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Here but soon there

Posted in Animals, Celebrations, Creativity, Culture, Food, Holidays, photos, popular travel destinations, Textiles, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2026| 4 Comments »

As my regular readers may have noticed, the blog posts of late have been few and far between. I must admit, I’ve found it really difficult to motivate writing about Oaxaca while I’m having to spend so much time in El Norte — though, goodness knows, photos and topics are definitely not in short supply. However, I guess anticipating my upcoming return to Oaxaca has prompted me to appreciate both here and there and provided the spark I needed to sit down and create this blog post.

Baskets for sale…

Juneteenth Freedom Festival – Mill Valley, California
Feria del Carrizo – San Juan Guelavia, Oaxaca

Food trucks…

Downtown Plaza – Mill Valley, California
Parque Juárez “El Llano” – Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca

Aprons for sale…

Juneteenth mercado – Mill Valley, California
Mercado – Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca

Goats with their humans…

Mill Valley 125th anniversary parade – California
Festival del Mole de Caderas – Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca

Fire trucks on parade…

Mill Valley 125th anniversary celebration – California
México Día de la Independencia – Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca

Horses on parade…

Mill Valley 125th anniversary celebration – California
México Día de la Independencia – Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca

In the words of Maya Angelou, “We are more alike than unalike.”

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Oaxaca preps for Guelaguetza

Posted in Culture, photographs, photos, Renovation, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 14, 2016| 1 Comment »

From top to bottom, Guelaguetza preparations are in full swing.  There is yet another attempt in the Never-ending tale of a velaria, as workers scramble hundreds of feet in the air to add the missing “wings” to the Guelaguetza Auditorium canopy.

Guelaguetza Auditorium velaria

Workmen are prepping buildings in the Historic District for fresh coats of paint.

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Construction is underway in Llano Park (aka, Paseo Juárez “El Llano”) to ready it for the XIX Feria Internacional del Mezcal 2016.

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Near the top of Macedonio Alcalá (aka, Andador Turístico), puestos (booths) have been erected for artisans, invited from throughout the state, to display and (hopefully) sell their wares.

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And, everyone is holding their breath and making offerings to the gods overseeing phase two of the García Vigil pedestrian walkway that the work will be completed before the first Guelaguetza desfile (parade of delegations) on July 23.

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And, me?  I just bought tickets to the Mole Festival degustación at the Jardín Etnobotánico on July 22!  Yummm…

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