Strange Days

Someone (anonymous) ask to re-post this one without the Photoshop effects, well here it is.

Just trying to connect Magic with Life.

"El Arte de Mirar"

Tempus Fugit

 

Fruitfulness

I don't know the name of these fruits, but nature always is surprising.

 

Entrance

Rural Church in Tizayuca

 

Metro

Too much traffic, well, take the Metro.

 

Atrium

Lerma, a little town near Mexico City. Parroquia de Sta. Clara de Asis.

 

Sunday Traffic

From the elevated freeway to south of the city.

 

Open Air Menu

Open Air Menu & Job Advertisement

	Mix for November by Request.
	A Delightful Moment
1	What a Difference a Day Makes	Reneé Olstead	Reneé Olstead	2004
2	Voyage of Gurdjieff. (The Fourth Way)	Therion	Lemuria/Sirius B	2004
3	Kanye West - Spaceship' (Roc a Fella)	Gilles Peterson	Worldwide [ Box of Delights ]	2005
4	Chill Bill	Richard Elliot	Metro Blue	2005
5	Murder By Numbers	Frank Zappa & Sting [Live]	Broadway The Hard Way - World Tour	1988
6	Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd	Dave Matthews Band	Stand Up	2005
7	Tanto Que Te Quiero Tanto	Gilberto Santa Rosa	Viceversa	2002
8	Crickets Sing For Anamaria	Emma Bunton	Free Me	2005
9	Universal Love [ Feat. Marcus Begg ]	Trüby Trio	Elevator Music	2003
10	Vida Loca	Francisco Cespedes	Vida Loca	1998
11	Samba Saravah	Vinicius de Moraes, Baden Powell & Francis Lai	Vinicius de Moraes	1965
12	Ritmo da Rua	Universal Love	Deep and Sexy Vol. 2	2003
13	Once I Loved [O Morro Nao Tem Vez]	Wes Montgomery	Goin' Out Of My Head	1965
14	Aéro Dynamik	Kraftwerk	Tour de France Soundtrack	2003
15	Hymnen [Region 1 & 2]	Karlheinz Stockhausen	Hymnen [Anthems]	1967
16	Ramus Faber Feat. Emily Mcewan - 'Even After' (Farplane)	Gilles Peterson	Worldwide [ Box of Delights ]	2005
17	Lonely Afternoon	Shakatak	Remix Best Album	2000
18	Spektrum - 'Kinda New (Edit)' ( Playhouse )	Gilles Peterson	Worldwide [ Box of Delights ]	2005
19	Hard Work	John Handy	The Best Funk Album In The World...Ever! CD2	1976
20	In Your Arms	Spyro Gyra	The Deep End	2004
21	Wait 'Till You See Him [De-Phazz Remix]	Ella Fitzgerald	Verve Remixed	2002
22	Vanilla Sky	Paul McCartney	Vanilla Sky	2001
23	Mystic Voyage (Version)	Roy Ayers	Virgin Ubiquity [Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981]	2004

Cafe Mexico at La Condesa

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All Saints Day Loop

Justice is Dead / La Justicia esta muerta

Para el pueblo de Oaxaca / To the people of Oaxaca.
( All Saints' Day Celebration at El Zocalo )

November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day are marked throughout Mexico by a plethora of intriguing customs that vary widely according to the ethnic roots of each region. Common to all, however, are colorful adornments and lively reunions at family burial plots, the preparation of special foods, offerings laid out for the departed on commemorative altars and religious rites that are likely to include noisy fireworks. In most localities November 1 is set aside for remembrance of deceased infants and children, often referred to as angelitos (little angels). Those who have died as adults are honored November 2.

Something that is about to disappear soon.

Old & beautiful houses, almost gone.

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Turibus

I was driving over Paseo de la Reforma and stopped in a pedestrian crossing and I get this shot.
The Turibus is a recommendable tour to know the Historic Centre and other significant places of the city, it takes about 2:45 Hs.

 

Ready for Halloween

A gift shop found in Pachuca "The Windy City" near Mexico City

 

Blues for a sunday afternoon.

 

The Mask

 

Restaurant Los Uruguayos

A fine house, a fine restaurant in La Condesa

 

Monumento a la Madre/Monument to the Mother

 

Crocodile

 

Bar El Rincon. Graffiti

Another Graffiti made over the closed door of the ruins of the Bar El Rincon-Hotel Montejo, in Mexico City.

 

Leonora Carrington. Fuente Cocodrilo

Crocodile Fountain.

http://www.carringtonleo.5u.com/

Preservemos el Planeta - Preserve the Planet

Love Your World.
Graffiti

H. Galeana with buildings in construction.

This statue continues intriguing me. I use the background to emphasize the silhouette.

Walker

Dia de Muertos / Day of The Dead

Shop window of a candy store.

The Day of The Dead

Her face is unforgettable and she goes by many names: La Catrina, la Flaca, la Huesuda, la Pelona--Fancy Lady, Skinny, Bony, Baldy. A fixture in Mexican society, she's not some trendy fashion model, but La Muerte--Death.

Renowned writer Octavio Paz observes that, undaunted by death, the Mexican has no qualms about getting up close and personal with death, noting that he "...chases after it, mocks it, courts it, hugs it, sleeps with it; it is his favorite plaything and his most lasting love."

November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day are marked throughout Mexico by a plethora of intriguing customs that vary widely according to the ethnic roots of each region. Common to all, however, are colorful adornments and lively reunions at family burial plots, the preparation of special foods, offerings laid out for the departed on commemorative altars and religious rites that are likely to include noisy fireworks.

In most localities November 1 is set aside for remembrance of deceased infants and children, often referred to as angelitos (little angels). Those who have died as adults are honored November 2.

From mid-October through the first week of November, markets and shops all over Mexico are replete with the special accouterments for the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead). These include all manner of skeletons and other macabre toys; intricate tissue paper cut-outs called papel picado; elaborate wreaths and crosses decorated with paper or silk flowers; candles and votive lights; and fresh seasonal flowers, particularly cempazuchiles (marigolds) and barro de obispo (cockscomb). Among the edible goodies offered are skulls, coffins and the like made from sugar, chocolate or amaranth seeds and special baked goods, notably sugary sweet rolls called pan de muerto that come in various sizes invariably topped with bits of dough shaped like bones and, in some regions, unadorned dark breads molded into humanoid figures called animas (souls). All of these goods are destined for the buyer's ofrenda de muertos (offering to the dead).

Copyright 1995 by Dale Palfrey. All rights reserved.

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