I iterate over rows in pandas fairly often for plotting purposes. Anytime I want to draw something more complicated than a single point for each row, I find it's simple and straight-forward to just iterrows() and call the appropriate matplotlib functions for each. It does mean some plots that are conceptually pretty simple end up taking ~5 seconds to draw, but I don't mind. Is there really a better alternative that isn't super complicated? Keep in mind that I frequently change my mind about what I'm plotting, so simple code is really good (it's usually easier to modify) even if it's a little slower.