Month: April 2012
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Handmade Shoes in Valladolid
We stumbled upon a shoemaker in Valladolid. Leather, shoe patterns, soles made out of recycled tires, and sandals surrounded him and his family. The shoemaker's wife was the salesperson. Rows and rows of shoes, mostly sandals, hung…
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Orange Peel, Seeds, Beads, Pits and Beans…. Necklaces from Mexico
Orange Peel, Seeds, Beads, Pits and Beans…. Necklaces from Mexico. The orange peel threw me a wow isn't this cool. Artistic, clever, and who would have thought it. I bought a rosary necklace in red beans. It was my…
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How to Meet Serendipity on a Beach in Tulum
Finding white sand, blue sea, empty beaches is a given in Tulum, Mexico. The beach is miles long, giving plenty of room for anyone's desires to breath and take it in how they want to. We drove down a…
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Blue Sea, White Sand… Biosphere
We drove down a long road not a person did we see. We walked down a trail only knowing that the beach was certainly there. We heard the waves, a few birds, and the palms blowing in the breeze.…
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Saturday Art Saves: Coqui Coqui
Photography by Corey Amaro. Each Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire…
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Maya Fruit Salad on a Hot Day
Maya Fruit Salad Take a very hot day, Peel a grapefruit, a sour orange, and a blood orange take the pieces apart and cut each piece in half. Take another grapefruit and squeeze the juice into a bowl Cut a…