Tour Lili’s Mexico City

A pictorial representation of the plot points of the new novel, Palace of the Blue Butterfly. Here’s what our lead character, Lili, would encounter as she winds her way through the story. Enjoy the picturesque beauties of Mexico.

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It’s night when she arrives in Mexico.
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But she knows the area around Plaza Rio de Janeiro even in the dark.
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And the elegant Porfirian mansions surrounding the park.
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There’s the Casa Lamm Art Center, which is down Orizaba Street from Vivienne’s house.
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And places like the Hotel Villa Condesa where I stay when I’m in Mexico City.
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Some of the action takes place in elegant mansions in an area of Mexico City called Chimalestec.
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And behind huge gates like the door of this 16th century church in the neighborhood where the very wealthy live hidden from view.
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Back in the Roma district, characters in the novel often walk down the grand avenue Alvaro Obregon.
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And here’s an example of a restaurant where my characters might dine.
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The Palace of the Blue Butterfly gallery is in the tony Polanco District.
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Where one can walk through Parque Lincoln in the like this Mexican Actress.
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And some of the action takes place in the Historic Center.
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In Plaza Tolsa.
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At the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
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And Alameda Park.
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And the arcades around the Zocolo.
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Or in the Ciudadela Park.
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Where people dance to Danzon music on Saturdays.
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And in the one of the many markets of Mexico City like the Sonora Market.
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Sometimes the city gets to be too much and they escape to the mountains near the national park.
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Or to the elegant weekend homes in Valle de Bravo. Even there, however, they can’t escape the danger they find themselves in.