst leads to hate. And hate leads to suffering.

The Busted Dudes Test does not lie.

Post: #77

(04-22-2013 10:36 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 10:16 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  But it sounds like you are comparing "average to average" which I am not quite sure the value of.

By average, I mean looking around at the bars and comparing the proportion of pretty girls to ugly and plain ones. At the bars in Costa Rica, I saw a better proportion than the bars in DF. It's not perfect, but it is comparing "apples to apples," unlike say, comparing the talent at the hottest clubs in Polanco to that of the bars in San Jose.

The value of a place with high average is that you have to work less to swoop a fly girl. Abundant beaty lowers the price of the top notch chicks. Scarcity leds to thirtst. Thirst leads to hate. And hate leads to suffering.

The Busted Dudes Test does not lie.

Isn't Costa Rica filled with Colombians? It's not far to compare the two IMO. Plus alot of Colombians have fake tits and fake asses. The only fakes you will see in Mexico are the strippers, where as it seems thru the datasheets that plastic surgery is the norm for all colombian women, pro or non-pro.

Post: #78

(04-22-2013 10:36 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 10:16 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  But it sounds like you are comparing "average to average" which I am not quite sure the value of.

By average, I mean looking around at the bars and comparing the proportion of pretty girls to ugly and plain ones. At the bars in Costa Rica, I saw a better proportion than the bars in DF.

Which bars did you go to in DF so I know which to avoid?

Post: #79

(04-22-2013 10:36 PM)Bacchus Wrote:  The value of a place with high average is that you have to work less to swoop a fly girl. Abundant beaty lowers the price of the top notch chicks. Scarcity leds to thirtst. Thirst leads to hate. And hate leads to suffering.

The Busted Dudes Test does not lie.

AMEN

Post: #80

Question for the Mexico City experts.

How are these two neighborhoods:

Colonia Cuauhtemoc?

Colonia del Valle?

Close to nightspots, good, safe area, things to do, etc.

Post: #81

(04-28-2013 08:28 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  Question for the Mexico City experts.

How are these two neighborhoods:

Colonia Cuauhtemoc?

Colonia del Valle?

Close to nightspots, good, safe area, things to do, etc.

No. Condesa or Polanco. Del Valle is residential middle classs. Cuauhtemoc is cool but not your vibe.

Post: #82

Agreed with bars, though I have not been to the areas G asked about. I think Polanco would be G-friendly turf. More upscale, nice venues and suit friendly establishments. Condesa is more casual and better for bar hopping. The type of place to go with friends.

Post: #83

(04-29-2013 07:53 AM)bars Wrote:  

(04-28-2013 08:28 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  Question for the Mexico City experts.

How are these two neighborhoods:

Colonia Cuauhtemoc?

Colonia del Valle?

Close to nightspots, good, safe area, things to do, etc.

No. Condesa or Polanco. Del Valle is residential middle classs. Cuauhtemoc is cool but not your vibe.

Why not my vibe?

Are either dangerous at all?

Any good restaurants in either?

Post: #84

Anyone been here in DF:

La Gloutonnerie ?

Post: #85

(04-30-2013 05:28 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  Anyone been here in DF:

La Gloutonnerie ?

Sí, mi. Too old ambience. If you want french go to Au Pied de Cochon, Le Mat, Ivoire, Bistro Bec in Polanco or Arturos in Condesa.

Try bonito pop food in Condesa. If you want the best sushi go to Tori Tori in Polanco, if you want the best Teppanyaki go to Suntory. If you want spanish go to Maja in Condesa.

I could go on and on....

Good meat go to Spuntino in Polanco.

Post: #86

(04-29-2013 09:33 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(04-29-2013 07:53 AM)bars Wrote:  

(04-28-2013 08:28 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  Question for the Mexico City experts.

How are these two neighborhoods:

Colonia Cuauhtemoc?

Colonia del Valle?

Close to nightspots, good, safe area, things to do, etc.

No. Condesa or Polanco. Del Valle is residential middle classs. Cuauhtemoc is cool but not your vibe.

Why not my vibe?

Are either dangerous at all?

Any good restaurants in either?

They are not dangerous, Cuauhtemoc is good located, has good restaurants but is closer to the gay zone and it gets a little empty and dark at night.

Del Valle is purely residential, a little bit off the "go-to" zone.

Good restaurants in Cuauhtemoc:
Bistro Arlequín http://www.timeoutmexico.mx/df/restauran...o-arlequin

Stay in Polanco and Condesa, call me if you need something.

Post: #87

What clothes are you guys rocking in DF?

Post: #88

(05-05-2013 07:31 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  What clothes are you guys rocking in DF?

You want to rock good threads for DF, especially Polanco. Suits rock well there.

Post: #89

(05-05-2013 07:57 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  

(05-05-2013 07:31 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  What clothes are you guys rocking in DF?

You want to rock good threads for DF, especially Polanco. Suits rock well there.

I'm in my mid-twenties and in Polanco I wear a blazer, a shirt and nice shoes. You can see a lot of Ferragamo/Gucci on some cats in Polanco (Joy Room, Ragga, Revés, Love, Jules). In Condesa I go with V-Neck and jeans.

Post: #90

(02-05-2013 12:10 AM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  I forgot to mention but Mexico City is safe. It's the safest city in Mexico and safer than most American cities. It even has a lower crime rate than Washington, DC. The cartel crime is mainly in the border towns. The police presence in DF is constant and round-the-clock.

Is it really the safest city in Mexico?

Post: #91

(05-12-2013 08:58 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(02-05-2013 12:10 AM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  I forgot to mention but Mexico City is safe. It's the safest city in Mexico and safer than most American cities. It even has a lower crime rate than Washington, DC. The cartel crime is mainly in the border towns. The police presence in DF is constant and round-the-clock.

Is it really the safest city in Mexico?

Among big cities yeah, but Merida (Yucatán) is the safest overall with a murder rate comparable to Finland (and yet ignorants claim that ALL Mexico is dangerous)

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicde...-countries

DF has an 8.8 murder rate, equivalent to Mongolia.

Post: #92

I just skyscanned a flight from San Antonio to DF for $311 roundtrip. The flight leaves at 6:50 and get to DF at 9:00pm. How far is the airport from Condesa or Polanco? I would do a Friday-Sunday trip so I would need to get my logistics on point. How is the traffic from airport to the city? Ideally, I want to check in by 10:00 refresh and be out the door by 11:00.

The lastest I can leave on Sunday is 3:30. For 311 plus airport parking and gas to get to San Antonio should total $400 which is cool for a 36 hour trip.

My plug said June doesnt have any festivals so would any Vets recommend going then? The plan is to take one trip a month so if not DF then Winnipeg then hit DF in October. Any advice? I would go 21JUN-23JUN. Appreciate the help. My bad if Hen went through this already. I need to reread the thread.

Post: #93

Just booked the flight. I dropped an extra 10 bucks so I can change the flight if I can't make to trip. Free if it's done 12 hours before the flight. 320 total from SA to DF. I just looked up flights on expedia and could have saved 10 bucks. O well.

Going to start pipelining in a few weeks. I had luck with OKCupid for a GDL trip I was suppose to take. I will also try POF and CS. CS was great for me on my trip last year to GDL and I got to hits on POF. I have a girl in Cuernavaca that I had in PV, but she has a man now so I might not meet. Her friends are bad though. I hit up Internationalswag right now to see if he will be that way next month. Dude almost lives in Mexico, mostly Monterrey but he has hit up Mexico City twice this year I think. Hopefully I can meet G and Bars.

Pipelining is cool for a short trip, but only for the little down time I will have Saturday. I figure I get to the room around 10pm, Polanco by 1130, and party till 3-4. Possibly set up a lunch date around 12, hit the mall and maybe so little sites, cafe date around 3, some more day game and siteseeing, maybe a little light dinner meet up, power nap till 10 and hit the bars/clubs early. If my online game is tight then hopefully I can squeeze 3 dates in on Saturday or 2 on Sat and 1 on Sunday before I catch my flight. We will see how the online game goes.

Next up is wardrobe and hotel. I bought a few suits in Thailand so I wonder if I should bring one or not. I have a few blazers so I might just go that route. Going to start salsa classes next week and start up on my Spanish again.

My total budget should be less than a rack. I figure $400 to and from DF, I should be able to find a nice little spot for $100 total for both nights, $50 for food and taxi, and maybe $150 for club fees, drinks and dates. I'll shoot for less than 8 stacks but be ready for a rack straight.

Hen, how much would you say you dropped on your trip total?

I loved Monterrey and GDL, had fun in PV so we will see how DF goes. I doubt I will be disappointed. Probably update my trip on here unless some crazy/epic shit happens that deserves a new thread.

Post: #94

I just bought a ticket on Orbitz from LAX to DF and from GDL to LAX for $275 RT(including taxes and fees) on Aero Mexico. Not bad at all.

Trip is 11 days and I'm not sure exactly yet what my plan is.

Everyone seems to speak well of Polanco and Condesa but what about the Zona Rosa? I was looking at places on airbnb and they seem cheaper and still pretty close by metro to the other good areas.

So any strategies on pipelining? I never tried it before. Do you lie and say you are moving there for work or something? Or just be honest and say you're in town for a few days?

Post: #95

(05-12-2013 01:52 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  I just bought a ticket on Orbitz from LAX to DF and from GDL to LAX for $275 RT(including taxes and fees) on Aero Mexico. Not bad at all.

Trip is 11 days and I'm not sure exactly yet what my plan is.

Everyone seems to speak well of Polanco and Condesa but what about the Zona Rosa? I was looking at places on airbnb and they seem cheaper and still pretty close by metro to the other good areas.

So any strategies on pipelining? I never tried it before. Do you lie and say you are moving there for work or something? Or just be honest and say you're in town for a few days?

That's an amazing fare. Cheaper than flying to the East Coast RT for the most part.

People speak well of Polanco and Condesa for a reason. There's no need to look anywhere else. I am almost certain Zona Rosa is the gay area so don't bother looking there obviously.

Keep in mind the way Polanco and Condesa are setup are way different from each other. Condesa is pedestrian friendly and ideal for barhopping and venue changing. Polanco spots are more isolated and better to drive/cab around.

I stayed at the Marriott in Reforma directly across the US Embassy. There's a few pedestrian-only streets around there with lots of foot traffic but no hotties that I saw. However, cabbing it to Condesa or Polanco is easy breezy from there. I'd say either get an airbnb spot in Condesa or Polanco OR look on booking.com for hotels in Reforma.

I don't think pipelining is necessary. I have looked online before out of curiosity but the girls from DF on there are wack compared to what you see when going out.

Post: #96

Seems that POF is straight Spanish speakers. You can try to use google translate and run game. OKCupid has the most profiles in English. They seem to be very receptive. Then of course you have CS. That's probably your best bet as far as a quick meet-up.

My experience on OKCupid is they will message you back and forth. I would be indirect for a while then tell them you are seeing if DF is worth a long term stay. They know you won't be there long, yet there is a possibility you may stay long. It depends on if you see yourself coming back. If you find a few keepers then you might not want to burn your bridges.

I'll be scouting for a few hours today. I'll let you know my prelim results. Good luck.

Post: #97

(05-12-2013 01:36 PM)TexasMade Wrote:  Pipelining is cool for a short trip, but only for the little down time I will have Saturday. I figure I get to the room around 10pm, Polanco by 1130, and party till 3-4. Possibly set up a lunch date around 12, hit the mall and maybe so little sites, cafe date around 3, some more day game and siteseeing, maybe a little light dinner meet up, power nap till 10 and hit the bars/clubs early. If my online game is tight then hopefully I can squeeze 3 dates in on Saturday or 2 on Sat and 1 on Sunday before I catch my flight. We will see how the online game goes.

Next up is wardrobe and hotel. I bought a few suits in Thailand so I wonder if I should bring one or not. I have a few blazers so I might just go that route. Going to start salsa classes next week and start up on my Spanish again.

My total budget should be less than a rack. I figure $400 to and from DF, I should be able to find a nice little spot for $100 total for both nights, $50 for food and taxi, and maybe $150 for club fees, drinks and dates. I'll shoot for less than 8 stacks but be ready for a rack straight.

Hen, how much would you say you dropped on your trip total?

Good plan. I dropped way less than a rack. I also had a homie with me so we split cabs and such which were dumb cheap to begin with. Be sure to avoid the white taxis, especially from the airport. They charge a lot more since they wait at the airport as opposed to the red ones that come from the city. The ride from my hotel to the airport was like $3 for a 15 minute journey. It's very close.

I think the cover to Ragga/Joy Room is like $20, and that's the high end. Just have the driver take you to Plaza Antara.

Post: #98

How come flights from the US to Mexico are cheaper than flights from Mexico to the US?

TexasMade, you wont be dissapointed by the talent in Polanco or Condesa.

Quote:How is the traffic from airport to the city?

If you are staying in Condesa, take the pink subway line from the airport down to Insurgentes or Sevilla stations and take a cab from there. That way is faster at 9pm and you also save some money. As H says, cabs are not expensive but cabs from the airport are.

Post: #99

(05-12-2013 02:22 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  Keep in mind the way Polanco and Condesa are setup are way different from each other. Condesa is pedestrian friendly and ideal for barhopping and venue changing. Polanco spots are more isolated and better to drive/cab around.

Hen, didn't you like Polanco more than Condesa?

How come?

Post: #100

(05-12-2013 03:16 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(05-12-2013 02:22 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  Keep in mind the way Polanco and Condesa are setup are way different from each other. Condesa is pedestrian friendly and ideal for barhopping and venue changing. Polanco spots are more isolated and better to drive/cab around.

Hen, didn't you like Polanco more than Condesa?

How come?

Yeah I liked Polanco more. It took a while to figure where to go because it doesn't have a main drag like Condesa where you can just walk from place to place but once we got the intel we found the venues there were much nicer (high quality) and the girls were way more fly. The only spot I liked in Condesa was Pata Negra but I got there too late to fully exploit it. It's free to get in and it's more like one of those bars in Adam's Morgan where people dress however they want, but you can pickup from the vibe that it's a spot to find the ONS. Even when I got there at like 2am I almost pulled a Mexican actress for the ONS but couldn't get her friends to leave us alone. Had I stayed an extra day it probably would have went down.

Pata Negra is a come one, come all kind of place though. It's not high end at all and quality is all over the map.

In Polanco you have consistency and quality. It's pretty much nice wherever you go.

You could try one of two things...

Starting the night at Pata Negra early (around 11pm) and seeing if you can pull something. If you haven't pulled by around 12:30 or 1am, cab it to Plaza Antara in Polanco to hit either Joy Room or Ragga.

Or you could start the night in Polanco. They have bars like Barrezzito, for instance that definitely has cute girls.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Barezzit...52&bih=572

The setup inside kind of makes it tough to get at girls that are seated because of these box tables that obstruct access. It also gets crowded in the standing up areas and when I was there they had a stage that had some kind of cover band that was distracting everyone.

Since you smoke you can just move to the patio where there are girls around having a light.

There's other bars in Polanco that I'm sure Bars knows about. I think it's more your speed than Condesa. I went to like three or four venues in Condesa but with the exception of Pata Negra didn't think much of them.

I think on a trip Polanco is where you should go to enjoy a night out. You're probably going to bring good threads, want to look your best, etc. Condesa is more for a laid back v-neck/t-shirt and jeans night.