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These images were all taken within a few blocks of where I’m staying. It’s called Zona Rosa. It has clearly gone through numerous changes and is bustling and thriving today.

What I thought was an approaching storm is actually the fumes of the volcano

Across the street from my hotel there was a nice little taqueria named ‘Hellfish'(a Simpsons reference) where I had become a regular. I had given one of the bilingual children’s books from Last Gasp to the owners’ son. Along with … Continue reading →

Some automotive beauty from South of the Border

I finally ran into someone who knows me from the Haight. His name is Isaac, he goes to UC Berkeley. He was wearing a Cal T-shirt and I had just met another UC studentstudent a few minutes earlier and I … Continue reading →

I’m back at the Museo Nacional de Anthropologia where I used these postcards and a few others to explain to a young Chinese student who Frida Kahlo was and to gave a quick biography. A clerk who was listening in … Continue reading →

Though it meant a bit of a longer walk to the Diego Rivera Studio Museum I got off one stop early to visit this small but significant museum. There was much more than the photos I am including in this … Continue reading →

I imagine that Diego & Frida would be spinning in whatever afterlife exists for commie atheists if they saw the stores next door. The cultural imperialism represented by Starbucks would be bad enough but the store to its right bears … Continue reading →

This entire trip I’ve been collecting various clever solutions to life’s problems that I’ve observed down here. I’ve been saving them up for a big post but this one that I saw today is AMAZING! If you’ve ever sat at … Continue reading →

Instead of heading south, into Zona Rosa, I headed north into uncharted territory. Where I discovered THIS! Hundreds of painters exhibiting their work in what is a regular Sunday occurrence. The image with the rosy hue is of the adjacent … Continue reading →