This is a promotional film from General Motors, but check it out. You see a good mountain road, better than those I have been on recently. You discover that Lima has the oldest traffic laws in the world – ironic now that traffic is so savage, laws are not obeyed, and the discussion of the … More Lima en 1927
When this film was made, Lima was “a charming and comfortable place.” Part I is set in winter (it rarely gets above 70F, and there is a heavy fog every day). Lima is 4,000 miles due south of Baltimore: Part II: Part III: Axé.
My original blogging plans for this Bastille day have been superseded by the need to help broadcast the call to HELP SAVE ZIMBABWE and to ask you, if it is possible for you, to DONATE to this important cause. I was to have blogged today for Derrick Ashong’s band SOULFEGE, a much better cause than … More De L’Afrique et des Amériques
For over twenty years South American haircutters of various nationalities have periodically redesigned my hair such that I have big puffy bangs, minimal sides, and a tail – like a large version of the classic cut for short hair, since my hair still stays long. These haircutters do no not know each other but it … More El nuevo look
Lima city water can be drunk, and there is no recycling, so if you insist on buying spring water in plastic bottles you are truly accelerating your contribution to global warming. And Peru is famous for food, so I am going to list some of the foods I encounter constantly. That I like AGUAYMANTO AJI … More NOMINA DE PLATOS
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts’ desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H.L. Mencken wrote this and just … More La Prueba
Film Movement is not a service like Netflix but in some ways it could replace it. Check it out. What do you think? Meanwhile there is a complete and excellent blog on the Fujimori trial, which is ongoing. Alan García, our current president, also faces human rights charges for events including the El Frontón massacre. … More Film Movement
Sara Beatriz Guardia gave an interesting talk the other night at the Café Bar Sancho Panza (Grau 209A, Barranco) – a locale I recommend, by the way. The talk on 19th century women writers Clorinda Matto and Mercedes Cabello, focused on the hatred and intolerance Lima society showed these authors. Guardia has written a paper … More Sara Beatriz Guardia
It would be hard to dislike Barranco and I went there to the Museo Pedro de Osma, in a lovely art nouveau mansion, to see paintings and sculpture by Fernando de Szyszlo. To get to the paintings one had to walk through a great deal of colonial art, so that when I got to the … More Museo Pedro de Osma
Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and we are already celebrating by listening to live blues from Club Raggs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on KQXL – 106.5 FM. Last weekend was the Donaldsonville Juneteenth Festival, rumored to be good. Axé.
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