My shadow and I
My shadow and I is all I need to have fun while doing errands! Oh don’t you wish the times were simpler …
7th Anniversary — All Together Now!
All Together Now by The Beatles – www.studiohits.us on Grooveshark One, two, three, four Can I have a little more? five, six, …
From The Parking Lot to Antigua Guatemala
I met filmmaker Meghan Eckman at Calle del Arco on Sábado de Gloria and what a glorious meeting that was. Meghan filmed …
Portrait of a Mennonite in Antigua Guatemala
I met Melody at terrace of La Casaca café while I was enjoying the wonderful weather of the last days of the …
Real Guatemala: Los Policías
Alright, we will finish the first part of the Real Guatemala series with portrait of two police officers who were deployed during …
Real Guatemala: El campesino
The land belongs to those that work it with their own hands. —Emiliano Zapata La tierra es de quien la trabaja con …
Real Guatemala: Los albañiles
Of course, we can not leave out the albañiles, construction workers, from a series about the Real Guatemala. I don’t know if …
Real Guatemala: Los mandados
Each morning the streets are filled with people of all ages going or coming from doing errands, as simple as buying fresh …
Real Guatemala: Los novios
Even though you can not fully see the girlfriend, believe me she’s there, she just pulled her upper body to be in …
Real Guatemala: Las tortilleras
Of course, these ladies who prepare us our daily tortillas can not be missing in series about the real Guatemala. Here we …
Real Guatemala: El Zapatero
Here’s a Guatemalan idiom for your ever-increasing Spanish vocabulary: “zapatero, a tus zapatos” Ne sutor ultra crepidam — “Let the shoemaker venture …
Real Guatemala: The Tortrix Grandma
We continue our series Real Guatemala series with a photograph of a grandmother from Ciudad Vieja buying the eggs and salchichas at …
Real Guatemala: The Typical Rural Women
These women from Ciudad Vieja are wearing what I would consider the typical dress code for rural Guatemala women, except, of course, …
Real Guatemala: Football Days Around Antigua Guatemala
Today we begin a new mini series: The Real Guatemala. Claudia she was bringing back some long lost memories from her dear …
The Typical Tienda Vista
As I’ve explained before, a tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition …