Strolling through deserted streets of the Mexican mega city
Posted on May 2, 2009
Taking a stroll through Condesa . . . mission: Starbucks . . . yeah I know, but it’s tasty . . . We then walked back from Condesa to the apartment in Roma, beautiful light, deserted streets. It makes it feel pretty dead and lonely around here.
Parque Mexico in Condesa
Arrival at starbucks . . . only four people allowed inside at a time, no tables/seats available.
Security guard/Starbucks bouncer doing a crossword
Parque Mexico deserted for a holiday Friday in Mexico City.
Strolling back by Insurgentes
Gotta love the masks
On the street corner
Crossing a deserted Insurgentes.
Abandoned face mask in the street.
And some random ones from along the way:
Tomorrow’s plan? HIt up the Basilica de Guadalupe provided I feel fine. Feeling a little exhausted right now from this long week, need to take a break.
Tripping to Tlapan
Posted on May 1, 2009
A doctor puts on her gloves outside the INER Thursday afternoon.
So yesterday I headed out with reporter Camilo Smith to Tlapan in the South of Mexico City to the INER or Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Nacional Instutite for Respiratory Diseases). Our mission was to find a family, doctors and nurses who were dealing with the H1N1 or swine flu virus. We talked to an EMT, some doctors and then happened upon a father who was being discharged after spending three days in the INER. Then we asked if we could follow him home as he saw his children for the first time since being admitted.
No visitors are allowed in the area were H1N1 patients are kept to prevent the spread of disease and the only communication is through doctors, so needless to say his family was thrilled to see him. I’d love to post the photos here of that moment but I have to wait till they go to print. I promise they’re good though . .
Yes that’s a New York Fire Department shirt being worn by the INER EMT.
The below photos were taken on the extremely long ride between Roma Norte and Tlapa yesterday:
Sporting the scarf instead of face mask in Tlapa Thursday afternoon.
Pharmacist in Roma Norte takes a break, every pharmacy in the neighborhood is sold out of face masks and only one has gloves left.
And there is the dissent
Posted on April 30, 2009
I’ve been hearing a lot more opinions about swine flu and government reactions like this one:
Para la oreja de Calderon
He wouldn’t let me shoot his face but definitely had a message for the Calderon:
That’s not true about the virus, you record it there, and put it to the big ear of Calderon.
That I said there is no virus, no virus.
Nothing scares me, this is work, the work of the government. It’s political work.
The worst thing is it affects terceros (third tier people) and all the children who are doing exams, and the Republic of Mexico and now they’re not finishing they’re exams . . .
While I think many would say there is a flu, they’re fed up with what is happening to work, to daily life and dealing with the media frenzy surrounding them.
Daily life in Condesa
Posted on April 29, 2009
Alexis Okeowo and I took a stroll through Condessa and it was weird to see the abandoned restaurants (delivery only due to the government’s closures of restaurants). Checked out a barber shop, some restaurants and the kids playing in the street because schools are closed. The city is so empty and just sad at times. I’ll post some audio tomorrow of an interviews with quincanera store owners.
Soundslides of El Centro at the start of the Pandemic
Posted on April 29, 2009
Alright soundslides is an awful chore to upload so click on the above photo or click HERE
and Frommer’s linked up to my blog . . . check it out!
Swineflu in the city today, earthquakes as well
Posted on April 27, 2009
Taller buildings in several parts of the city were evacuated today, employees return to the building above and some wore no masks at all, even in the metro, others ate street food or in taco shops were much of the food is served up by hand.
RFK memorial award
Posted on April 21, 2009
I am proud to say that my in-depth journalism course that worked on the Divided Families project at Arizona State University has won the college print journalism RFK Memorial award!.
Courtney Sargent
I am posting two soundslides done on two different stories, the first is of Courtney Sargent’s A Generation Abandoned about seniors abandoned in DIF homes in Agua Prieta, Sonora and Douglas, Arizona border.
Deanna Dent
Ryan Kost and I worked on a story about three American children abandoned in Mexico who had spent nearly two years in a Mexican orphanage even though they had their American birth certificates on file, you can see that project, Los Ninos Mejia as well.
Also here are all the students I had the pleasure of working with:
Adrian Barrera
Leah Duran
Branden Eastwood
Kristi Eaton
Brian Indrelunas
Ryan Kost
Jordan LaPier
Angela Hong-Anh-Le
Ashley Lowery
Ryan Ruiz
Codie Sanchez
Courtney Sargent
Amanda Soares
Michael Struening
Teana Wagner
Aja Viafora
I’ve been going to the orphanage for a little over two years now, here are a couple of older posts . . . although I have many more that I didn’t properly tag in the past.
Cochise Stronghold
Posted on April 20, 2009
My family spent the weekend visiting my Tia Margarita at the Cochise Stronghold in Southern Arizona. The area, surrounding by forestland (their trailer on the reservation there) is beautiful. These were just some of the pictures I liked.
Deanna Dent 