Hector's for ladies lunch.

 It was a full day today!  Cathy, Mar, Marilyn and I were off on the bus this morning at 11am and it was packed with standing room only for some!  Lots of national tourists on the bus.  By the time we got to the Golden Zone it started to thin out and more got off on the Malecon.  We got an early start for our 12:30 lunch as I wanted to go to the Angela Peralta ticket office to get tickets for the theater in Jan and Feb.  So....off we went.  We got off at the Mercado or main market and walked through.  You can find anything in the Mercado.   

On the back side of the market on the opposite side of the street is Waldo's.  Basically a Mexican dollar store so we had a look though.  Mar was looking for a new smaller garbage can for her condo and some Christmas lights.  Christmas decoration is a "Huge deal" here in Mexico so she wanted to do her part. 😁

Heading south on Benito Juarez and the back of the Pino Suarez market is on the left.

All the buses stop here to take you anywhere you need to go.  They bring you in on the front of the market and take you home on the back or...west side. 

Up ahead on the left the landmark cathedral....Catedral Basilica de la Inmaculada Concepcion.  

A closer view. 

Revolution square and it's getting decorated for Christmas. 

We all ended up buying tickets for performances at the Angela Peralta.  There is always something going on.  Tickets for the Dec. 13th Broadway show for Marilyn, Cathy and I.  I then got tickets for Eric and I for four Camerata Campell performances in January and February.  This is the 15th year that Gordon Campell has been organizing these concerts.  

Here above we're done and walking through the Plazuela.  

Vendors everywhere here and all around the square there are restaurants.  A huge place to meet and eat in the evening.  Soon it will be all lit up with lights. 

Cathy and I....taken by Mar. 

We're walking over to Hector's for lunch and everywhere you look there's a beautiful building.  This is a newly constructed parking garage!

Out of order but the cathedral by Mar. 

This is Hector's restaurant.  When we arrived Ruth and Marion were waiting.  Hector's won't do individual cheques for large groups so I had booked two tables of four.  When we arrived the table was set for 8 as they said they weren't very busy at lunch so they'd accommodate us.  As it turned out we were only six. 

Cathy, Ruth, Mar, Marion and Marilyn, 

It is a beautiful restaurant.  Very elegant with good service and great food. 

Hmmm....what shall we order. 

Cathy, me and Ruth.

A few drinks were ordered to start....that's Ruth's Negroni. 

Mar loves Margaritas....that's a pretty puny one!

Lunch is served.  Marion had a lovely ham sandwich on ciabatta and they brought two baskets of delicious bread for us to share. I used to come and buy bread from Hector's bakery but the baker has moved and started a new bakery and there isn't much bread available here anymore. 

Ruth ordered a pasta that had calamari, octopus and other seafood.  I caught her mid bite. 😁

Ruth's lunch. 

I usually order something light but today I ordered what I really wanted.  Beef tenderloin with roasted potatoes in a spicy cream sauce with a salad on the side.  You could cut the tenderloin with a fork.  Hector's never disappoints me! Delicious and I only left some salad.

Marilyn, Mar and Cathy had a chicken salad.   Very good!

Lots of tasteful black and white photos of old Mazatlan.  

This is the dessert menu.  What we should have ordered was chocomania and shared but...we didn't!  Ruth was sad.😪  A thoroughly enjoyable lunch in a wonderful restaurant.  Hector's never disappoints.  When we were finished we all wandered off.  Marion, Ruth and Marilyn headed to the quilt shop.  Mar and I headed back to the Mercado area to look for some kitchen items for her. 

Interesting statue...!!

We walked through Revolution square next to Benito Juarez where all the shoe shine guys are.  Hard to shine up flip flops!! 😅 Mar and I wandered north of the market to a kitchen shop or two but in the end we ended up back at Waldo's where she got her small garbage can and some Christmas lights.  

Here we're on our way home on the Malecon.  Tired but happy and full.  A really enjoyable day.