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I have been drinking beer and watching these guys work hanging cable in 95° heat for the last hour or so. The head of this crew is the one wearing the NY Giants hat. With his permission I just bought … Continue reading →

Back at the Sorbeteria Colon. This time sampling, by recommendation, the ‘Elote’ (that’s CORN for you gringos). It’s the white one with kernels in it. It was amazing, reminded me of the best NJ sweet corn of my youth. The … Continue reading →

Elote (corn) sorbet!

I was loaned a bike by one of my host family and after checking out the route over the weekend, decided to bike there today. It’s about 6km and I left home at 8 a.m., allowing plenty of time. Which … Continue reading →

I visited 3 haciendas and 2 cenote on Saturday. 1st the cenote swim.

It’s almost as if I disappeared!

Today at  BiciRuta I met someone from Slow Food Merida and was reminded of this poem I wrote back in 1997 for Arthur Bierman, who started Slow Food San Francisco years before jilly-come-lately Alice Waters even knew about it. It … Continue reading →

I am in the Sorbeteria Colon eating guanabana sorbet in the midst of a weekly event called BiciRuta. They close off half of Merida’s main (or at least ritziest) thoroughfares to cars and various vendors set up their arts ARGHH … Continue reading →

My first Youtube videp was of some Wearable critters: http://youtu.be/5SkpAKBBSww that I spotted on the street in Merida

Despite being served plate after plate of delicious and beautifully presented food, I have resisted becoming one of THOSE people who insist on taking pictures of their every meal before tasting it. But sitting in a lovely plaza eating helado … Continue reading →