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We decided to head south and explore something uniquely Mexicana – a festive little town past Coyoacan called Xochimilco (sho-chi-mil-ko)
En route, we saw some nice signage…
MJ shooting another series of images on Polaroid…
Some nice iron works on the gates…
The afternoon was a nice leisurely float through the Xochimilco Canals, the Venice of Mexico City, a favourite past time of the Chilangos on weekends as they float and dine on the still water while Mariachis strum along…
One section of it feels like a Michele Gondry video with stuffed animals hanging on trees, appeasing a little girl that drowned on the still waters.
It was funny to see all these places which you could actually also see in the movie Frida. A series of El Virgins del Guadalupe…
from La Mercado de los Antiguidades at Lagunilla
from The Catedral Centro Historico
from the embarcadero at Xochimilco Mexico’s history in reverse, from present to past, as told by Diego’s mural at the Palacio Nacional.
A case of mistaking the Spaniards as the second coming of the el blanco Jesus.
Some of Diegos estudiantes painted the local mercado…
The Aztec ruins resurface beneath its colonial skin. Mexico City is sinking…
The day began with Centro Historico’s Catedral.
lots of keys for a church! we never did find out what the locks were for. atonement, perhaps.
Yes, +cruz still considers himself Catolico.
MJ, well, shes still on the Catholic training wheels
Jesus Tu Palabra es Verda
Papa Juan Paolo II, who MJ and I have seen at the Vatican in 1987/88? and in a bus in Manila sometime around 1982, respectively. Part deux coming up… On Sunday, we hunted a good hour and nearly gave up before we finally found the antique market. En route from El Metro Chilpancingo. Oye mira… Chex out the local Viagra.
It was a great experience seeing antiquities and old & new icons of Mexican cultura.
I love these Lucha Libre paintings. It reminds me of Los tres rebeldes – Angel, Eric y Miguel.
A portrait of Frida from O-WAX-A-KA, a sign of things to come.
We finished the day off at Polanco dining at Ivoire.
One thing we noticed was the abundance of parks in Mexico city. They even hold art and painting classes for kids. What a country¡
They sure love writers here, they have so many streets named after them! What’s left of a former trendy Japonaise restaurant.
We took the red-eye to Mexico City and are now at La Condesa. Wow this place is so Euro. Nothing at all like the stereotypical Mexico in el cinema. A far cry from Amores Perros. But we still want to explore that side of it too, well at least Cruz does!!! The weather is fantastic in late Febrario. Walking around La Condesa feels more like a more neighborhood in Madrid y Barca.
Look they have little black piggies as pets ;-)
Ran across this great bookstore called ConejoBlanco. Nice selection and atmosphere.
MJ is suffering from a bit of altitude sickness at an elevation of 5000ft. So we ended up walking round the hood mostly.
ObaMao – This will go down as one of the craziest things we’ve seen at a Del Taco. Some good ole American military prose. Everyone’s is a poet.
This would not be an Eric Cruz trip if it didnt involve some drama! On the first leg of our journey, our bags were lost and broken into at the airport!!! Someon had cutoff the entire lock and zipper. These were TSA safe locks, so US customs could open them with ease. And if they did inspect it, they would have left a a note. Hmmmm. Suspicious! oh well. Luckily its only a few things missing. Glad we took out some travel insurance just in case the airline does not pay us back. But its Singapore Air, they should be good about this kind of stuff.
Ok. So after our brief pit stop in LA, SingaporeAir loosing our luggage, having one of them broken into at LAX, loosing some stuff, continuing our househunting with Jo, replacing our unusable luggage, and getting some supplies at Target, we are finally ready to go.
This is quite possibly the last time well see Ramon in LaLa land. Brother Monchoy recently decided to join W+K Portland and continue his journey into the ad world as a full AE, graduating from Saatchi & Saatchi LA and Chiat Day. Congrats to him! Were very proud to say the least. He’s all grown up now and ready to leave LA. We wish him the best of luck in everything and hope he does well. We will miss him everytime we stop by SoCal. It’s been our home together forever. But it’s good that he has decided to explore the world beyond home. Just in time with all the negative publicity with Toyota. He’ll fit in well with the Oregon way of life. He’s a shoe in for Nike, EA and well Dodge. He’s a jock with artistic exposure. Take care in Portland and hope you find some Asian girlfriends up there!!! If not mail-order brides are always an option. Or MJ says you could always keep an open mind. |
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