Wish I were Clio…

So I shot this picture a week or so ago in Coyoacan, a funky little colonial neighborhood where Frida Khalo, Trotsky, and Diego Rivero hung out back in the day.  I didn’t notice until close inspection, but the “Te amo Clio” (I love you Clio) graffiti is actually a stencil.  An incredibly well-done stencil, I [...]

Spotted on my block

I have a new camera, so I can finally document all of the fabulous things that keep popping up in La Roma.  This crazy combination of stickers/posters/stencils/graffiti is on the corner of Cordoba and Colima, if you’re interested in checking it out yourself.

Oh la migra la migra

In what could become inspirational fodder for the Border Patrol’s follow-up CD, Custom officers inspect a storm drain in San Diego looking for some 12 people who were last seen entering the drain at the world’s busiest border crossing

In their latest efforts to keep our border “safe” and prevent unnecesary deaths at the border, [...]

I heart la Roma

I live in the coolest neighborhood ever.  La colonia Roma, located in the center of the city just south of the zocalo, is full of crumbling colonial mansions, funky cafes, dive bars, and art galleries.  To me, it’s the lower east side (my favorite part of New York), but the gritty, dirty, lower east side [...]