bosque de chapultepec

when i came to visit rcg in september

i was walking around bosque de chapultepec

when i found a lake with paddle boats.

obviously i wanted to be in those boats.

i wanted to be in them real bad.

but it had to wait.

until this weekend. 

we decided to make a day of it --

picnic and paddle boats.

but a picnic with a twist:

we would each make a dish or two

and surprise each other. 

plus, rcg found 101 picnic ideas

so we had tons of ideas to choose from. 

deal.

 

i made a tomato and peach salad.

- peaches

- tomatoes

- red onion

- cilantro

- lime

- olive oil

- salt & pepper

and this great dish from red cat.

- zucchini

- toasted almonds

- pecorino 

- olive oil

- salt & pepper

and rcg made a shrimp, potato, and corn extravaganza.

- potatoes

- corn

- shrimp

- olive oil

- red pepper flakes

- salt & pepper

which we mixed with a sauce of my own concoction.

- mayonaise

- sriracha

- relish

- lime juice

and, of course, we had mango for desert.

cause it's mango season, y'all. 

exciting.

lunch was crazy delicious.

and then we went paddle boating.

which was totally ridiculous

-- like most things i do --

because the seats were kind of broken

and it was difficult to steer,

but it was also pretty cool. 

we sat on this silly yellow boat

in the middle of a lake 

with about 50 other silly yellow and blue boats

in the middle of mexico city

and just drifted along.

it was oddly calming in a city of such chaos.

and obviously,

the day would not be complete without

us sitting on fake horses

with sombreros on.

crazy amazing ridiculous.