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Listen up, Veg-heads!   tm devours   vegan  pan de muertos  from Tierra Mona like- Saturn eating his kids? The horror. The HORROR.   Plant-based dining is still an option in Mexico during a pandemic.   So- good news for people who want to eat less animal products. A quick scan of google maps or happycow.com  will give you an idea of the options you have. I wasn't on a foodie tour so I didn't make it a point to try  all the meatless options in Morelia, but I can tell you about a few places. I can certainly recommend Tierra Mona . I ate there a few times because it was near by the hotel I stayed in. The space is tiny so I would not recommend going there during peak hours. Be considerate. And try their dish of the day. It impressed me that the folks who came to eat here weren't only idealistic youths or trendy 'strawberries' -rich brats. (I like to call them strawberries instead of fresas.  It's more insulting, in my opinion.)  A local mother came in w

So I'm a legit film maker now? I still don't believe it. I don't know how this rough, little video piece that I 'hammered' and 'ducked tapped' together using a second-hand laptop got selected to be in the 18th edition of the International Morelia Film Festival , but there it was. Right there along side professionally produced work. Some were even backed by Guillermo del Toro!   It was both a moment of pride and humility. Taking those steps into another, unfamiliar world makes you keenly aware of how small and inexperienced you are.  Las botas del Norteño Though it was in the running for prizes, there was no expectation that  A Home For The Brave  would win anything. The honor was for it to be there at all!  The drawing animation was shown in the company of these clever, funny, poignant, whimsical works: A Home for the Brave  |  Hugo Crosthwaite In the Lead  |  Andrea Santiago The Beast  |  Ram Tamez, Marlijn van Nuenen, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt T

  First of all,  I am giving myself a 【ｇ＊＊ｄ＊＊＊＊＊ 】 shiny  GOLD MEDAL  for traveling via airplane and public taxi- in the Americas- during a plague.  Why should simple travel be award worthy?  A҉  N҉  X҉  I҉  E҉  T҉  Y҉ Putting aside the other ailments that shape my outlook on life, I'm going focus on the pandemic anxiety that traveled with me on a packed plane from Tijuana to Morelia and back. The same kind of anxiety has crept into just about everyone I know these days. Even a little.  The version of pandemic anxiety that I experienced wasn't so crippling that I couldn't enjoy anything, but it certainly did altered my ways of thinking and behaviors. Coming from socially distanced Rosarito, the Tijuana airport felt like a chaos pit to me. At least the part before we got to our gate.  Children everywhere.  People traveling with far too many suitcases.  People not wearing masks correctly.  No social distancing.  It's like Mexicans don't even know the reality of 1.5 m

This is going to be a simple post to start off with.  I'll just throw at you a string of photos- in no particular order- that don't even scratch the surface of how amazing it was to be in a Mexican colonial city. Especially after I've spent the bulk my time in Mexico in a place that hasn't been settled for very long. So, I luhurved - ahem- loved being there. The layers of preserved history were just singing at me as soon as I got within the city limits. I mean, there are buildings dating from the 1500s! How could I not be taken in?  graffiti that is actually important if only the 'boy's clubs' of Mexico would listen roof repairs in a colorful cathedral a lightening strike prayers day of the dead skull  ubiquitous butterfly this curious composition clay lanterns before the full moon  a work by Javier Marin, one of Mexico's best fine arts sculptor

Hey everyone! I did something really stupid this year! I traveled to the south of Mexico for a week during a pandemic! Welcome to my Morelia Travel Mini Series of blog posts.  Over the next when-ever-I-can-bring-myself-to-do-its,  I will publish posts about spending late October - the beginning of November 2020 in the lovely, historic Morelia. It's the capital city of the state of Michoacan, Mexico. I went for their yearly film festival, I stayed for the 'I'd never been there before.'  Don't worry, this is not going to be some epic twenty part series you have to invest hours of your life into. This will just be some brief exercise in blog writing like a... like one of those 'professional travel bloggers.' Maybe it will end up being five parts. We will see how it goes! Fancy the idea? Think it's rubbish? Let me know! Email. Message. Text. Comment. Buy Me a Coffee