Bus from Mexico City to Xalapa. Pulque in Cautepec. Buena Vista Social Club. Parque Juárez and environs with Alicia and David. Orozco caricatures at Pinacoteca Diego Rivera. Museo Casa de Xalapa. Lunch with Jose at Mariscos Mexico.
Featuring Diego Rivera’s Man at the Crossroads, dramatic and surprising works by José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, a wonderful self-portrait by Dr. Atl and more.
Garden with blooming wisteria, raccoon raiders and more. Anza-Borrego with friends to see wildflowers, wrought iron bestiary and more. La Cienega bio-wall. My compost system.
Home with Ian to Baltimore. Washington D.C. with Ian and Anna. Lunch at the National Museum of the American Indian with Cedar. The Walters Art Museum with Laura. Dinner at Shani’s. Rocket to Venus and Hampden Christmas lights. Flight home. Rams billboard.
Philadelphia and New York with Ian. High Line Park. Riverside Park. Columbia University. Frederick Douglas and Duke Ellington memorials in Central Park. Chinatown. Gary Bartz at the Blue Note.