frijoles

if the Filipinos cannot live without rice, what's mexico without beans?

tianggi

a trip to the weekend tianggi (street market) led me to these amazing finds:

panera cheese

all varieties of chili sauce

jamaica - flowers used to make agua fresca

pastel boots

funnies

one of the museums in guadalajara, ex convento del carmen, displayed a comic section. my poor spanish (with the help of babel fish) translates it to:

• Mickey Mouse, if he was designed by Van Gogh

• one of the more important contributions of Leonardo [da Vinci] is the use of adjustment [or retouch]

purple corn, anyone?

16 de Septiembre

locals prepping for the national event, selling all sorts of knick knacks to profess their nationalism.