(All photos for this entry are posted here) (The following is information I’ve picked up from various sources, so feel free to set me straight) Dia de los Muertos is one of the more famous and widely practiced Mexican holidays. This ritual remembrance and celebration of the dead is said to be 3,000 years old, …
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Baja and San Diego blurbs
The grand North Park Theatre has been restored, and is opening as the Stephen and Mary Birch North Park Theatre. It is now the home of Lyric Opera San Diego. – There are only two public restrooms in downtown San Diego. This is a problem. I found it interesting that a self cleaning restroom can …
Chicano Park and a Tijuana Bullfight
(Photos from this entry can be found here: Chicano Park 35 years, Tijuana Bullfight.) First things first. Two weeks ago Anna and I went to the shindig for 35 years of Chicano Park. It was as we expected; lowriders, music, and street fair vendors. In other words, a good time. While there we ran into …
Narco Corridos
From BBC: Narco Corridos. An interesting article on the music aspect of the smuggler/drug/gang culture of Mexico and the US. It has been a bit of a culture shock down here for me in this aspect. You see guys drive by in pimped out cars with big stereos blasting music. But the music is not …