Posada in our neighborhood
Sunday, December 21st, 2008 Posted in Fiestas | No Comments »Friday morning I noticed a sign posted on a pole in the neighborhood announcing a Posada for the neighbors Saturday evening. We had been invited to our neighbor's home for coffee and cake, and to meet their ...
A couple new paintings inspired by our trip to Merida.
Sunday, December 21st, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »I spent much time photographing the colonial doorways of middle class neighborhoods while we were in Merida. The weather was cool and walking was wonderful. Around every corner was another treasure. These are the first results, oil on ...
Benefit for Peanut Pet Shelter
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »Friday, December 12, was the Peanut Pet Shelter Benefit Raffle here in Playa. Chris Bolister played guitar all night long to everyone's delight, it is good to have him back in town. Tickets were each 50 pesos and prize winners ...
The Virgin of Guadalupe
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Fiestas | No Comments »Thursday, after lunch on the beach, I decided to visit the celebrations underway of the Virgin. First I visited a shop on Ave 30 and Calle 6 dedicated solely to her cause. There were statues of every size, color and ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Daily Life | No Comments »Last Friday was the national day for celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe, the saint of Mexico. Children dressed in traditional worker costumes (and a few others) walked the pedestrian roadway in Playa del Carmen carrying balloons decorated with the Virgin ...
Valladolid, on the return to Playa del Carmen
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Adventures | No Comments »I spent time Monday morning meditating and doing yoga on our front deck in the sun and walked the neighborhood photographing more "doorways of Merida." We called the property management company about 10 am to say we were ready to ...
La Feria Yucatán in Xmatkuil
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Adventures | No Comments »Sunday, Nov. 30, was the last day of the month long State Fair a little south of Merida. A public bus on Calle 50 would get us there, but we decided to use Matt and Allan's car. We got lost ...
Merida’s Museo Arte Popular
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »After the craft show I wanted to explore a couple galleries in the neighborhood and started off with my four male companions trailing behind. One good stop was Alma Mexicana, on Calle 54 between 55 and 57, a shop of ...
Craft Show Artists from the Yucatan
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in Adventures, Art | No Comments »About a year ago a group of friends, living in Merida and appreciating one of a kind craft work, began searching out native artists from their state of Yucatan. At least the partial result was a craft show Nov. 29 ...
On to the Ruins of Kabah
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in Adventures, Fiestas | No Comments »[gallery] Nineteen pot holed kilometers west and north of Labná are the ruins of Kabah with it's incredible Palace of Masks, an entire wall of nearly 300 Chuc-Mool masks that once each held a huge curled up stone nose protruding from ...