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Typical Kitchen Cupola from Antigua Guatemala

Steve Jobs said: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. I agree with him. What about you?

What characteristics or traits can be extrapolated from a culture by looking at a simple kiosk? I’ll start and then you share …

During early December, in Guatemala people begin putting up their Nacimientos (Nativity Scenes); a tradition that was brought to Guatemala by Santo …

I have talked about the recycling done in La Antigua Guatemala before with Haves and Have-Nots, Public Enemy Number 1, Guatemalan-style Salt …

Believe it or not, in La Antigua Guatemala people still take their shoes for repairs, quite often extending the life of shoes …

Colorful Guatemala, I tell you! It is quite common for businesses to decorate with colorful Guatemalan kites during October and November. Above, …

The “strong winds” begin making their way to Guatemala; Vientos fuertes would say Miguel Ángel Asturias. With the vientos fuertes also appear …

Some people out there can never see the good things, even if they were blinking right on their face. All they do …

What kind of treasures would you keep in a antique chest like the above? I would keep my treasured memories. 😉

When we talk about antique items to be used as decoration for Spanish colonial architecture we don’t necessarily mean mint contidion things. …

Rust is yet another desirable aspect of antique decoration elements for colonial houses. Sometimes the artisans and blacksmith artists speed up the …

In the next three days, I will show you some antique decoration elements that I found at ElCurandero.Com offices. Also, I will …

Not a farol left over from last year’s posadas. Nor indeed a house of ill repute, except perhaps with regards to the …

First, Blame the trabalenguas, tongue twister, title on emromesco, who said that water will be the oil of the 21st century. Second, …

The venerable colonial pila from La Antigua Guatemala finds a new use as decoration in a fast food restaurant. What’s a pila …