The beer / La cerveza: Minerva IPA Style / Estilo: India Pale Ale Alcohol Content / Grado de Alcohol: 6.5% The brewery / La cervecería: Cerveza Minerva State of origin / Estado de origen: Jalisco Rating / Clasificación: 3.75 hops leaves out of 5 / 3.75 hojas de lúpulo de 5 Retail Price / Precio […]
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The video below is a remix/mash-up of comments made by three of the four presidential candidates in the second debate a few weeks ago in Tijuana. The refrain of the “song” is sung by leading candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and means “Richie Rich Little Swine.” It’s a reference to second-place candidate Ricardo Anaya’s alleged […]
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This video clip went kind of viral a couple of months ago. A young fresa (stuck-up) woman from Guadalajara makes the outrageous confession that she is going to vote for the leftist presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) despite being a niña bien (rich girl) from a conservative, Catholic family who always votes for the right-wing […]
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Mexico’s presidential election is coming up on July 1, with four candidates battling it out to succeed Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) for a six-year term starting December. Third time candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has a commanding lead in most polls and barring a catastrophe — including electoral fraud — looks […]
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Five color shots from the historic centre of Mexico City. All taken in the last month or so with my Ricoh gr ii (no edits except I flipped the first shot the other way around). Taxi and its reflection in a puddle on Avenida Hidalgo as it approaches Eje Central. Buildings from left to right […]
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Here are a few street shots I have taken in the streets of the Centro Histórico of Mexico over the past week. Aztec Dancer / Danzante Azteca The Secret Keeper / El Guardián de Secretos Incongruent Symmetry / Simetría Incongruente Meeting / Reunión Micro / Pesero All photos first appeared on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterwdavies/ More […]
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The Raised Fist You are from the place where you pick up the garbage. Where two bolts of lightning fall in the same place. Because you saw the first, you wait for the second. And you’re still here. Where the earth opens and people come together. You arrived late again: You’re alive because you’re unpunctual, […]
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Yeah, you know I’ve been watching you for a while now I’ve gotta dance with you today I saw your look was calling me Show me the path I’m on You, you’re the magnet and I’m the metal I’m getting closer and hatching a plan Just thinking about it gets my pulse racing […]
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A series of 7 photos of an abandoned PEMEX gas station in the Baja California desert at Cataviña.
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Here are a few shots of street art in downtown area from my visit a month ago. I blogged about Tijuana a couple of times last year as well. Links below. Playas de Tijuana / a Fuckin´Fence in the Sea Signs of Tijuana
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