
Mercado Municipal Vistas: Framed Portrait of a Butcher
Making environmental portraits of strangers can be quite a challenge, especially at places where people shy away from cameras. I enjoy sharing …
Making environmental portraits of strangers can be quite a challenge, especially at places where people shy away from cameras. I enjoy sharing …
In the beef, pork and fish corridors of the municipal market of Antigua Guatemala one can often find pop-up stands selling mostly …
Making portraits of strangers can be quite challenging, especially at places where people shy away from cameras. I often share the necessary …
In the back of the market, towards the bus terminal end, there are quite a few tortilla booths, many preparing black tortillas …
This battle is fought every day at every market in the world; doesn’t matter who wins, the people always lose, right? All …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Carnicero for butcher. This framed portrait of a butcher was made on a market …
I only recommend to eat ceviche at the mercado to those with very strong stomachs, such as Andrew Zimmern and Misha Moliviatis. …
Squash is available all year long as ayote, güicoy or even chilacayote, all members of the squash and pumpkin family. Squashes are …
Licuados or smoothies are the most popular beverage after atoles, of course. The price can range a lot depending where you get …
If you go to el mercado on “market days” you can get an ever larger selection of flowers at lower prices than …
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring …
We are what we eat. So Guatemalans are made from a big proportion of maize, beans, fruits and vegetables. Of course, beans …
To be honest, many times I can not tell what all the ingredients, spices, or fruits are that I encounter when I …
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Marranería or pork shop A trip inside el mercado central of Antigua Guatemala can be …
This is what a typical Christmas decoration stand looks like in the market of Antigua Guatemala. Everything decoration you see here is …
Diversify is very sound advice for any business. Patsy, who loves chicken, would say, don’t put all the eggs in one basket. So, it is no surprise to find stands, like the one pictured above, in La Antigua Guatemala’s market which sells all kinds of items. This photograph gives an idea for a new easy game (we haven’t got a game for a while) for this weekend.
The mercado of Antigua Guatemala is a location full with repetition vistas such as this jeans vendor booth.
Once again I have the pleasure to share another photograph from the series Antigua Makes Me Happy. In this case I captured …
In Guatemala; especially corn grown by the Maya people. We still appreciate the autochthonous corn which comes in white, yellow, red and black with its non-uniform kernels… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
How can one not be grateful for all the fresh tropical fruits found year-round in the mercado of Antigua Guatemala, don’t your …
Have you ever visited the village of San Pedro Las Huertas? If not, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. From the …
During a recent morning photo walk, I was scouting new photo opportunity spots when I saw Pedro “El Brasileño” on his way back …
Every year October 31st is the best day for flowers vendors as the sales skyrocket for the entire week as everyone is …
As part of the effort to bring the rate of infection to the colors orange or even yellow, the Ayuntamiento of La …
We are very fortunate in Antigua Guatemala because a lot of the food that we consume in the municipality it is grown …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan word of the day: Requesón for Ricotta cheese. A few weeks ago, I shared a post on FB …
The sweet crepes here are from Unión Café Antigua, one of the best options in town for delicious and healthy breakfasts. They also offer a great selection of smoothies and coffee to go along with their all day breakfast and lunch options. I have tried their smart smoothie, which also includes a shot of espresso coffee. Bon appetite!
Gabriela Orozco García, 19 years old, puts the final touches on a figure of a Mayan-inspired Nativity scene. The Orozco García family from Antigua Guatemala are renown artisans who produce ceramic Nativity scenes with Mayan attires from all regions of Guatemala.
Believe it or not, DVD movies are still a popular item on demand at the market days inside the Mercado Municipal of …
We continue our Market Day series with sampling of color and repetition found at junk food vendor inside the mercado of La …