Mexico has quite a unique style in doors, and knockers, mixing Spanish and Precolumbian influences. (I could easily borrow/buy that knocker. Wouldn’t you?) (Link to Dan’s page below) Doors here have to be sturdy. Borderline massive. San Angel, Mexico City. Old buildings will have patron saints or the Virgin Mary above the door. This house…
Montreal. (That’s for Dale.) ‘De guingois’. Askew. Montmartre. Have suitcase. Will travel. Brussels in Black & White. Paris. Where else? Seated Harlequin. Picasso 1901. At the Met. New York. Medellín, Colombia. Grand-Place, Brussels. Empire of the rat. Where would that be? London. (We caught ourselves COVID in the Imperial city on that trip.) New Yawk…
Previously on “Riding in Narc Hills”: The narrator drives to a remote town in the hills of Cíbola, a country in Latin America. A mysterious Narc Lord seems to have set his lair in the region. If you haven’t read Part I, click here: After a delicious lunch of grilled meat, and seven varieties of…
“What’s the plan for the week-end?” I asked. “Let’s go to San Miguel”, Charlie said. “To San Miguel?” I said. “Are you out of your mind?” “No,” Charlie said, “it’s safe now”. “Safe? That’s the Narc Lord’s lair.” Carlos smiled. Everybody calls him Charlie. He’s my primo, my ‘cousin’. In a time when beards were…
Toulouse-Lautrec. Montmartre. You can see a teeny weeny bit of the Sacré Coeur above the roofs. The feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl, on one of my beloved bookboxes. ‘Fluctuat nec mergitur’ means ‘Floats but doesn’t sink’. It is the motto of the City of Paris. School’s over! yeah! Ménilmontand. Dies Irae. Day of Wrath. Imhotep. ‘He who…
Argentina had only one god: his name was Maradona. Buenos Aires de mi alma. Pizza and love. “We open when we arrive, we close when we leave.” Quite a programme. Pizza in Buenos Aires is… mighty good. Food and wine are in general. A stranded dove of peace. The Curator of the Museum’s car? “El…
Take advantage of the free download on “This is how we work”, the anthology by Yvette Prior. Thirteen social layers of work. On November 7th and 8th. Click here:
The Banksy museum in Paris is worth the visit. Particularly in the light of what is happening in 2025. Enjoy the tour. That was a strong Banksy work. The question is: What about today? What is our next foreseeable future? “I love the smell of… in the morning.” Napalm? Deportation? Take your pick. In Apocalypse…
The Day of the Dead is a very important celebration in Mexico. It is a combination of Catholic and Pre-Columbian traditions. Above: in front of City Hall, Tlalpan, Mexico city. Tombs in the graveyard are cleaned, decorated. The dearly departed’s favourite food and drinks are placed on the grave. The family often spends the night…
Equinoxio 