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!
Insurgentes . . . my favorite metro station
Posted on April 29, 2009
Spent a little time with one of my favorite Mexico City reporter Alexis Okeowo in the Insurgentes metro and in the historic center. We strolled through the stationery sellers and then through the quincanera dress sellers. I have an interview I’m going to put together later tonight of one dress seller who is feeling the cancellations of quincaneras.
Was also given a friendly reminder by those in blue/gray in the metro that I’m not allowed to shoot down there . . . sometimes I wish the camera was just a tiny little thing that I could sneak about with.
Plans for tomorrow? Guerrero, maybe Ixtapalapa but tonight SLEEP, wonderful, wonderful sleep.
Exhaustion
Posted on April 28, 2009
Man it has been a hectic few days . . . lack of sleep, fear of infection, and consumption of junk food that comes pre-wrapped is making me feel awful. At least people are liking the pics! The Phoenix New Times posted a slideshow of my swine flu photos from Mexico City, I put together a soundslides for another publication and the Arizona Republic ran a photo from today’s chiquitico earthquake, a 5.6 and nothing compared to the 1985 8.0 earthquake that ruined several areas of the city.
I’d do more but it’s 2 a.m. I’m exhausted and there is no end in sight.
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.
Insurgentes was oddly quiet yesterday
Posted on April 27, 2009
Insurgentes was oddly quiet yesterday, almost no one there
A man crosses the empty streets of Alvaro Obregon on Sunday, almost no shops open, even today a large amount of places were still closed when I left my neighborhood at 930a.
The “Possible Pandemic” in el Centro de Mexico
Posted on April 26, 2009
I’m sure many of you have been seeing the ongoing coverage going on about the pandemic potential going on in Mexico. As well there are 8 confirmed cases reported by the CDC in San Diego County, Imperial County in California and in San Antonio, Texas.
The mood in Mexico City is quiet, sad in my opinion, how empty the streets are. Bars are being closed down, concerts canceled and all schools shut for the next ten days. We were on our way to a concert in Ixtapalapa only to find out at 11pm that the concert was rescheduled later in May. I have been wearing my mask, as did my friend Chilangabacha, when we made our way to El Centro in Mexico City. While the area was still bustling, many were donning masks handed out freely by the government. Some wore them intermittently and a few couples pecked each other with the masks on. We even stumbled on a quincanera party, all without masks, standing in the doorway of the cathedral.
Here are some of the photos, I have more and a soundslides that focuses on tourists which I will post later.
Some decorated their masks with mouths in el centro
Volunteers hand out warnings in el centro outside of a medical examination booth
A women is checked for syptoms of swine flu in el centro
The quincanera party for Judith choose to leave their masks off while others visiting the cathedral kept them on
Another fashionable style of mask
Tourists in el centro donned masks as well
Deanna Dent 