Category Archives: Everyday

Never Rains But it Pours

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Rogelio

Mexico is always sunny with blue skies, unless it rains of course. And when it does it is usually a torrential downpour accompanied by thunder and lightning. Most fun are the Canales, the gargoyle-like tubes that are intended to project … Continue reading →

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Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Rogelio

You don’t often bump into a Bishop, but yesterday evening we did at the Oratorio at the end of our street. And he had his official Bishop hat and everything. We think this one is the Bishop of Guanajuato or … Continue reading →

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Uptown Number 2 Subway, Upper West Side, New York

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Rogelio

Uptown number 2 Subway train, Upper West Side, New York. One of a series of images of everyday life in the City.

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No Smoke Without Firemen

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Rogelio

In the old days when your car caught on fire at least there was a respectable looking skeleton. Today, it seems the thing more or less melts with everything dripping onto the road. I heard the kerfuffle when the this … Continue reading →

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M5 Bus at 65th street and 5th Avenue

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Rogelio

M5 bus on Fifth Avenue, heading downtown at 65th Street, New York. One of a series of images of everyday life in the City.

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Spring in New York, Sort Of

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Rogelio

The cherry blossom would indicate that spring has finally arrived. The fact that it was close to freezing overnight and there were snowflakes yesterday would indicate that it hasn’t. Anyway, for a few days now the streets of New York … Continue reading →

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Musical Cars

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Rogelio

In order to make life more exciting, the New York Department of Transportation (DOT) has developed a game for car owners called Alternate Side Parking. Based on Musical Chairs it starts with everyone going and sitting in their cars for … Continue reading →

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Wild Bill Drucker

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Rogelio

This weekend, between discovering that the taxi that was supposed to pick us up and take us to our house in the hills got the wrong date, and discovering when we finally got there that the water wasn’t working and … Continue reading →

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Awaiting Execution

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Rogelio

Most Mexicans never seem to miss an opportunity for celebratory explosions. Each Easter Sunday in San Miguel, while New Yorkers are listening to sentimental Easter Parade music and strolling down Fifth Avenue wearing funny hats, San Miguelenses are busy exploding … Continue reading →

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Viernes de Dolores on Mesones

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Rogelio

Here in Mexico, Holy Week, Semana Santa, begins on the last Friday of Lent with Viernes de Dolores, the Friday of Sorrows, referring to the seven sorrows of Mary. In the evening, many roads are closed and wonderful shrines appear, … Continue reading →

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