I got around to processing some of my photos from the latest Oaxaca trip. One day we got a surprise. My wife and I had been to a market about 20 miles out of the main city and the cab driver, our friend Felix, took us to a cafeteria for lunch. The cafeteria was a big fancy place. The food was nev
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01/31/2011
The state of Oaxaca, which is almost as far down in Mexico as you can go -- getting near Central America -- is known for having some of the best artisans in the whole country. That includes weavers, carvers, potters, silversmiths, jewelers. Below was a street scene of some handcrafted baskets tha
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01/30/2011
This class is just so much fun. One of the proprietors of the B&B where we stay "La Casa De Mis Recuerdos (House of My Memories) is also one of the top cooks in the city of Oaxaca. Nora Valencia teaches cooking classes weekly. She teaches some of the great recipes of the region, including moles
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01/30/2011
Although I find spam annoying, like everyone else, sometimes it intrigues me slightly. Now, granted, most of the time when I get spam, they want to sell me viagra or medical supplies or some other product that, like Nigerian scam endowments, hopefully, I do not need. I got this one spam, over and
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01/30/2011
The next Fundamentals of Home Inspection and 40-hours of field training courses will begin at Bellingham Technical College on February 28, 2011. These are Washington state approved courses and successful completion of the courses qualifies a student to sit for the state licensing exams. The firs
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01/29/2011
Since my wife and I travel to Italy and Mexico most years, we see lots of churches. Both societies are long associated with Roman Catholicism and the Catholics build spectacular cathedrals. I would say that, between the two countries, the homeland for the church, Italy, has the biggest and the
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01/28/2011
I have been looking at my Qwest phone bill closely the last few months. I have simply been getting so many weird and high-pressure sales calls that I keep an eye out for any unusual charges. This month my phone bill had $49.99 added onto it. There was a fee to a firm called "Online Green Pages."
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01/27/2011
In yesterday's post, I wrote about a lady who is considered to be one of the top weavers in Oaxaca, an area known for artisans. Actually, her shop is in Teotitlan, a small village just outside Oaxaca. This village is noted for having a population of world class weavers and fabric artists. They r
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01/26/2011
This is one of two posts I have prepared featuring this artisan. This lady is one of the most respected weavers in all of Oaxaca, Mexico. When you purchase one of her pieces, she made it all. She raises the animals from which the wool is spun, she makes the dyes from natural plants found in the r
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01/25/2011
This was the third time that my wife and I have visited Oaxaca. We really like the color, the flavor and the people in this part of Mexico. The heat is a real plus too. It is down, almost to Central America. Since we stay there for more than a week at a time, we tend to find places we like to han
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01/24/2011
