Patronage Festival of San Pedro Las Huertas
Here is your Spanish term of the day: Fiestas patronales or patronage festivals. Once again the Corpus feast of the village of …
Spanish Tile Roof Repairs in Antigua Guatemala
You know it is the rainy season in Guatemala when you see people, handy men really, on the roof tops fixing the …
Color Palette: Blue
It’s been a while since I updated the color palette category and since there are so many house now with new paint …
Roof repairs before the rains
During the dry season Antigua Guatemala goes through a lot repairs and paint jobs. In my opinion, the paint jobs are to …
Cleaning the Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala
Ever wonder how they go about cleaning the façades of the churches around Antigua Guatemala. Here’s one such image showing how they …
Guatemalan Chicken Bus Kitsch
I am truly convinced that Guatemalans can not do anything in a mild, neutral, gray manner. Guatemala is a country of extremes …
Guatemalan Ceramic Owls
The traditional ceramic owls in La Antigua Guatemala are yellow, orange and brown as I have show you before, but more recently …
Repairing The Spanish-tile Roofs
People repairing streets, façades and roofs are also very common during Cuaresma [Lent]. Everyone wants La Antigua Guatemala to look its best …
New Closing Time City Ordinances
There is new seismic activity in La Antigua Guatemala’s grapevine. For a while now, I’ve been hearing rumors about new closing times …
Cake-like Baroque Column Details
Well, almost a year ago, I presented you with the new paint job of the Iglesia de San Pedro Apostol San Juan …
Follow Up to Façade Facelift
Since I showed you, just the other day, how the façade of house from La Antigua Guatemala was being repaired and painted …
Cathedral’s New Look
Well, it looks like 2009 will be the year of the new paint jobs on all the major churches around Antigua Guatemala …
Show Me The Moon from Antigua Guatemala
Detalles, detalles, detalles. What better way to show you the brand new paint job at the Iglesia de La Merced than to …
Jocotenango’s Cathedral
Those darn electrical wires! There they are again… getting in the way. ¡Son tan metiches! —MO I agree, but what can I …
Façade of Church of San Pedro
It’s amazing what a paint job can do. The façade above belongs to the Church of San Pedro, which is the church …