Category Archives: Architecture & Design
Palenque
Palenque is one of the best-preserved Pre-Columbian sites in Mexico. Here, the top of the Pyramid in which the Mayan king Pacal the Great was entombed after his death in 683, is seen from within the ruins of the Royal … Continue reading
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Agnes Olive
Originally from Canada, Agnes Olive is one of many gifted artists living and working in San Miguel. She has spent many years putting together some extraordinary pieces constructed mainly from found objects, forming them into sculptural works featuring powerfully-featured mystical … Continue reading
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Neat Graffit
Humming birds, Colibri, are everywhere here in San Miguel, and today we came across this great mural, one of dozens on walls all over Colonia Guadalupe. We think they are all the work of one artist, who doesn’t seem to … Continue reading
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TEDx San Miguel
This year’s TEDx in San Miguel was packed to the gills, and predominantly with young people, many of them local students. Here, Xavier Fux speaks of Urban Agriculture as a promising strategy for the new Millennium. Other contributors included Sara … Continue reading
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Saturday Morning Flicks
When I was a kid, and TV was a tiny black and white affair that ended with God Save The Queen at about 11:00 each evening, there was no greater thrill than the saturday morning flicks at the local Odeon … Continue reading
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Birds, Bells, Bangs, and Barking
There is nothing nicer than to go onto the roof and sit under the Palapa as the sun comes up. Birds of all inclinations are twittering for attention, including the finches nesting in our bamboo; the bells of the surrounding … Continue reading
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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s a Helicam
This creepy little camcopter was floating around over us during our usual sojourn in the Jardin at dusk. Remote controlled and carrying its own lighting, it was filming the crowds milling around during Semana Santa.
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The Original iPad
Made in 1936, Things to Come (just released by Criterion in BluRay), in typical HG Wells form presaged everything from the Second World War to amazing flying machines, multi-level cities, and transparent elevators. Most interestingly, Raymond Massey is seen here … Continue reading
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David Alfaro Siqueiros Again
In response to the post below, Lance Wyman sent me this great photo of Mexican muralist Siqueiros he took in 1971 when he (Lance) was down here after completing the graphics for the Mexico Olympics and the Mexico Subway among other … Continue reading
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The Yellow Peril
What to do with 444 copies of National Geographic magazine? They seem too nice to chuck away, but where the hell do you put them? I discovered this great cabinet in Dr Gerry Acevedo’s waiting room (he’s our dentist) in San … Continue reading
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