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Photo: 3652 Days: #53: Hoppy Mountain High.

Feb 22 2010

I can never manage to capture a landscape beautifully, but tonight I discovered a mountaintop in my beer glass. The peaks were mesmerizing. “How tall do you think it is?” There was a golden lake at its base and I wondered if the Aztecs had once drifted on this water with their trajineras. [...]

Travel: Mexico Gets A “YAY” From NYT: NAY From Blackbook Mag.

The New York Times travel section features “36 Hours In Mexico City” this weekend – a city bursting at the seams with people, pollution…and amazing culture. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind, as a traveler, that Mexico should be on your list of places to visit in 2010.

The peso is currently at 12.76-1, which [...]

Film: Food Inc.: I’d Be Scared To Be A Kid These Days.

With one jarring statistic, Food Inc. sent me home questioning the food distribution system in the US. From the film, “one in three children born after the year 2000 will be diagnosed with early-onset diabetes. 1 out of 2 minority children born after the year 2000 will be diagnosed with early-onset diabetes.” How’s that for [...]

Bon Voyage: Joining The StoryCorps Crew: Killin’ Time By Watching Questlove Stick 101 Afro Picks In His Hair!

I’m destined for humidity and rainy weather in New York City this weekend after a year-long (on and off) stint in Mexico City with my lovely fiancee. I have been selected by the world-renowned verbal history archive StoryCorps to hold one of their cherished Mobile Booth facilitator positions for 2009-2010. Yes. This means I have [...]

Photos: Holga In Mexico City: Graffiti Shots: Not So Pleased.

I’ve owned my Holga 120 S since 1999, but it took its first tour since 2004 this week throughout the streets of Mexico City. Three prints made it out alive, which leads me to believe I need a little more practice. The photo above illustrates my ineptness to confine light leaks. I also suck at [...]