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In which I finally tie in my visiting English relatives directly to dia de los muertos…

Posted on August 16, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Here they are… the very last pictures of the first day with our relatives visiting from England… and our exploration of Old Town in San Diego… We have all learned a thing or two about the history of the region, … Continue reading →

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Gay wedding dia de los muertos tiles!!! How freekin’ cool is that???

Posted on August 16, 2016 by pouringmyartout

It is so nice to know that the Mexican festival to honor and remember the dead is all-inclusive… and, that that inclusion extends to the afterlife. I hope you have enjoyed these posts of Old Town in San Diego, and … Continue reading →

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It’s all relative(s)…

Posted on August 15, 2016 by pouringmyartout

There is my cousin Lynne and her boyfriend, Malcolm, getting silly with a covered wagon in Old Town, San Diego. It is always fun to see things that you have begun to take for granted through the eyes of  other … Continue reading →

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Well, that doesn’t seem like a very good idea…

Posted on August 14, 2016 by pouringmyartout

But I should be fine… as long as nobody fires the gun… Oh man… and I thought Mollie’s boyfriend liked me… These are more of the photos I took in Old Town while our English relatives were visiting. There are … Continue reading →

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The English patience… ha… see what I did there?

Posted on August 14, 2016 by pouringmyartout

There I am, still teaching my English relatives, cousin Dot on the left, cousins Lynne beside her, and Lynne’s boyfriend, Malcolm, about Mexican culture, food, and most importantly, tequila, in Old Town, San Diego… Oh yeah… big margaritas and big … Continue reading →

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Old Town in San Diego isn’t only about dia de los muertos art… part 2…

Posted on August 14, 2016 by pouringmyartout

More photos of my epic adventure with my English relatives in Old Town, San Diego… But I didn’t want to give you impression that all the art was dia de los muertos-oriented. Oh no… mixed in among the stores and … Continue reading →

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Old Town in San Diego isn’t only about dia de los muertos art… part 1…

Posted on August 13, 2016 by pouringmyartout

There are also flowers… Lots of pretty flowers… Flowers grow well in Southern California… because it is sunny almost every day… and because, as you might remember from an earlier post, the people of Southern California, where I now live, … Continue reading →

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Dia de los muertos… part 6…

Posted on August 13, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So have you looked up the Mexican ‘dia de los muertos’ festival on Google yet? You should, because I might forget to tell you about it. But I am ready to tell you why I have so many pictures of … Continue reading →

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My English relatives have gone… so now I have more time to post about my English relatives…

Posted on August 13, 2016 by pouringmyartout

There I am, teaching my cousin’s boyfriend, Malcolm, that it is okay to drink the less-manly blended strawberry margarita… as long as you get the extra-macho grande-sized ones. Yup, I am still posting pictures taken on the first of the … Continue reading →

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Dia de los muertos… part 5…

Posted on August 12, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Even if you haven’t bothered to Google ‘dia de los muertos’, and have no idea what these pictures are about, you should at least by now be impressed by the pure volume of my crack-squirrel-filled-head-induced dedication to this project…  Ten … Continue reading →

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