June 11, 2015 Prey in the Mexican subway One day Julien went on a solo expedition to the Diego Rivera museum in Mexico City, and when he came back, related this story. I was in the subway which was packed as always, and, as always, the temperatures were hovering around a cozy 90°F despite the […]
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It was time for some more Frida & Diego, so we headed to a charming neighborhood in southern Mexico City called Coyoacán to visit the Casa Azul, the house where Frida was born, where she and Diego lived the majority of the time they were together, and where Frida died. It was a 20 minute […]
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Another lovely day, another lovely walk. We walked back to the Bosque de Chapultepec , this time to visit the Chapultepec Castle. Chapultepec was originally a castle for Maximiliano, ruler from Austria (who was, unfortunately for him, executed within two years time), turned president abode, turned military school, turned space observatory, back to military school, […]
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Nouvelle belle journée, nouvelle belle balade. Anne et moi sommes retournés au Bosque de Chapultepec, cette fois pour visiter le château. Chapultepec est à l’origine un château construit pour Maximiliano, monarche venu d’Autriche (qui fût, malheureusement pour lui, exécuté moins de deux ans après son arrivée au pouvoir), devenu ensuite demeure présidentielle, puis école militaire, […]
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Après ces quelques jours passés à México, une dose supplémentaire de Frida & Diego s’imposait ; nous nous sommes donc rendus dans le charmant quartier de Coyoacán, au sud de la ville, pour visiter la Casa Azul, maison où est née Frida Kahlo, où Diego Rivera et elle ont passé la majeure partie de leur […]
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Lundi nous a offert une vraie tempête de ciel bleu, donc nous sommes retournés une nouvelle fois dans le centre historique pour profiter de cette magnifique journée et nous rendre dans quelques endroits que nous avions râtés la première fois. Manque de bol pour nous, ici tous les musées sont fermés les lundis, y compris […]
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Monday was a real tempete de ciel bleu (a storm of blue skies), so we took to the Historic Center again to enjoy the beautiful day and visit some places we had missed the first time around. It was, perhaps, not the smartest day to go since museums are closed Mondays, and we had at […]
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On Sunday Mexico was holding midterm elections; just like in Ecuador, election-time means no drinking, and the ley seca was imposed, meaning no alcohol could be sold all weekend. Julien and I figured the anthropological museum was a safe bet for a day thought to bring minor political changes with potential major long-term implications, and […]
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Ce dimanche c’était jour d’élection au Méxique (un scrutin de mi-mandat, équivalent des législatives en France). Ici au Méxique comme dans d’autres pays d’amérique latine, lors d’une élection la consommation d’alcool est prohibée durant tout le weekend, cela s’appelle la Ley Seca (la loi sèche). Du coup, contraints à la sobriété, quoi de mieux qu’un […]
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Dolores Olmedo was Diego Rivera’s close friend and patron. In the 1960s she purchased this house in the neighborhood Xochimilco (one of many examples of a small city swallowed up by the ever-expanding capitol), eventually turning her home into a bonafide museum to display all the art she collected. Most famously the museum, now open […]
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