Guatemalan textiles are among the most look-after items in the folk-art markets. You have to be careful though, they come in two categories: cheap imitations and the expensive hand-woven originals. The Indigenous women only wear the original stuff, so if you want to buy a piece that will last for a long time, make sure … Read more
This outdoor folk-art market sets on the street outside the El Carmen Ruins on the weekends only, located about two blocks from Central Park. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / Indigenous women / Guatemalan folk-art
Here is the photo of the Chef salad I promised I would take for you on the entry of Pick your color #3, in which I showed you an overall view of Café Concepción. This is what I wrote about the salad: I normally have a chef salad which is made from 5 o 6 … Read more
Guatemalan textiles are world-famous. As a graphic designer, I have been intrigued for a long while now about the fact that the indigenous people use so many different colors, patterns and textures in their textiles and yet the whole pieces are always in harmony. How do they do it? Just click the link to see … Read more
Many ruins and churches dress up with spot lights at dusk. Here you can see Antigua Guatemala’s Cathedral illuminated with spot lights at sunset. I have posted other photos of Cathedral before; if you care to look at the building from different angles and weather conditions click the following links: Requiem for the Rain Antigua … Read more
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and nowhere is awareness, new legislation and law enforcing need it more than in Guatemala. No más is campaign by Amnesty International to stop the killings of women in Guatemala(1). Director Giselle Portenier came to Guatemala to document the story of the brutal … Read more
Since the pictures for the last two days had way too many colors, I decided to make today’s choice simple. If you look carefully, you can find at least 8 colors. With this simple photo we finish this series. Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women we will have a … Read more
This is close-up view of the “undocumented alien” in my garden. I plan to have more strict rules for this migrant plants, including but not limited to, random searches, x-rays checks, striping, finger-printing the branches, photos (which I already do), background checks, et-cetera. You can never be “too careful” about your garden. Now, if this … Read more
On texture through color I introduced you to Café Concepción, a small and lovely bistro, located about half-block away from my office. I normally have a chef salad which is made from 5 o 6 different kinds of lettuces, croutons, turkey ham, parmesan cheese, tomatoes, onions, balsamic vinegar and olive oil among other things. I … Read more
If you love the bougainvillea flowers as much as Pamela does, and you don’t want to move to a secret island called Tenerife, you better move to La Antigua where buganvilias blossom year-round, people are nice, the weather is fabolous, and the houses are so expensive that you will have to sell two houses in … Read more
Okay, welcome back from an ease going weekend. It is Monday and you want things to be mellow, so I am not going to complicate things. The rules of the game are very simple: You look at the photo, You pick one single color and You leave a comment tell us what color you picked … Read more
To follow up the texture in yesterday’s sign and to get you prepare for this coming week series about color, here is a color-textured wall and four candles taken at one the my favorites bistros in Antigua: Café Concepción. I will come back to this bistro in the near future and show you what a … Read more
Here is a little confession: I do like many of the business signs in Antigua. As much as I dislike billboard and over-the-top advertising, I have to admit I do have a soft spot for beautifully-made signs. Here are some of my favorites, so far: Colibrí, Sabor Cubano, Mico and Doña María Gordillo. Macaco is … Read more
This photo of a flor de pascua plant (Poinsettias) was taken in my garden, next to the driveway. I did not plant it, nor I have done anything to maintain it. We could just summarize the situation of the plant as this: An “undocumented alien” in my garden, which is very welcomed. Poinsettias bloom from … Read more
I showed you these palm trees on August 28th as they reflect on the water tank at the public washbasins at Parque de la Unión (Union Park). Today’s photo is right across the street from yesterday’s Santa Clara Ruins photo. There are not many palm trees around Antigua, as a matter of fact, this is … Read more