Mask made from a Skull, Templo Mayor
Madison asking the time, Templo Mayor
Bat God, Templo Mayor
Sam E. Minor & Madison riding on the Mexico City Metro
Sunday, February 8, 2009
More Mexico City
Mask made from a Skull, Templo MayorMadison asking the time, Templo MayorBat God, Templo MayorSam E. Minor & Madison riding on the Mexico City Metro
Saturday, February 7, 2009
D.F.
Last weekend Madison and I (oh, and Sammy) made a little weekend trip to D.F./Distrito Federal/Mexico City & Teotihuacan. It was a whirlwind trip. We didn't have nearly enough time to see everything we wanted to. I've been slow at combing through the photos.
views from our little balcony at night...
views from our little balcony in the morning...
us and the very tall ceilings of our hotel room
worm tacos at a avant-garde Mexican restaurant
views from our little balcony at night...
views from our little balcony in the morning...
us and the very tall ceilings of our hotel room
worm tacos at a avant-garde Mexican restaurantFriday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Benito Juarez
Today, Mexico celebrates the birthday of a national hero, Benito Juarez.
Fireworks are going off like mad, we can see the ones in the jardin from here. It misertysounds like a canon is being fired from the hill off to the south. the windows are actually vibrating from all of the explosions.
Fireworks are going off like mad, we can see the ones in the jardin from here. It misertysounds like a canon is being fired from the hill off to the south. the windows are actually vibrating from all of the explosions.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Atontonilco
Fifteen kilometers North of San Miguel de Allende is a small town (Atontonilco), consisting mainly of a shrine, some food vendors and souvenir stands (selling whips and crowns of thorns). Atontonilco is home to El Senor de la Columna, a gruesome statue of the flagellated Christ. This statue features prominently in local celebrations in the weeks leading up to Easter.
The massive doors of the Church are painted with various scenes. This one's inscription has rubbed off, so I don't know what the scorpion has to do with the group of people.
A caged off side room, the shrine/church is undergoing a huge restoration.
More partitioned-off side rooms
The ceiling at the entrance.
The back end of the Church has fallen into disrepair, and is- in fact- for sale.
Parts of the original structure (maybe living quarters?) still stand. The space mainly functions as a place for locals to toss (and sometimes burn) trash. The few remaining sacred hearts, molded next to door frames, have been scrawled over.
The massive doors of the Church are painted with various scenes. This one's inscription has rubbed off, so I don't know what the scorpion has to do with the group of people.
A caged off side room, the shrine/church is undergoing a huge restoration.
More partitioned-off side rooms
The ceiling at the entrance.
The back end of the Church has fallen into disrepair, and is- in fact- for sale.
Parts of the original structure (maybe living quarters?) still stand. The space mainly functions as a place for locals to toss (and sometimes burn) trash. The few remaining sacred hearts, molded next to door frames, have been scrawled over.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
...And a Happy New Year
New Years Eve above San Miguel de Allende
Frosty the Snowman, spotted along Calzada de la Luz
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