NewOrleans - Oct 21 ‘18

View the images of the 21st here...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LXxnauNHiMbR6Gf99

NewOrleans - Oct 20 ‘18

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/kQTXe24snna6GePN8

NewOrleans - Oct 18 ‘18

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6RjWnMqozyjWjjof6

NewOrleans - Oct 17 ‘18

We decided to explore the Delgado Museum in the city park, a wander through the sculpture gardens and cap that off with a coffee at Morning call.
At night it was back to b.c.a where we saw Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington

Here is a link for that day...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PmCA5MDefXaKosgJA

NewOrleans - Oct 16 ‘18

If NewOrleans is trying to wear me down, I’m definitely proving to be more resilient than expected.
We are packing it in.  We met Jana in the Quarter and went for a tour past the levee, over the river and through some of the post-Katarina ravaged areas. There are signs of some resurgence.  Lots of signs of gentrification everywhere else. The fringes of the Vieux Carré seem to be the same.
Dinner with Richie, then music at the Collonade and we then went to MapleLeaf to watch ReBirth. Wow, what a performance. Raw brassy music. We’ve been getting home st 2:30am every morning - Something’s gotta give

Select the following link to view the album...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/J48XzxKz84vqbcMXA

NewOrleans - Oct 15 ‘18

New Orleans. ‘Crescent City’, ‘The Big Easy’. Whatever. This qualifies as my other home. It’s been 40 years since I was here, and it’s a kind of homecoming. Between school semesters at The San Francisco Art Institute, I grew up with Jules Cahn’s family. His sons Richard & Jimmy were like brothers. It was very emotional all those reconnections again.
We were picked up at the airport by Jana Napoli, and went for a great seafood dinner at Pesche. It was pouring rain, but that didn’t faze us. We were dropped off to Richard & Vivian’s home, just enough time to unpack and then off to The Quarter for music. Richard took us to D.B.A where Louis Michot - a great Cajun fiddler was performing (he had just won a Grammy with his band The Lost Bayou Ramblers). Unfuckingbelievable music...
New Orleans, I’m back....

Here are images from that day... Select the following link...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/udtex7xwvcPHkuFt5

Ciudad De México Oct 14 ‘18

We’re back in México City. We absolutely love it, and love being back.
Knowing Carlos and his real insider info, along with the incredible places he’s shown us has given us a special perspective.
Everyone kept telling us that México is dangerous and to be careful, but we’ve never felt safer and the locals are really ‘muy simpatico’.  And the food...
I’ve enjoyed compiling the sets of images, more like my visual storyboard which might segue into some short video clip or an animated sequence. Judging from the messages flowing back from work, things might be getting a bit busy when we get back...
Here then are some images from the 14th before we head to New Orleans - my kind of second home... it WILL be a homecoming of sorts.

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/CLbrxUxaiLid1ZBcA

Guanajuato October 13 ‘18

0k, I can’t keep up. This blog posting is exhausting. I am 12 days behind, not s big deal, but I’m selfish about my time. I would rather be out doing stuff than spend time over compiling my thoughts...
This is our last day here, and México we will miss you terribly.
Ciudad de México will be our transition to New Orleans (my favourite US city!).
México has been overwhelming for all of us, and possibly our favourite, special place. We WILL be back..

Here’s a link for the 13th in Guanajuato...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/VLXFnfzxpxfkKiG17

Guanajuato - Oct 12

The Cervantino Festival is swirling all around us in Guanajuato. We are on a full-on tourist mode. We went to the top of a mountain by a funicular train, to the peak where the Pipilia monument (with a statue of a freedom fighter towers above us). I should post a story about that some other time. We have been exploring this town and invariably landing back at the ‘zocalo’ and of course the array of Méxican handicrafts is pretty special. Somewhat like, but very different to the craft in India.
Here then is the link to another album...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eHMohPWD6WbQ9uGZ9

Guanajuato, October 11th

So we’ve been here 3 days, and feel almost local! We’re rested, know our way around and you could say we’re cruising. I caught up with an old classmate of mine from the San Francisco Art Institute, Maureen Ruddy Burkhart  is a photographer with an extensive reach. She lives here with her partner Grant. They took us for a spectacular meal at Restaurant Mercedes. Thank you! That’s the second SFAI person I met on this trip. The first was Carlos Mora, whom we met in México City. (Those I ages are not yet here - they were shot on my X-100F, which is a bit more of an effort to transfer out and post I will post those images later...  Below are the images of the 11th

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7hgNXqnfxEuK8pBq9

Day 4 - In Guanajuato- October 10th

It’s my mum’s birthday,  Happy 95th Birthday Mum! It was great speaking to you, and thanks Romir for connecting the call which is difficult to do when you’re travelling.

We’re in Guanajuato. Incredible? Really. I will tone down the superlatives, but this place is a real beauty. Ah, but the hills... I can get worn down and the climbs are unreal, even superseding San Francisco! (Just a reminder, all of the US including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and more, were once part of México).

So Guanajuato is a gem. We were slap-dab in the middle of the Cervantino festival, which meant the place was absolutely crazy crowded and festive and, well, insane....

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7W1dJo5SaSSu72EN7

Check out the link for the images that WILL NOT do this place any justice

Day 3 - San Miguel, Oct 9th

https://photos.app.goo.gl/i6Dsowx2CRovAWnQ9

Day Three. I’m going to get these links up ASAP, and then go back and add details and descriptions - but for now with the links, are the images. After all ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ and all that...

Our second Day! San Miguel de Allende Oct 8th

Wow, have we recovered from our jet lag? Probably not... Day Two.
This beautiful little town nestled in the state of Guanajuato is spectacular.
We’re walking kilometres every day and just can’t get enough of the atmosphere...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ihegmJamN1NLFfgT7

An Easy way out... Oct 7th

As I write this (my intended regular posts), it,s actually the 19th - and instead of posting a daily blog, I’m posting up a series of albums of images. A cop-out, but it’s been flat-out intense and I’d rather do and see than write and post....
So here’s a link for the images of the 7th as we got into San Miguel de Allende...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oxuM8jVXYkpbN8HV7

Nos vemos luego - see you soon

We’re off. I want to say finally we’re off, but I knew there would be the inevitable frenzy and the really early departure. Flying is great, I love it. Books to read, movies to watch and some time out. And when you land, bam! another world!  I love watching quirky behaviour and my small cameo roles to study for my animations...  the human behaviour is a strange spectacle to behold...