VINTAGE

April 16, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Images from Frida Kahlo’s Blue House, Mexico City…. This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is VINTAGE

PULL UP A SEAT PHOTO CHALLENGE 2022

December 9, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

A PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING Wall Street Banquet, (Diego Rivera Mural, 1928), Courtyard, Secretaría de Educacíon Pública, Mexico City…. Wealthy industrialists, including Rockefeller and Henry Ford, read a golden ticker tape. On the table is a miniature Statue of Liberty. Behind the table is a vault…. XingfuMama posts every […]

Sculpture Saturday

June 13, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This weekly challenge is hosted by Mind over Memory You will find this wonderful piece by Mexican sculptor José Sacal in Mexico City centre. If you’d also like to take part:- Share a photo of a sculpture Link to the Mind over Memory post for Saturday Sculpture

Thinking of Mexico City? – Some tips before you go.

February 21, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve no earth shattering revelations to share with you but here are a few thoughts after a recent trip: Getting There: There are direct flights to Mexico City from major European airports. From Ireland, we went via Madrid which was the best value on the day. But against that, it meant a short flight followed […]

Mexico City – Well worth a visit!

February 17, 2020.Reading time 18 minutes.

This was going to be a ‘TOP 10’ list but I couldn’t choose! If you include day trips to Teotihaucan and Puebla, there’s plenty to keep one busy in Mexico City for at least a week! Did you know that this city has more museums than New York, Madrid or Paris?! You could omit museums […]