Details, details, details. Oh boy, here are those ugly power lines again. But wait, what’s in the background? Sure enough, now everywhere you look in and around Antigua Guatemala, you find yourself with antennas. It feels like there’s a race to turn La Antigua Guatemala into the first full wireless city in Latin America. The … Read more
Details, details, details. There are so many different street lamps or faroles, as they are known in Spanish, in La Antigua Guatemala that if I run a different one each day, it would take so many months to show all the different kinds. Now, can you tell me what’s inside the lamp or in its … Read more
Detalles, details, detalles. Take a corner window, add a forged iron crate and a few plants and you have transformed a boring window into something beautiful. Well, at least that’s my opinion; what’s yours?
pushwigh#@%&?¿… blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programing Details, details, details to bring you this important news update. From early in the morning, around 8 a.m., there were sightings of hundreds, no, make it thousands of people with dark markings in their foreheads. The first sightings were reported near the church of San … Read more
Details, details, details. I also believe that, some times, details are like opportunities: you blink and they are gone. So you always have to be on the look out for those ephemeral details as well as for those fleeting photo opportunities. 😉
Details, details, details. I believe beauty manifests itself in the details. Correct me if I am wrong!
Details, details, details. Gustave Flaubert believed that God was in the details. Other people believe the devil hides in the details. What do you think?
Details, details, details. Often you find little windows on the doorways of the houses of La Antigua Guatemala and most often they are protected with a window grate. I was lucky to capture this wonderful metal grate at the Doña María Gordillo candy store.
Okay, here’s something sweet to end the work week. I came across this blackberry dessert at La Casa de las Mixtas; one of favorite hangouts for lunch lately. According to the owner they do similar desserts with strawberries, pineapples and other berries. Below you get the basic recipe as told by the owner of the … Read more
Interesting enough, last year when I published the Guateflora series, I overlooked the jacaranda trees, which are omnipresent in and around Antigua Guatemala. Although, I did show you the Jacarandas at Antigua’s Central Park almost two years ago, on February 22nd, 2007. Well, perhaps it is the fact that gorgeous pale violet colors of the … Read more
The winter weather in Antigua Guatemala has been wonderful: a little chilly, a little windy and a little warm, all in the same day; heck in the same hour sometimes. But, the winter weather in La Antigua Guatemala has been comfortable enough to entice strolling around town; especially around Antigua’s Central Park. As you can … Read more
According to the statistics only 67% of the population has Internet access in Guatemala (source somewhere in elperiodico.com.gt or prensalibre.com.gt), but by 2012 the stats will be close to 90% of the population with access to Internet. These figures sound a little off or highly inflated for a country like Guatemala where the majority of … Read more
This is crap! The four basic principles of graphic design are: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. It was Robin Williams, the graphic designer and teacher, who came up with the memorable acronym to help people remember these basic principles. I believe this photo embodies the basic principles of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity (crap); don’t … Read more
Although I think green mangoes can be found in Guatemala all year round, I believe they are better when in the mangoes are in season. I believe MO should begin reserving his airplane tickets if he does not want to miss the green mango season again. 🙁 I invite MO and everyone to come down … Read more
Every afternoon, the homeless man above walks slowly towards this corner house in Antigua Guatemala, one block away from the Parque Central, and right at one of the doorways he brings himself down to sleep while being cuddled by the warm rays of the late afternoon sun. Guatemala is a country of extremes. Often, extreme … Read more