It's a Snap !: art in Mexico

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Six Words and Sunday Shadows! December 27, 2014

Memories of Mexico....

Always with us...

Mexican art from Chiapas and Oaxaca

The handcrafted yarn horse with

Chiapas hero Marcos stand below a

wall hanging from Valle del Teotitlan, Oaxaca.

The last time we were in Oaxaca we met

Arnulfo Mendoza a wonderful artist and person.

Unfortunately he died suddenly in March of this year.

We are so fortunate to have spent some time

with him and his family.

May 11, 2009

RIP Arnulfo

August 17, 1954 - March 7, 2014

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Sunday, November 09, 2014

Sunday in Zihhuatanejo November 9, 2014

A Day on Playa la Ropa

On occasion we will see Jorge painting

on the beach- yesterday was so windy he

had to hold onto his umbrella while painting

with his other hand. Yikes.

He paints amazing landscapes with his fingers.

I blogged years ago about him and you can

go to this link Here to see more!

And here's one of my drawings made a few days ago..

Have a fabulous day!

Saturday, November 01, 2014

Six Words and Sunday Shadows! November 1-2, 2014

Yesterday we explored and enjoyed Tlaquepaque!

Fiesta flags are everywhere

Museo de Ceramica's courtyard

Inside El Abajeno's Restaurant

Day of the Dead Caterina

( I really wanted the dog!)

There were numerous Caterinas

And some priests...

But mostly Caterinas

Another view of El Abajeno Restaurant.

Interesting day...

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OLE!

Saturday, November 06, 2010

We love Zihuatanejo!

Good old Zihuatanejo........we come here every year

and always always have a wonderful time....

The view from our breakfast table...

My artist studio on the beach!

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Day 13-We actually go to museums!

Today we actually went to several museums. The days seem to
fly by and we aren’t seeing everything we should. So, today we
went to the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Prehispanic Art,
the Textile Museum of Oaxaca, and the Museum of Oaxacan Painters.
It was great and a visual delight! Here are a few photos from today…

The ancient aquaduct of Oaxaca

Entryway to a business plaza

Within the Oaxacan Painter Gallery

Contemporary sculpture

Goddess of Corn

seen in Contemporary Gallery

Ancient dog-they used to raise dogs for food

From the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Prehispanic Art

I apologize for not having made notes on

each individual piece I photographed.

We were amazed at the collection

Rufino Tamayo donated to his beloved

state of Oaxaca.

Dinner at La Olla

Day 12- a walk to San Felipe de Agua

Today since it wasn’t too hot we decided to take a walk up
to the little town of San Felipe del Agua.
It’s north of Oaxaca and about a 5 mile walk. Not arduous,
just a nice walk. We walked up past the remnants of the old
aqueduct up to the highway. After crossing the highway we
just followed the signs to the town.
We stopped partway up at a children’s library. It was very
quiet and peaceful. The grounds outside were landscaped
with different colors of dirt-very subtle and very pleasing.
There were also some paper mache sculptures of imaginary
animals-a quasi sculpture garden that only works where there
isn‘t too much rain.
After getting up to San Felipe we had a nice little lunch at
the Hotel Hacienda Los Laureles. Tasty bites and some cervesa.
We took the bus back down to Oaxaca for 9 pesos total

-such a deal!
Once back in downtown Oaxaca we went to the market and spent
an hour searching for and finding a comal and some “piedra de cal”.
A comal is a metal rimmed cooking plate for roasting vegetables
for salsas and other Mexican dishes. Piedra de cal is limestone used
in making tortillas. It took us an hour to actually find the correct
places for these two items. Part of the problem was my lame
Spanish and part of the problem was our not knowing exactly where
these items were sold. It’s an adventure to shop.

Another beautiful breakfast

Paper mache sculpture outside the library

Looks like this is from "Where the Wild Things Are"

Cactus growing up wall

Water feature that works with rain

Handyman's delight for sale

There I am walking up to San Felipe

My Ensalada Exotica

Grapefruit with avacado and roasted almonds

Russell's 3 beef tacos with avacado, tomatoes

and queso fresco

Lunch al fresco at the

Hotel Hacienda Los Laureles

Looking towards the back of the hotel

On the bus-

I have attached a video link to this blog

of our bus ride

An unusaully equipped motorcycle

On Friday's the Zocolo is packed with vendors

who come from all over the region

Reflection shot of window filled corn husks

and Zocolo activity

Rare flora and fauna in the Zocolo

video of bus ride

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Day 9-Cooking class

Today after our wonderful breakfast of fresh fruit, yogurt ,orange juice ,
coffee and mango omelets - we went up the street just a few blocks to
Pilar’s Cooking School “La Casa de los Sabores”. What a absolute treat
for us. There was only one other student, Lucy from NYC, and we all got
along like peas in a pod. First off we went to the little market not too far
away and purchased all the items we would need.

Our menu today was:
Squash Blossoms filled with Requeson Cheese
Salsa Verde - smoky tomatillo sauce
Tortilla Soup seasoned with Avocado leaves
Poblano chilies filled with chicken in a nut sauce
and Coconut Flan
I will be happy to share all the recipes once we get back!
Pilar was a great teacher and we all had a good experience making all the
dishes together. After we were done cooking-we sat down and had a delicious meal!

Our beautifully set table for the feast