Cool stuff, Mexico City

Talk about color! In Mexico City after a parade of giant alebrijes, wild creatures in paper mache, the monsters were parked for display on the sidewalk of the wide Reforma boulevard.



A quieter view the next morning:



A few of my faves among many:







There were so many of these to study you might have needed a snack along the way:



Along the Reforma there is this rainbow entry to some underground thing:





Another thrill on the Reforma: inline skaters arrange what look like badminton birdies and dance in swooping, sweeping movements down one line, or, as the guy on the far right is doing, zig-zag at impressive speed on one skate attempting a clean slalom run.



We had dinner one evening at the San Angel Inn, very elegant.





A fortune teller at the inn lets you choose between two little birds, Alejandro or Lupita, who is released to draw a slip of paper for you. The bird drops the paper, gets a little seed, and hops right back into its cage. I hope they are as happy as the little fortunes they gave us.

Color

Harlan and I are in Mexico for a bit more than a couple weeks, starting with a few days in Mexico City, a visit to Metepec and Toluca, to the southwest of the city, then eastward to Puebla, and into the highlands northeast of Puebla. Mexico is winning its place in our hearts all over again.

About the easiest thing to start with is the sheer color here. For example, at the Hotel Camino Real:




Fencing:




Washing windows at Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Museo-Studio:






Market in Metepec--okay, yes, shooting photos in a market here is like shooting fish in a barrel:






I fit right in, eh?