14 enero 2010

I did my routine walk this morning through the town and up a bit into the mountains. I was joyfully accompanied by Tiffany and her son. I took photos of random nice houses tucked among the trees until I was reminded that it might be a bit suspicious to take photos of all of the nice house, considering the unrest in all of Mexico. Ladies with babies are so smart.

It was a perfect day for photographing the town! I love the midtones that overcast days provide for photos. I have been really enjoying the different scenery, people, and houses. Although much of Mexico is delighted with modern gadgets and hipster clothing ( yes Portlanders, Mexico got the memo), there is still a slower pace of doing things and large cowboy hats for men over 45 are still in.

I think Mexico has some of the most genius business plans. A few nights ago while Tara and I were cooking up some grub, a "toot toot" noise came from the streets and what do you know, this guy cooks squash in a portable oven and toots his horn around dinner time. While I hate squash, how cool is it that people just push food around honking horns. I can just imagine me trying this in Portland pushing around some swiss chard and cooked beets in Sellwood (organic of course). I imagine that most people would just continue to do what they were doing and not yell out the window "cuanto cuesta?" as my sister did. The other random business plans are performed right out of the home. A legit business may only sell Pepsi, jesus statues, and whatever baked good grandma cooked up in the am and boom, you got yourself a business. They just open their door, put up a sign that says Abierto and sit and wait.