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TEPITO"In Tepito everything's for sale, except the people's dignity" --Fernando, regional leader of commerce in Tepito. Tepito is the black market district of Mexico City and you can buy anything you want there - sneakers, software, arms, animals and more (though it is rather hard to find organs there, apparently Tijuana's the place for kidneys). Historically, one of the most dangerous districts

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METRO BALDERASOn Saturdays, outside the metro Balderas, in front of Teatro Ciudadela, people get together to get down. There are many options to take part in - dance classes and competitions.Also, though I haven't completely figured out the protocol (it seems as though an orange sticker on your lapel must be obtained), there are areas where you can dance in pairs to Danzón or Salsa or Cumbia.

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MONTE ALBANDuring a trip to Oaxaca I took a little journey to Monte Albán the ancient Zapotec city. This is a view of the rainstorm that caught us on the drive back down to Oaxaca.

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ROCK CAMOFLAUGE!Crespo Street, Oaxaca

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RECICLAJE: BROKEN GLASS/VIDRIO ROTO

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FÚTBOLOn Friday I went to the Zócalo to watch the Mexico/Angola game. My friends were among the masses. When I contacted them to figure out where they were I was told to enter the jewelry store on the southwest corner of the square, head to the back of the store, take the elevator to the top floor and look for them. I ended up at an open-air restaurant called La Terraza del Zócalo. There were at

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FOOTBALLMetro Tacubaya

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LOMAS DE SANTA FE"The “corporate centre”of Lomas de Santa Fe, as locals know the area, is located in a hilly section of the sub-municipal district of Alvaro Obregón in the Federal District's western edge. A new metropolitan centrality located 30 km from the Benito Juárez international airport and 40 km from Toluca airport in the State ofMexico, the redeveloped Santa Fe now has a completely

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ROADSIDE MEXICO, Part III: Billboards

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LA BASILICA DE GUADALUPE

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SAN RAMÓN NONATOSanto protector de las mujeres embarazadas y contra chismes, murmuraciones y falsos testimonios.To enlist the help of San Ramón Nonato, place a closed lock on the altar and drop the key in the slot. Adhere your request to the lock.I place this lock here so that that woman might stop saying such silly things and also, so that people who say things about me will not say those things

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NEÓN

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PERROS It seems as though May has been particularly harsh on dogs. This is to all my dogs - Maddy, Mason, Ms. Pearl, Nala, Pushkin [R.I.P.] and Punky.

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2° PISOToday, after 3 years and 8 months of construction, Mexico City inaugurated its newest piece of infrastructure - el segundo piso del Periférico. Costing nearly half a billion dollars in city tax money and traversing only 25km from San Jeronimo to Las Flores, el segundo piso rings of Robert Moses era traffic-clearing promises. The showpiece of the current governor and presidential candidate

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RECICLAJE: COLUMPIOS/SWINGS

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COLONIA DEL VALLEI just started a new job in Colonia del Valle. Some of the side streets have a lot of trees.

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MONUMENT TO THE REVOLUTIONBegun as the legislative chamber for Porfirio Diaz's authoritarian government, construction on this structure was interrupted, first due to outrageous costs and then due to the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920) which eventually unseated Diaz. Contrary to most revolutionary tendencies, this vestige of the ancien regime was not torn down in revolutionary fits of iconoclasm.

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PAYASOSI came across payaso uno, a block away from my house, making balloon animals at the Chinese restaurant Kowloon Delight. Later that night I saw her as I was leaving to go out; she was ordering tacos al pastor at the taquería next door. Payaso dos hopped on the pesero I was riding to Ciudad Universitaria. He had a partner in tow. They did a short act, asked for money and then rode the pesero

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MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD

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ROADSIDE MEXICO, Part II: Truck-ArtOk, so for some reason blogger won't let me upload photos right now, and now is when I have the time to post two photos taken of the back of trucks that have been painted. So please bear with me as I try to do justice to these images.The first was taken in Huasca and the back of the truck looks as though it was visited by a Mexican Basquiat - monochromatic with

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OPTICA MEXICANA

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DENTAL MEXICANA

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ROADSIDE MEXICO, Part I: Signs

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COLUMNAR BASALT!Basalt, as we might still remember from seventh grade earth science, is an igneous rock. When conditions are just right, lava cools at a regular rate and results in columnar basalt - super tall columns of basalt with distinctly hexagonal geometry. Similar to the way mud cracks when it dries, the massive flow of lava contracts as it cools and due to the presence of the hexagonal

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MINERAL DEL MONTE, HIDALGO A British silver mining post during the mid-nineteenth century, Mineral del Monte is where soccer was introduced to Mexico and is one of the few places where pastes – a Mexican appropriation of cornish pastries – are regularly consumed.

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HIP HOP IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE D.F. Today I went to the Tianguis del Chopo (a.k.a. Cho-punk) to pick up some music. This spot, which is totally packed on Saturdays, is made up of two narrow aisles of stands selling pirated cds, concert dvds, goth-wear for los Darkies and other related merchandise. On the periphery is one block boasting hip hop and hi-tops. I got the new Lil' Wayne there for 70

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A MUNICIPAL ERROR DE DEDO The correct version of this sign appears on the back of this display, as well as various locations throughout the station;who let this one slide?NB: In general, my two complaints about Mexico City's Sistema de Tranporte Colectivo (STC) are its mediocre coverage and the fact that it stops running at midnight. Otherwise, it's clean, cheap (2 pesos/$0.20), relatively safe

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"TOMORROW IS WAITING FOR YOUR SMILE"

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¿WHERE'S SUPERBARRIO GOMEZ?With all the pro-immigration marches and protests throughout the US, it seems like the time is ripe, yet again, for Superbarrio Gomez to take to the streets and perhaps even prepare for a 2008 presidential campaign. Here he is during his 1996 US Presidential campaign, in which he ran on a platform based on his idea of free citizenship. To find out more about what lies

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The photo on the wall is of the plaza prior to the 1985 earthquake. This plaza is amazing, it presents a richer variety of Mexican History than perhaps any other site in Mexico City. For starters, it hosts the archaeological remains of Mexico's last Aztec stronghold, Tlateloco (the sister city of Tenochtitlán). Among multi-tiered pyramids and sacrificial altars Cuauhtémoc lost his final battle

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I just returned to the DF after a short trip to the East Coast. Unfortunately, the air was more polluted than usual.

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San Ángel, Distrito Federal

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I went to see Lost Acapulco play at Multiforo Alicia. They were amazing. Imagine large mexicans wearing hawaiian shirts, lucha libre masks, and playing surfer rock (of course, on stage they were joined by their fat, sexy fly girls donning tubetops, handcuffs and masks). Meanwhile, the crowd is stage diving and moshing maniacally and the whole place is no bigger than the safari lounge. Also, the

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Breakdown in El Centro San Remo

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Electronics stores on República Del Salvador

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I'm sorry to say the Maneymoon is over; I miss you guys already.Next time you're in town the office tacos are on me.

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Things seen in and around La Merced:fabrics, fruits, prostitutes, electric supplies, foam, tacos, bootleg cds, woven baskets, cutlery, fake flowers, kids huffing glue, trannys, fights, 3-legged dogs, tape measures, scales, stationery, plastic stores, coffee, broken noses, cutting boards, pimps, meat, children sleeping ontop of merchandise, bicycles, masks...

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A MODEST PROPOSALWhy can't every public toilet/urinal have a flush pedal?[Compliments of the original Sanborn's en el Centro.]

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Mercado de San JuanRead:THE COYOTESJonathan García Bernal (any relation to Gael, i dunno, but it would definitely add to his street cred)DISTRIBUTORS OF:BABY GOAT • LAMB • RABBIT • SUCKLING PIG • DUCK • PARTRIDGE • RACK OF LAMB • QUAIL • PHEASANT • MAGUEY WORM • ESCAMOL ANT • RED WORM • LION • VENISON • WILD BOAR • IGUANA • BUFFALO • CROCODILE • I HAVE NO IDEA (ACOSIL) • OSTRICH • SOME SORT OF

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S--O--C--K--S! ¡Eso sí que es!

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¿Qué es/What is it?A street vendor was selling this for $2. It's hecho in México, and comes with it's very own stand! [answer will follow shortly in a separate post]

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Tacubaya Market

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MEXICAN BAROQUE, Part 1.5• Pastelería Ideal •Upstairs is the gallery, a decadent and somewhat neglected display of hundreds of cakes - some reaching a height of six feet or more.

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Stunning aerial photos of Mexico City.[thanks for the link, Jesse]

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Diego Rivera's and Frida Kahlo's Studio/House designed by Juan O'Gorman in San Angel (1931-32). The original wiring for all the switches and plugs - incredibly simple and honest.A fence of organ pipe cacti surrounds the entire property.

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Sexy cheese in Coyoacán.

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REAL ROCKS near Desierto de los Leones. FAKE, PAINTED-ON, ROCKS near Desierto de los Leones.Boots belonging to a Mexican police officer at the Municipal Center for Finances and Securities in Mexico City, D.F.Click on the photo to see the larger version and get a glimpse of the most amazing lacing job ever.It's a veritable carpet (and no, they're not government issue, they're a personal statement

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I'M MOVING.[Wildwood, New Jersey, Summer 2005]Starting next week you can find me aquí:Av. Revolución # 119, Casa "J"Col. Tacubaya, Del Miguel Hidalgo11870, México DF

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