SLOW FOOD

A new group has been formed here in DF, part of Slow Food International, to promote awareness of locally produced and artesanal food. For information, visit the website:
www.slowfoodcondesaroma.com

MUSEO DE LAS INTERVENCIONES

I've been seeing this billboard all over town lately and found it quite compelling (not the vodka part). You certainly won't see this one in the U.S. of A.
The MUSEO DE LAS INTERVENCIONES near Coyoacán tells the history of the numerous incursions by Spain, France and the U.S. into Mexico in the years 1825-1916. Americans will be surprised and maybe a bit ashamed. The museum is housed in a magnificent
colonial monastery. For more information and directions click below:

INTERVENCIONES

LEONORA CARRINGTON

Artist Leonora Carrington is a national living treasure. Although born in the UK in 1917, she has lived most of her live in Mexico, and currently in her 90's, still produces new paintings and sculptures in her studio in Colonia Roma.
GO SEE the current outdoor show of her work along REFORMA in Chapultepec Park (between the park entrance and the Museo de Antropología). The paintings are all reproductions, but they pale in comparison to her whimsical, surreal bronze sculptures that line the central camellon of Reforma. The show is on until the end of October--don't miss it!
Click here to learn more about this interesting artist.