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Posted in Art, Mexico City, Photography, Travels on Dec 8th, 2008
The world needs more of these thoughtful translation-taggers. Yet, “guey” looks really weird when it’s spelled “wey.” Poetic license is always implemented on the streets, but I’m not digging the spelling of this word. “Guey” would have been more profound in writing.
Seen on the streets of Condesa, Mexico City.
Posted in Art, Life, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Travels on Dec 2nd, 2008
Mexico City boasts much more than Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera paintings when it comes to art. When you take aim at the country’s onslaught of conceptual connoisseurs, then you’ll find a plethora of artists dabbling in eccentricities to hold you over for years. Kurimanzutto has a spanking new art space and exhibition in the [...]
Posted in Celebrity, Mexico City, News, Sports on Dec 1st, 2008
The world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, and baseball’s $270million man, Alex Rodriguez, were united this weekend while promoting a new sports complex “in the poor suburb of Nezahualcoyotl.” While most pundits and gossip-wranglers couple the story with Madonna’s coincidental visit to Mexico City — an obvious goldmine of gossip lore — I wonder why no [...]
Posted in Art, Mexico City on Dec 1st, 2008
If you live in and around Condesa, D.F., your daily commute will probably involve a walk by the Mercado Condesa on Avenida Michoacan and Calle Tamaulipas. Since it’s likely you’ll be inebriated, and/or too stuffed to acknowledge anything around you (too many bars and restaurants, ya know?) you might miss out on the fantastic art [...]
Posted in Mexico City, Sports, The New York Beat on Dec 1st, 2008
It’s the beginning of the end for 2008 and I can’t begin to understand the flow of the year. 2008’s first day began in the grimy Downtown bar scene of Los Angeles where I sat quietly, numbly and sickly in a corner booth of “The Golden Gopher.” I can’t remember if there was a DJ, [...]
Posted in Mexico City on Nov 25th, 2008
I’ve undergone three major piercings in my life: ears, tongue and eyebrow.
When I was fourteen-years-old, my childhood friend’s mom owned a beauty salon and she decided to experiment her ear-piercing skills on my two lobes. She took her mother’s piercing gun,
Posted in Art, Mexico City, Music, Podcast, Travels on Nov 25th, 2008
I imagine the vendors selling merchandise in Teotihuacan are more aggressive during the weekends. I’m glad I went on a Monday when I could simply run away from them by flailing my arms. They simply resigned to their shady areas blowing their Jaguar whistles and sneering at this Mexican-looking gringo.
A bus ride to the [...]
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Forecasts in Los Angeles called for rain until this evening; friends in New York City email me with accounts of wind chills blistering enough to make you quiver under layers of Burberry; Mexico City is a gloomy mess this morning with highs expected in the low 60’s and the lows expected to send Mexicanos into [...]
Marlena Shaw "California Soul": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Nina Simone "Take Care Of Business": Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPosted in Mexico City, Photography, Politics, Travels on Oct 31st, 2008
Protests in Mexico City are plentiful. On any given day, hoards of political organizations, non-profits, rancheros, or any equivalent to the disenfranchised will take to the streets booming boastful serenades promoting their cause.
I stumbled upon “Los Encuerados” today: a group comprised of representatives from 400 pueblos in and around Veracruz who are discontent with agrarian [...]
Posted in Art, Mexico City, Photography, Travels on Oct 30th, 2008
I live on the border of Colonia Condesa and Roma Norte, a few blocks away from the Chapultapec metro stop. It’s an area bustling in the day and devoid of crowds at night. You can find the most amazing quesadillas drenched in Habanero sauce and dripping with the oily residuals of Oaxacan cheese at 7am. [...]