“whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. boldness has genious, power and magic to it. begin it now.”
goethe
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short reminder
Category: photography
terrazo: views of mexico city is a photo exhibition by pablo lopez that was until recently on sasha wolf gallery, ny.
some samples of the photos are up on the exhibition website, and what a sight they are. the city seems to run immense through hills and valleys, evergrowing and yet strangely quiet and still, in the distance of these images.
via notcot, a long time ago.
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on roadtrips
“Ernesto Guevara: What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two; melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.”
from diarios de motocicleta.
if i hadn’t already felt the urge to travel to south america, i would surely get the itch after watching diarios de motocicleta: the story of young che guevara on his south-american continental roadtrip on a bike named la poderosa (“the mighty one”). the film photography is simple and stunning, eye-catching in its rawness.
besides, roadtrips fascinate me, as i am sure they do to many other travelers out there. my only stint at a roadtrip was a 3 or 4 days drive through colorado, utah and wyoming, over a year ago.
it was beautiful and liberating, and we plan to go back to the states and repeat it someday, with a twist: we shall visit an itinerary of odd-named places. it will certainly include highlights like potomac, normal, breakneck, chicken, gringo, frostproof, ding dong and most definitely choconut. no kidding!
above, our detour to visit a place called cisco. :)
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happy 2008!
2008 is going to be a good year. i have a thing for even numbered years, and i especially like “round” years (or names). as an example, number 7 is kind of spiky, but 8 is round and nice, so i like 8 better. hey, we all need criteria, right?
have a smashing 2008!
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hua jiao = flower pepper
one day we were strolling around the crowded carrefour and couldn’t help to notice the huge pile of these little dried berries… they spread a strong scent across the corridor, quite irresistible… so I packed a handful and brought them home, willing to experiment with them. “hua jiao” they are called, literally “flower pepper” – promising.
on the first occasion, i poured quite a few on our steaks. the result was… hum… interesting. despite the name, they’re not spicy at all. the steaks were ok, but, as we discovered (amidst a laugh attack) the berries are actually very, very tongue numbing! that was totally unexpected! we spent the rest of the meal dodging them on our plates… they looked so innocent!
as i’ve later discovered, they’re used in sichuan hotpot to improve the other tastes and the spiciness of the meal itself.
more on gastronomic discoveries to come.