Casa Antigüeña: The Stairway Details
In this photo you can see how some simple details and their repetition turn a utilitarian architectonic device like the stairway into …
Casa Antigüeña: The Stairway
In the Casa Antigüeña you often find stairways or staircases. Quite often you find forged metal handrails beautifully worked by the antigüeño …
Casa Antigüeña: The Living Room
Now, I don’t know if the fireplace was an element of the original house from La Antigua Guatemala, but in recent years …
Casa Antigüeña: The Dining Room
The area for el comedor (dining room) in the casa antigüeña has always flowers nearby, light, lots of it and usually at …
Casa Antigüeña: The Kitchen
The kitchen area in the casa antigüeña usually has a high ceiling provided by cupola which in most cases served as chimney, …
Casa Antigüeña: The Corridor
Casas antigüeñas normally have at least one corridor or hallway, usually next to the garden and fountain. Omnipresent are the terra cotta …
Casa Antigüeña: The Búcaro
Several times people have asked to show the inside of a house from La Antigua Guatemala and I had said that I …
Only in LAG: Refacciones Típicas
One of favorite sections of the Los Angeles Times used to be Only in LA and I believe that when I started …
Bienvenidos a La Antigua Guatemala Sign
With new Municipal government in 2008 came some rather obvious nice things that were missing from the main entrance to La Antigua …
What in the World is a Búcaro?
Many times, when foreigners are looking at listings for houses or apartments for rent or sale in La Antigua Guatemala, they come …
Canopy Zip Line Tour in Antigua Guatemala
Boy oh boy, the things I do to bring you first-hand, eye-witness coverage daily from La Antigua Guatemala. I’ve done the unthinkable, …
So, We Begin a New Ride Into the Unknown…
… But, full of hope! What better way to start our new journey than with a party. If you are in La …
Parque of San Pedro Las Huertas
I have shown quite of few pictures of the park in San Pedro Las Huertas , a village within the La Antigua …
First Güisquil from Orchard
I present to you the first güisquil, also known as chayote or perulero, from our back yard orchard. Güisquiles are such an …
Setting the Stage for Festival de Cultura Paiz
Oh February, what a magnificent month to visit La Antigua Guatemala. First, you get to enjoy the Día del Cariño y Amistad …
New Traffic Police Officers
Fortunately, La Antigua Guatemala is still mostly a pedestrian town, but it gets its share of vehicular traffic and before it gets …
Quirio Cataño, Sculptor of the Black Christ of Esquipulas
Every year, On January 15th, thousands of pilgrims from Guatemala, the United States, Europe and other Central American countries flock to pay …
New CitiBank Sign In Antigua
Okay, if you have followed the daily dispatches from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, you would remember that back …
Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode
It means hurried fashion or fashion dispatch. I like the sound of that. —Martin Gore, Depeche Mode
It’s Time for Some Sweeping
Every once in a while you reach certain marks in your life and in your projects and they serve to mull over …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pacayas
Today’s entry marks the 1000 consecutive daily pages of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo. And I thought I wasn’t going to last …
Guatemalan Escabeche
These also make Guatemalans hot! 😉 In Guatemala there are at least two words you can use when referring to pickled foods: …
Name this Guatemalan Dessert And Win!
The first person that can name this Guatemalan dessert AND provide the recipe for its preparation through the comments will win a …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Caldo de Res
Caldo de res (beef stock or stew) has to be among the most often eaten dishes in the Guatemalan cuisine. It is …
Guatemalan Chinchines or Sonajas
The sonajas or maracas take on a different name in Guatemala, they are called chinchines; an onomatopoeia (onomatopeya in Spanish). Generally, Guatemalan …
Día de Reyes or Epiphany in Guatemala
Unlike other Spanish-speaking countries, Guatemala does not make a big deal of the arrival of the Tres Reyes Magos (Three Wise Kings) …
Guatemalan Money Sampler
Just like everything else in Guatemala, money is very colorful. I believe I could also do a series in Guatemalan currency. What …
Public WiFi Zone in Antigua Guatemala
About a month ago I reported that La Antigua Guatemala had become the first digital city in Central America, but I did …
Vista From The Vet’s Office
Even while doing errands and chores around La Antigua Guatemala, you are given the opportunity to experience a post card moment. Life …
Yellow Guatemalan Poinsettias Wallpaper
First wallpaper download for 2009 from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP). You can browse the wallpaper category to get the other …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Caldo de Pata
Today is theme day for the City Daily Photo community around the world; 840 daily city web sites thus far. For the …