tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41444325629533305972024-03-04T22:23:59.355-08:00the NUÑO MEAT MARKETThe Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-16147381913502705862010-06-18T09:21:00.000-07:002010-06-18T09:22:45.630-07:00My Awkward Photo Op With Anthony Bourdain<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtqDC9_sap7J1rhuuftiIjCwo9RWmDF9Gfvcj2fQEK95NBaARaAN25Crw61uMj-ZBig_MxMRb5n3tNiCd4ldQoB5KPP3YsBYOJODwnoICGdPuI24WfdRCEYhXe6CMXA3iWtJLb4zM8dkX/s1600/IMG_0010.JPG"></a>Yesterday -before work - I went to <a href="http://www.bookpassage.com/">Book Passage</a> in the Ferry Building to have Anthony Bourdain sign my copy of his new book, "<a href="http://alexanderbook.indiebound.com/book/9780061718946">Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.</a>"<div><br /></div><div>I'm a big fan of course. I love to watch his TV program "<a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain">No Reservations</a>" with my son who digs it almost as much as I do. It's perhaps not the best program for kids but believe it or not, I think my son learns a lot from it. His mind is opened up to other countries, cultures and their food. My son is also adventurous with food. He may not like everything but is usually willing to try something new, which I find to be a very appealing attitude. I think the majority of people I get on with the best are also those who love and appreciate different kinds of food and aren't afraid of pushing their culinary boundaries. </div><div><br /></div><div>Despite the "educational" aspects I think my son also loves all the cursing. Even though it's bleeped out, he gets a huge kick out of it in addition to Bourdain's other humorous observations. My son is well aware that Bourdain is a bad man and he likes him all the more for it. I wanted to bring my son along but he was in school.</div><div><br /></div><div>I waited outside in long queue while I baked in the sun until it was my turn. I had him sign the book to my son and myself and then took a photo. Bourdain was hopped up on Red Bull and looked slightly overwhelmed, though mostly content. I really didn't say anything to him besides "thank you" as I had to assist the kind woman taking photos with the zoom feature on my camera. She got it figured out just in time to take this awkward looking snap. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtqDC9_sap7J1rhuuftiIjCwo9RWmDF9Gfvcj2fQEK95NBaARaAN25Crw61uMj-ZBig_MxMRb5n3tNiCd4ldQoB5KPP3YsBYOJODwnoICGdPuI24WfdRCEYhXe6CMXA3iWtJLb4zM8dkX/s320/IMG_0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484026152600316578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div>And faster than Bourdain slides on the ice in the opening sequence of his program, I was back in the Ferry Building wondering if I should buy a six dollar <a href="http://theculturebite.com/2010/03/24/blue-bottle-coffee-san-francisco/blue-bottle-coffee-affogato/">Affogato with Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream </a>at <a href="http://bluebottlecoffee.net/">Blue Bottle Coffee</a>.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>-güero</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;"><h2 id="ctl01_ContentPlaceHolder1_ctrlSubTitle" class="bookSubTitle" style="font-family: times; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></h2></span></div></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-11204328729223210632010-05-30T21:20:00.000-07:002010-05-31T14:15:06.831-07:00SAN FRANCISCO CARNAVAL 2010 PHOTOS<div>So I made it to the Carnaval parade for the third year in a row and, as usual, it was a wonderful time.</div><div><br /></div><div>The weather was absolutely incredible. The crowd - not too large or small. It seemed as if there was less corporate sponsorship and not as many floats but I may be wrong. But none of that mattered, as everyone was having a wonderful time in the Mission - The City's most vibrant and colorful neighborhood. (Yeah! That's right! Uh -huh! You know it!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Another noticeable difference from passed parades was the presence of more low riders. Perhaps due to the recent release of the film "La Mission", there seems to be a resurgence in their popularity and their place in the Carnaval has been rightfully restored. Even the Bratt Brothers ("La Mission's" star and creators) - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/4654176223/in/set-72157624170182832/">Benjamin and Peter</a> - rolled up 24th Street in a cherry-red 54 Chevy convertible. </div><div><br /></div><div>Native Missionista and friend, Sam Reveles, however, was not to be undone in his with own pride and joy -<i>La Morena</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/4654179979/" title="IMG_5380 by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4654179979_09dcc27a6b.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="IMG_5380" /></a></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sam Reveles' La Morena</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>For me, it was all about hanging out with friends and family. During the course of the day, I always run into all sorts of people I know or knew in my neighborhood - and that is more than half the fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm sorry if you couldn't make it. But luckily, the other thing I like to do at Carnaval is take photos -so feel free to check out my Flickr slide-show below. I always have a hard time getting good light an unblocked shots but I hope you enjoy them anyway. Don't forget to click on the full-screen option!</div><div> </div><div>-el güero</div><br /><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157624170182832%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157624170182832%2F&set_id=72157624170182832&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157624170182832%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157624170182832%2F&set_id=72157624170182832&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-45249073703327199482010-03-06T07:27:00.000-08:002010-03-06T07:27:00.347-08:00FILM: THE SECRET OF KELLSThis Oscar nominated animated film may not beat any of the studio heavy hitters it's competing with, but this Irish Indie feature looks incredible. The cinematic animation style is reminiscent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Jack">Samurai Jack</a>. The New York Times printed this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/movies/awardsseason/03kells.html?pagewanted=1">article</a> earlier in the week that provides some more information. I'm not sure when it will open up here in San Francisco. Check it out!<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMPhHTtKZ8Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tMPhHTtKZ8Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-23769735931019995312010-02-16T06:00:00.000-08:002010-02-16T07:27:22.490-08:00Güero Eats: Corazon de la Mission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbxd_xfZqm5iKKK1kyU0Pk4SIhozdZbz5EzAGh96bmSJicIYeS1ByTQ_8Rmfg64dsOWd0HXvDYwZnPbbLdrUlODYcCGQ45JDQIQ8Nty9HZEIVAsKpTEYoCl0MaNvvOKfgbaDWH-RnM4vn/s1600-h/21847_1330504255624_1021524566_1009451_7798174_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbxd_xfZqm5iKKK1kyU0Pk4SIhozdZbz5EzAGh96bmSJicIYeS1ByTQ_8Rmfg64dsOWd0HXvDYwZnPbbLdrUlODYcCGQ45JDQIQ8Nty9HZEIVAsKpTEYoCl0MaNvvOKfgbaDWH-RnM4vn/s200/21847_1330504255624_1021524566_1009451_7798174_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438738566444523554" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Corazon de la Mission, the street food event at La Victoria this past Saturday appeared to be total success as far as this güero's taste buds’ could tell.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I received a Facebook invite from the my old schoolmate and owner of </span><a href="http://www.lavictoriabakery.com/La_Victoria_Bakery/La_Victoria.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">La Vicotoria Bakery</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, Jaime “Jam for the People” Maldonado, so the family and I headed over for some of what the Mission District is known for – delicious street food! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> We sampled some wild boar perogies from </span><a href="http://foragesf.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ForageSF</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, empanadas from </span><a href="http://www.vengaempanadas.com/about_us/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Venga</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, smoked sausage gumbo from the </span><a href="http://twitter.com/GumboCart"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gumbocart</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and lastly I gotz to give special shout out to my man Dontaye from </span><a href="http://www.goodfoodsonthego.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Goodfoods</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> with his “big bad” brisket that melts in your mouth. My son and I usually hit up Goodfoods at the Alemany’s Farmer’s Market on for their pulled pork sliders with spicy cole-slaw, so it was a added surprise that Dontaye and his awesome mom were in the house.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Unfortunately we couldn’t sample everything from the other vendors but Jaime assured me on Facebook that more events are coming so being a food lover and a Missionista by default, I’m excited.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Some dismiss the whole street/cart/truck food phenomena taking place in The City, LA and other cities as just another food fad and who knows, maybe it is but then again, who gives a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">culo de rata</span></i></span><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">? I wish all fads tasted as great and were so much fun.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> It’s what makes San Francisco and Mission district in particular such a great place. There is so much innovation and creativity going here whether it be in art or food and it’s awesome that all the street chefs know and help each other out. It’s reassuring to know that despite a crap economy, people here are trying out new ideas and new models that could spread and change the way we eat.</span></span></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/4361866982/" title="IMG00018-20100213-1900.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4361866982_19ab62a94e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG00018-20100213-1900.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jaime "Jam for the People" Maldonado from La Victoria</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/4361134661/" title="IMG00020-20100213-1906.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4361134661_a0f8f528dd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG00020-20100213-1906.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dontaye Bell from GoodFoods and the Wild Child</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/4361132165/" title="IMG00019-20100213-1904.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4361132165_948aa0795a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG00019-20100213-1904.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Iso Rabins from ForageSF</span></div></span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-10882815248656400172009-09-13T09:53:00.000-07:002009-10-02T00:10:41.808-07:00GÜERO READS: THE GASTRONOMY OF MARRIAGE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/gastcov.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/gastcov.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:+0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir Of Food And Love <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by Michelle Maisto, Random House (Sep 2009)<br /><br /></span></b></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sadly, in today’s world, 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce – that rate even higher in California. If any of us were told that we would have a 50 percent chance of being run over by a car if we crossed the street, surely most of us would not bank on those odds and stay safely put.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But despite the awareness of those odds, many of today’s couples, as they always have, double down and make the nuptial plunge. In her first memoir, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gastronomy-Marriage-Memoir-Food-Love/dp/0812979192"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food And Love”</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, author and certified foodie, </span><a href="http://www.themarketreport.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michelle Maisto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, well aware of the pitfalls of marriage, takes great care and thought into her own decisions.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As the title clearly states, it’s about food and love: two subjects that for Maisto, and for the benefit of the reader, are scrumptiously intertwined.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maisto, who is Italian-American, opens up her heart like a well-stocked pantry. Though her eyes, she recounts the story of her courtship and engagement to Rich, a fellow writer who happens to be Chinese American,(It’s like Marco Polo realized in America!) in an honest, thoughtful and well, just down right delicious way. Maisto observes her thoughts on love and life and blends them tastefully with her fondness and fascination with food – instilled in her from generation to generation though her Italian heritage.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',-webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As anyone who has been in a relationship knows, when two people come together, we come as individuals: with different backgrounds, different points of view and in many cases (especially now-a-days) - different religions and cultures. Along with all of that, of course, are differences with regards to what, when and how we eat. All these things we bring to the table and Maisto, a self-professed home kitchen expert, takes up the Iron Chef challenge.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All told, I must say that this story was most revealing to me because I know the author and her husband, Rich, personally. Rich and I were roommates and friends for over two years in Los Angeles and we have continued somehow to stay in touch despite his and Michelle’s successful and busy lives in New York. I always understood how much they meant to one another but reading about them really brought a depth and texture to their relationship that I could have never otherwise appreciated. Michelle has not just written a book about recipes and ingredients for great tasting meals; it’s about taking everything you have, what’s available, what’s nourishing and creating your own ingredients for deep, kind and lasting relationship.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Reader Caution: make sure you are not hungry while reading! The author of this book possesses mysterious powers in which she uses words that will titillate the taste buds!)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-the Guero</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michelle Maisto will be hosting three upcoming book signings here on the West Coast:</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">SAN FRANCISCO:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thursday, September 24, 6PM at </span><a href="http://www.omnivorebooks.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">OMNIVORE BOOKS</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3885 Cesar Chavez St</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">San Francisco, CA 94131-2013</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(415) 282-4712</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, September 25, 12:30 PM at </span><a href="http://alexanderbook.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ALEXANDER BOOK COMPANY</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">50 Second St</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">San Francisco, CA 94105</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(415) 495-2992</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LOS ANGELES:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Saturday, September 26, 2 PM at </span><a href="http://www.booksoup.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BOOKSOUP</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8818 W Sunset Blvd</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Los Angeles, CA 90069-2125</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(310) 659-3110 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Also you can visit her wonderful blog, </span><a href="http://www.themarketreport.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Market Report</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102);font-family:'Lucida Grande',fantasy;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WHITE-SPACE: pre;font-size:10;"><br /></span></span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-83784277313366184012009-08-22T06:00:00.000-07:002009-08-22T09:50:16.018-07:00COP A FEELING: NUÑO IN PRINT FORM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/wefeelfine-medium.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 288px;" src="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/wefeelfine-medium.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yes! I've finally been recognized and will be put in print! That's right, don't ask me why but artists </span></span><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/creators.html#jonathan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jonathan Harris</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/creators.html#sepandar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sep Kanvar</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> have included me in their new book entitled </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/We-Feel-Fine-Almanac-Emotion/dp/1439116830"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> f</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">rom Simon & Schuster which will be released in December of this year. Alright, perhaps I'm overstating my contribution as it is very small if not insignificant - possibly just a photo and/or a snippet from this blog - but you know me, I'll take recognition wherever I can get it!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Harris and Kanvar created a project entitled </span></span><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We Feel Fine</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which uses elements of computer science, anthropology, visual arts and storytelling to explore human feelings. They essentially created a computational system that records people's feelings all over the world by searching for them via weblogs, twitters, etc. Anyway, they actually used my "feelings" from my blog </span></span><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2007/12/george-bailey-and-insect-in-my-camera.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">post</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> a few years ago for their online project and now they are using a different </span></span><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-nightwaiting-for-ewoks.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">post</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for their print version. They informed me in their e-mail that I would be on the page for Election Day 2008, which I suppose is a pretty good date to be on.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In case you are wondering: no, I'm not getting paid jack-didley from this deal but they did say, I could get a free copy of the book and that I'm welcomed to attend their Launch party in New York, but under the present circumstances, it's not bloody likely that I will make it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you liked to check out the We Feel Fine website, you can go </span></span><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and play around with it. Well what can I say? I guess I "feel" honored. Hmmm...let's see if that feeling makes it the cut!<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:1.7em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></h1><div><br /></div></span><br /></div></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-31403440457201096502009-08-19T20:47:00.000-07:002009-08-19T22:26:38.566-07:00NEW PEOPLE AT SAN FRANCISCO'S JAPANTOWN<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:19px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After </span></span><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2009/08/brunch-with-buddha.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">my trip</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> to Berkeley I had to run an errand which brought us back into The City. That however is really not worth mentioning but on the way, we stopped over in J-town to check out the second day of the grand opening of </span></span><a href="http://www.NewPeopleWorld.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">New People</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, a new retail establishment </span></span><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/LVET192848.DTL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">highlighting pop culture from Japan</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Manga, magazines, toys, Hello Kitty and all the latest fashion from streets of Tokyo; It's all here! The design and architecture of this new building are impressive but whether or not this is going to be a money making operation remains to be seen because all that really cool stuff from Japan is really f-ng expensive. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande', fantasy;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3832294629/" title="IMG00080-20090816-1545.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3832294629_17c9813bb4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00080-20090816-1545.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3832279283/" title="IMG00072-20090816-1532.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3832279283_73c17aa736.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00072-20090816-1532.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(very expensive handcrafted Japanese shoes from SOU SOU)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The upstairs gallery featured art by </span><a href="http://www.amanosworld.com/html/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yoshitaka Amano</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, that cat from Japan who was a graphic designer for the Final Fantasy video game.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3833083224/" title="IMG00075-20090816-1542.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/3833083224_ff99a59e37.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00075-20090816-1542.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3832287651/" title="IMG00074-20090816-1542.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3832287651_8cc10be4bb.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00074-20090816-1542.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3832293765/" title="IMG00078-20090816-1543.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/3832293765_0b49bde339.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00078-20090816-1543.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3832292671/" title="IMG00076-20090816-1542.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3832292671_8ce663fd4d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG00076-20090816-1542.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So if you are into Japanese pop culture or are you are looking for the latest in Gothic Lolita fashion, this place is at least worth checking out. And if you are feeling like you need a little caffeine fix, the cafe is serving </span></span><a href="http://www.bluebottlecoffee.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Blue Bottle Coffee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. You can't complain about that.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Times New Roman', Times, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div></div></span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-70341204738848686372009-08-19T06:00:00.000-07:002009-08-19T06:00:07.849-07:00BRUNCH WITH THE BUDDHA<div>This past Sunday turned out to be an interesting day. Woke up, late as hell. I was supposed to meet a friend as she was going to let me tag along with her to visit her Thai Buddhist temple in Berkeley. It was a beautiful warm day and aside from the admonishment I received for not being punctual, we were off to a pretty good start. Met up at the Civic Center in The City and jumped on to BART(for what I thought was going to be my last BART ride due the impending strike an all). My friend, who's an ace cook, stayed up all Saturday night preparing a feast especially for the monks at the temple. She needs good karma and so do I. So between her cooking it and me schlepping it, hopefully we'll scrape up enough good merit to get us though these dog-shit days of health care woes, never-ending Middle-East wars, and a tits-up economy.</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3833071820/" title="IMG00071-20090816-1355.jpg by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3833071820_4623cc8d60_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG00071-20090816-1355.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3833071820/" title="IMG00071-20090816-1355.jpg by güero, on Flickr"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; line-height: 26px; font-family:'times new roman', 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Wat Mongkolratanaram - Thai Buddhist Temple)</span></i></span></div></span><div><br /></div><div>The Temple has been in Berkeley for about 25-odd years and every Sunday they <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/wat-mongkolratanaram-berkeley">host a huge Thai brunch </a>where you can get a hefty plate of tasty Thai food for very little and sit and eat in a sunny court yard. It's kind of like a weekly church spaghetti feed in which the proceeds help keep the temple running. It's only open for three hours between 10 am and 1 pm. I couldn't believe the size of the crowd and I was told that this was a slow day. I also learned from a temple member that they used to have longer hours but a few years back, but when the neighborhood started gentrifying a few years ago, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123422026431565295.html">neighbors started bitching</a>. This in my opinion is tantamount to moving next to an airport and complaining about noisy jets! But hey, that's gentrification, even in the People's Republic of Berkeley! That is what happens when croc-wearing, stroller-pushing yoga moms move in and start organizing. By the way - I have nothing against yoga, moms, crocs, or strollers. Oh bloody f-ng hell, I think you get the point already.</div><br />Since I came with my friend, I didn't actually eat the food from the brunch as I was given the honor of eating from the pot luck brought by the regular temple members. Despite feeling like a like fish out of water, the Thai people were all nice and treated me warmly. I sat on the floor with them and dug in to the colorful looking, home cooked fare: spicy beef stews, yellow curry chicken, Thai omelets and a bunch of other good tasting dishes. Later, my friend took me into the small prayer room where she taught some young children and myself how to make an offering and a prayer. I'm not a big believer in the supernatural and that sort of thing but I went along for the experience (kind of like sitting and standing and kneeling and standing again at a Catholic mass; you just follow everyone else and hope to baby Jesus and all the chubby little angels that you aren't the last one moving!). I made my prayer for world peace but I also added a special <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation)">rider</a></i> prayer that I can get my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_(Buddhism)">samsaric</a> ass, along with my family, back to Los Angeles as soon as f-ng possible. <div><br /></div><div>Afterward, I shook a can of sticks until one fell out. Using the corresponding number from the stick, I matched it to my reading. I have to admit that what it said about me was frighteningly accurate and my friend, who is all too familiar with my personality flaws, had a right good laugh. So, after feeling slightly clowned by the buddha, I gave my offering in form of some good-ol' American greenbacks with the hope that some of my karma would be transformed, or at the very least, that the monks could use the money to buy some cool new shit at Costco. But that, however, was not the end of the journey. <div><br /></div></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-68661156938848917812009-08-15T23:01:00.000-07:002009-08-15T11:01:12.355-07:00ANOTHER HIATUS, ANOTHER RETURN...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/3823077511_80a97f3291_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/3823077511_80a97f3291_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>It's been awhile since I spent any time blogging but I'm back again. Sometimes you just need to sit back and let life happen for a while. And while I haven't been sitting back much, a lot of life has been happening.<div><br /><div><div>A few days ago, I returned from a little jaunt down to Southern California. It was an extremely rushed but fulfilling trip. My wife, son and I tried to catch </div><div>up with as much friends and family as possible and sadly , as to be expected, we were not able to meet up with everyone. I did however get to finally experience the Mexican/Korean fusion at the Kogi Truck (Twice- once next 4100 on Sunset in Silverlake and second, in downtown the following night - underneath the skyscrapers with dotted lights along with warm weather and traditional Chinese music playing from an open-air concert nearby- what a fantastic evening!). </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In San Diego, We "stalked" a former employee of ours to new her job at a fine and very busy Mexican restaurant in Old Town where I had some amazing shrimp (ranchero style). It turned out to be a profound moment for me to see her again, as I had to abruptly close the business and leave San Diego last year and I was unable to say goodbye as properly as I should have. But seeing her again and knowing that she had accomplished so much since we last saw each other, made my eyes well up. This was a young woman who worked from day one all the way though the closure of the store - the first employee I hired who turned out to be a great manager and a trusted friend. Now it's well known that I'm a pretty cold and unsentimental bastard but I found it difficult to hold the emotion back. It took just that one moment for all three years to come back and smack me right solid in the gob. And whenever I get a little sad, I just turn to food which in this case included dipping the most savory homemade flour tortillas into the ranchero sauce. Hey, we all have to find ways to cope, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>The following night also proved to be a great meal as some of my old friends, some family and new friends met up for some hardcore Korean BBQ in at the medieval-looking Chapman Plaza in LA's Korea town. The meat just kept on coming and coming: brisket, kalbi (Short Rib), teji kogi (Spicy Pork), and pork belly (uncured Korean bacon)! Along with all the banchan (side dishes) and beer, we all had a great time. So much so that after the feast, we moved the party over to the Cafe across the plaza.</div><div><br /></div><div>Food, friends, and family - the three F's - that was essentially the theme of our return visit to Southern California and while we were exhausted, we enjoyed every bit of it. Of course no visit to Los Angeles would be complete without being pulled over by LAPD - and even that turned out to be pretty cool.</div><div><br /></div></div></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-10336127483825659132009-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:002010-01-27T00:08:46.550-08:00THE TRUE FACE OF JESUS?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/storyjesushead.cnn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 242px;" src="http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g112/jdnuno/storyjesushead.cnn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Today is Good Friday, so for all you Christians I decided to repost this article I read from a 2002 cover story in Popular Mechanics. Based on forensic anthropology, and even the words of the gospels themselves, British scientists and Israeli archeologists created an image of what the historical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus">Jesus</a> probably looked like. So forget about <a href="http://www.supersatellite.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/_40967048_mel_gibson_beard203ap-705107.jpg">Mel Gibson's</a> casting <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/">Jim Caviezel</a>, with his model good-looks, to play the Son of Man in the "realistic" vision of the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/">"The Passion Of The Christ"</a>, and indulge yourself in this fascinating exploration of facts and history.<br />-JOHN<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Real Face Of Jesus: December 2002 Cover Story</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Advances in forensic science reveal the most famous face in history.</span><br />BY MIKE FILLON<br />Published in the December 2002 issue of Popular Mechanics<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;" name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">From the first time Christian children settle into Sunday school classrooms, an image of Jesus Christ is etched into their minds. In North America he is most often depicted as being taller than his disciples, lean, with long, flowing, light brown hair, fair skin and light-colored eyes. Familiar though this image may be, it is inherently flawed. A person with these features and physical bearing would have looked very different from everyone else in the region where Jesus lived and ministered. Surely the authors of the Bible would have mentioned so stark a contrast. On the contrary, according to the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane before the Crucifixion, Judas Iscariot had to indicate to the soldiers whom Jesus was because they could not tell him apart from his disciples. Further clouding the question of what Jesus looked like is the simple fact that nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus described, nor have any drawings of him ever been uncovered. There is the additional problem of having neither a skeleton nor other bodily remains to probe for DNA. In the absence of evidence, our images of Jesus have been left to the imagination of artists. The influences of the artists' cultures and traditions can be profound, observes Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, associate professor of world Christianity at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. "While Western imagery is dominant, in other parts of the world he is often shown as black, Arab or Hispanic." And so the fundamental question remains: What did Jesus look like?</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html?"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Continue Reading...</span></a><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"></span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-43411091993168701262009-04-06T06:00:00.000-07:002009-04-06T06:00:01.006-07:00CESAR CHAVEZ PARADE & FESTIVAL 2009<span style="font-size:85%;">April 4, 2009</span><br />It was beautiful, warm Sunday in the Mission so the family and I took a stroll over to 24th Street to check out the <a href="http://cesarchavezday.org/">Cesar Chavez Parade & Street Festival</a>. We missed the parade but stopped in for the street festival. It was low-key event and there weren't that many booths, but there were awesome low riders and some Aztec dancers on hand. I only took a few photos, but you can check out the slideshow.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157616414707134%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157616414707134%2F&set_id=72157616414707134&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=69832"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=69832" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157616414707134%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157616414707134%2F&set_id=72157616414707134&jump_to=" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />The highlight for us was a Salsa band that consisted of mostly teenage musicians and singers. They put on a spirited show which we enjoyed and you can hear a little of in this video.<br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=68975" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=94394d953b&photo_id=3416905063&show_info_box=true"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=68975"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=68975" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=94394d953b&photo_id=3416905063&flickr_show_info_box=true" height="300" width="400"></embed></object>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-88666407079508498912009-02-02T01:40:00.000-08:002009-02-02T13:47:03.223-08:00Güero, the Commie Bastard?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5NTgaSbwktqAVOdEmTrThfE2A0n2C69psZAsIJbZEYZNYVQKg-EFjokuydpAqjTIu2i4WLPO7w5rSQTbRzlswOtZVAn4JbynbdBglM_IkDy73BJ4voNjl-ij-1JFZ4-7u_TQQKa4OIlQ/s1600-h/the_little_man.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5NTgaSbwktqAVOdEmTrThfE2A0n2C69psZAsIJbZEYZNYVQKg-EFjokuydpAqjTIu2i4WLPO7w5rSQTbRzlswOtZVAn4JbynbdBglM_IkDy73BJ4voNjl-ij-1JFZ4-7u_TQQKa4OIlQ/s200/the_little_man.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298092248429331890" border="0" /></a>Let me start off by stating what a great Superbowl game it was yesterday. I actually sat through the entire game. But perhaps more amusing than the twisted ultraviolent adverts that were aired, was the fact that I received a reply to my email to local film critic, Mick Lasalle. I sent it two weeks ago after I read his review <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/DDI91518AE.DTL">(click here)</a> of the new flim "Che" directed by Steven Soderberg and starring Benicio del Torro. Stranger yet, he included it in his weekly "<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/columns/askmicklasalle/">Ask Mick Lasalle</a>" column in yesterday's <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/">San Francisco Chronicle</a>.<br /><br />Here is my original, email:<br /><div style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Although you might be right that the film is one big boring stroke off to </span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-size:85%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233510917_0" >Che Guevara</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, I think your review was way too stewed in your own politics. I think that instead, you should have just questioned why Soderberg stayed away from some of the more controversial and questionable actions of Mr. Guevara. Your political attack is weak because while you mention Castro's faults, you don't mention that Batista was a dictator and a stooge for the corporate and criminal elements of the US. Castro was/is a dictator as well but he won independence for the people of </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233510917_1" style="font-size:85%;">Cuba</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Things might not have been so bad in that country had the US, and the powerful Cuban lobby, in Florida not isolated it. Why for instance, is the U.S. so favorable to </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233510917_2" style="font-size:85%;">China</span><span style="font-size:85%;">? They are communist and oppressive as well. This is why I wish you stayed away from the politics. It read like you have your own political axe to grind.<br /><br />John Nuno Jr.<br /></span><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-size:85%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1233510917_3" >San Francisco, CA</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div></div><br />And <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/01/PK5515CQU1.DTL">here</a> is how my email was edited in his column yesterday. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like he made me sound like I'm some kind of radical Pro-Castro communist.<br /><p style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Dear Mick LaSalle: </strong>I think your "Che" review was way too stewed in your own politics. Your political attack is weak because, while you mention Castro's faults, you don't mention that Fulgencio Batista was a dictator and a stooge for the corporate and criminal elements of the United States. Castro was/is a dictator as well, but he won independence for the people of Cuba. </span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">John Nuno Jr., San Francisco </span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Dear John Nuno Jr.: </strong>Reviewing a movie about a political figure inevitably leads to a political response because the aesthetics of the movie become tied up with the politics. For example, if you praise Leni Riefenstahl's Hitler documentary, "Triumph of the Will," you end up either saying or implying that the film's great achievement is that it makes a monster look glorious and decisive. Now, there's nothing controversial in calling Adolf Hitler a monster, but that's still a political response. In the case of "Che," three-quarters of what's wrong with the film has to do with purely aesthetic considerations, but the rest of the problem is that director Steven Soderbergh chose a dubious figure for deification and then didn't make the case for treating him in that way. Had he chosen, say, Joan of Arc, as Jacques Rivette did in "Joan the Maid," the choice would have been less discordant and would have required less justification or explanation. Of course, to say that is both a political and an aesthetic judgment, but to refrain from making it would be to duck the task of criticism. Frankly, I would challenge anyone to review a 257-minute hagiography about Josef Stalin or Benito Mussolini or Benjamin Franklin or, for that matter, Dan Quayle without dealing with the contrast between the celebratory form and the worthiness of the subject. My point is, your problem is not really with the review, because there was nothing wrong with the review. Rather, your problem is with the opinion that inevitably came through it, which is that a dictator who prevents free elections in his country for 50 years is no liberator and that the revolutionary who helped bring him into power is a bizarre subject for heroic screen treatment.</span></p>Indeed, Mick Lasalle is the critic and it's his column but I still feel his own political views overshadowed why some one like Che Guevara could develop such a following in the first place. Look, I'm aware that Guevara committed some pretty horrendous atrocities, including ones that even shocked and awed his own revolutionary comrades. I think it's completely fair for anyone to challenge Soderberg for making a 257-minute film about Che Guevara and not delve into his darker and down-right murderous and Stalinist tendencies. Mick Lasalle, however only sticks to his own views, without considering the whole context of what nefarious activities were being perpetrated in Central and South America in our country's name. National Independence is an American legacy which we all celebrate, but back then the U.S. did almost everything to crush any kind of movement in that direction, even when the leaders were primarily moderate, in order to keep a handle on the natural resources there. Needless to say, I was disappointed but probably not surprised that Lasalle didn't mention anything about our close economic ties to China, a large communist country that's also well known for it's deplorable human rights - even on a greater scale than itsy-bitsy Cuba. China also has the world's largest army and nuclear weapons. I don't think Mick Lasalle has ever made a big fuss about any films that have been produced from that country and he hasn't complained about why we show them here. He also doesn't seem to want to entertain my point that change may have come to Cuba from within itself, if we didn't isolate the country as we have and continue to do.<br /><br />But now, there I am, in his column, in print, sounding like some kind of pro-communist supporter. Shit like this in the 1950s could have got me blacklisted or my phone bugged. But maybe, that's only assuming I had any influence...which I don't. And did I mention that I haven't even seen the movie? It looks interesting but I hear it's a snooze-fest...<br /><br />Related Posts:<br /><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/01/on-road-to-revolution.html">ON THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION:THOUGHTS ON "THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES"</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/03/leftist-revolutionary-chicks-are-hot.html"><br />LEFTIST REVOLUTIONARY CHICKS ARE HOT!</a><br /><br /></span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-2570980767075650832009-01-20T23:54:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:38:45.805-08:00"OBAMA ROCKS!" WITH CHALKS!<div style="text-align: left;">So today, Inauguration Day, my son and I were running errands here in the Mission when we ran across these kids, all on their own volition, writing "Obama Rocks!" with chalk on the sidewalk.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3215080824/" title="Obama Sidewalk by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3215080824_e5685af7f0.jpg" alt="Obama Sidewalk" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /></div><br />In all my life, I've never seen so many people so positively inspired by somebody. It's truly quite incredible. Like Harvey Milk said," Ya' gotta give em' hope..." and Barack Obama certainly does.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3214230649/" title="Obama Rocks! Sidewalk by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/3214230649_75e7195789.jpg" alt="Obama Rocks! Sidewalk" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-80475045437487438752009-01-14T11:17:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.917-08:00Family Appreciation DayOn Gavin Newsom's Family Appreciation Day (Sunday, January 11), most museums and attractions across the City were free to families from San Francisco. That's pretty damn good for a city that cares more about dogs than children. Anyways, here is just a small slide show of some photos I took at the Legion of Honor Museum. Mostly just fooling around with the camera.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157612567966998%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157612567966998%2F&set_id=72157612567966998&jump_to="> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157612567966998%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fjdnuno%2Fsets%2F72157612567966998%2F&set_id=72157612567966998&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-10624398162406412562009-01-07T06:00:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.920-08:00THE REAL NUÑO MEAT MARKETJust for anyone's information, there is indeed a "real" Nuño Meat Market but it's not here in the Mission. It's actually located in the great city of Los Angeles, ensconced within a typical mini-mall, right on the corner of Venice and Hoover Blvd. I've never been inside but I used to drive by it almost everyday; back when I used to commute crosstown from work in Beverly Hills to my home in Mt. Washington(Northeast LA). Ahhh...the good old days....makes me cry just thinking about it. However, I have eaten burritos from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/carnitas-michoacan-los-angeles-2">Carnitas Michoacan</a>(though not at this location) which is next door and I can honestly say that they probably make the best tasting burritos I've had the pleasure of devouring in Los Angeles - far better than <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/king-taco-los-angeles-2">King Taco</a> (and that's no put down).<br /><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/sv?cbp=12,232.0309979078553,,0,-6.468492204100172&cbll=34.043796,-118.284264&v=1&panoid=&gl=&hl=en" scrolling="no" width="425" frameborder="0" height="240"></iframe><br /><small><a id="cbembedlink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=12,232.0309979078553,,0,-6.468492204100172&cbll=34.043796,-118.284264&ll=34.043796,-118.284264&layer=c" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br /><br />Related Posts:<br /><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/04/la-taco-wars.html">L.A. TACO WARS</a><br /><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/04/cosas-qe-me-hacen-feliz-tacos.html">COSAS QE ME HACEN FELIZ: TACOS</a><br /><a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2007/10/finally-decent-mexican-food-in-poway.html">FINALLY, DECENT MEXICAN FOOD IN POWAY</a>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-47137485408084176562009-01-01T22:16:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:28:48.425-08:00ON THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION: THOUGHTS ON "THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES" BY ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Motobook7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Motobook7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">So in light of the 50 year Anniversary of the </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution">Cuban Revolution</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and the recently released Steven Soderberg films: "</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/">Che Part 1</a><span style="font-style: italic;">" and "</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/">Che Part 2</a><span style="font-style: italic;">", I've decided to post this little review/essay about Ernest "Che" Guevara. I wrote it last summer, just after my wife and I were wrapping up our "failed" business venture in San Diego and I just never got around to posting it. So if politics and history bore you, don't read it! And equally, if you are a political and historical expert, don't criticize me!</span><br /><br />July 2, 2008<br /><br />So a few weeks ago, whilst preparing to leave San Diego, I finished reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_diaries">"The Motorcycle Diaries"</a> as I'm fascinated as anyone else with Sr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_%27Che%27_Guevara">Ernesto "Che" Guevara</a>. He's a much more complicated man than the rebellious icon he's been made out to be. Many of his observations are right on and others well...let's just say he was a man of his time and place and some of his musings would by today's standards be considered, perhaps slightly, racist and homophobic. But to be fair, those things are minor compared to his overall view of the world and it's problems and the solutions he felt were necessary.<br /><br />The issue I have with Guevara’s ideas is that he felt that individualism should be eradicated for the good of all people- an idea that, to me, is an extraordinary contradiction of his own character. As I see it, his life (and he would probably stab me mercilessly in my bourgeoisie throat for saying so) was more American than anything else. After all, here he is, a young Argentinian doctor born into an upper-middle class of Irish/Spanish descent, who can afford to put his professional career on hold and live a life of adventure: tear-assing across the beautiful vastness of Latin America. That’s sounds more like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_marx">Karl Marx</a>. So in his speech to Cuban medical graduates (in the last entry of the book), he goes on to condemn the power and will of individualism – the very vital quality that allowed his own social and political transformation. So I have to ask, how did he feel about denying this freedom of choice to others?<br /><br />So when it comes down to it, I think the people who mindlessly wear t-shirts and hats with Guevara are just that - mindless. Equally, so are the right wing conservatives who seem to have no shortage of books, documentaries and web sites painting him as a blood thirsty, cold blooded murderer.<br /><br />The first group seems to ignore that Guevara did indeed oversee hundreds of executions- without trial and berated and belittled his own fellow comrades who thought there should be some sort of justice by way of trials. He was also known for having the families bare witness to the executions of loved ones. They also seem to ignore or overlook that Guevara had no mercy with the Indians, who fought on the side of governments he was trying to undue. Not taking into account that these poor Indians fought not out of ideology, but of economic necessity – to feed their families. In deed, in some of his own writings, Guevara admits to succumbing to bloodlust and enjoying the excitement of battle. That said, it' no surprise that he would leave the tedious, day-to-day business of running Castro’s Cuba in order to chase revolutionary glory in Bolivia, where he was killed in a manner not unfamiliar to his own tactics.<br /><br />The second group, on the other hand, tends to ignore the context of the time and place in which Guevara lived. During that period, the US had a notorious habit of using its C.I.A. to dismantle democratically elected governments all over Latin America. Putting in their stead, military dictatorships that ruled with unspeakable brutality and oppression. While they belittle Guevara, they don’t often expound upon the "greatness and compassion" of American “friendly” leaders like, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista">Fulgencio Batista</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_Armas">Carlos Castillo Armas</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinoche">Augusto Pinochet</a>. I mean, let’s face it, these guys and others like them, were evil, scum-sucking shit bags of the first order and they had no reservations about raping and fleecing their own country with reckless, gleeful abandon. Our government was there and they were ready and all too eager to assist. It’s also apparent that the Guevara detractors easily overlook, or dismiss similar actions committed or permitted by the US, such as the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080706/ap_on_re_as/korea_mass_executions_us">recently reported mass executions during the Korean War</a>.<br /><br />I'd like to go on but I don't really have the time to properly analyze and write all that I would like to in regards to the diary itself and the man. But to sum this up quickly, I'll only say that it’s just not helpful to understand Mr. Guevara by reducing his rebellious image on bumper stickers or t-shirts. Guevara is just too complicated a figure - in death as he was in life.The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-41500226188044189752008-12-19T00:30:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.930-08:00LIFE IN THE MISSION: A WARM WINTER SATURDAY<div style="text-align: left;">Though it was somewhat scary that it was so warm and sunny for a winter day, My wife and I took the kid to Dolores Park earlier this month. These are just few photos I snapped while I was standing around and being nosy. We met a real nice girl (I forgot her name, and by "girl"- I mean she was in her 20s)-a self professed single, who was there with her dog and she let my son play with her. She made some crack about how she wished the ball my son was throwing would "accidentally" hit a "cute" guy sitting on the grass. She thought it would be a good conservation starter...and allow her to determine if he was single and heterosexual! She said that in San Francisco, it's a little more difficult to tell which men are straight or gay, and how hard it is for the single woman these days. She was very funny and she regaled my wife and I with her humorous, Dolores Park dog people gossip.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3116814062/" title="Warm December Day @ Dolores Park by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/3116814062_ff09f33eac.jpg" alt="Warm December Day @ Dolores Park" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Also, I spied a recycle dumpster which appeared to be self ejecting cans and plastic bottles. Then after a moment, a Latino gentleman popped his head out- wiping sweat with one hand and talking on his cell phone with the other. It was an interesting sight and despite his mess making, he collected everything neatly and didn't leave a trace.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3116794312/" title="Multi-tasking @ Dolores Park by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/3116794312_345a697e5e.jpg" alt="Multi-tasking @ Dolores Park" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(I wonder if the prolific, local commentator ZinZin knows this cat)</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We left finally, and after nearly tripping over a few sleeping "hobos"-as my 8 year old son like to call them- and dodging throngs of "cool, urban hipsters" - as I like to call them, we happened upon a sidewalk sale that a little girl had set up...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3121258670/" title="Sidewalk Shopping by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3121258670_3e2277d7a4.jpg" alt="Sidewalk Shopping" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /></div><br />My son bought a snowman soap dispenser (you can see it in the bottom left of the frame). Later around the corner, we sampled some organic, locally made chocolate at an organic market. It had an uh...earthy taste... but frankly, I'd prefer a Hershey's bar. After, we went and had a late lunch at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/truly-mediterranean-san-francisco">Truly Mediterranean</a> -thank God I have a child that loves lamb shawerma - and finally, we walked all the way home. It was a good day...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3116832330/" title="Miguel Hidalgo Looks Over The Mission by güero, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/3116832330_e6de791b2b.jpg" alt="Miguel Hidalgo Looks Over The Mission" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hidalgo_y_Costilla">Miguel Hidalgo</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> looks out over the Mission)</span></span><br /></div></div></div></div></div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-81699550288019279532008-12-18T11:05:00.000-08:002009-02-06T14:32:17.864-08:00THE NO GREEN SCREEN EXPRESS:MORE BOLLYWOOD RUMINATIONS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ_65FzzW7hwqZ6vsBYNPHT_1NGVIEMbZF3k4eH-mFj2vtaxBozuN40uE9drhhdxZ3XpqIBp3NAqnQxpcBTEEcRZN_FD5mAAorfDFBDUgDxJZYkdNEY1tHn9wI71ZBIRQ6txtXLmw_FUG/s1600-h/dilse1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ_65FzzW7hwqZ6vsBYNPHT_1NGVIEMbZF3k4eH-mFj2vtaxBozuN40uE9drhhdxZ3XpqIBp3NAqnQxpcBTEEcRZN_FD5mAAorfDFBDUgDxJZYkdNEY1tHn9wI71ZBIRQ6txtXLmw_FUG/s200/dilse1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281061137310351490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Güero's Bollywood Music Video Review for "Chaiyya, Chaiyya"</span><br /><br />Since seeing the brilliant, yet slightly over-hyped, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/">"Slumdog Millionare"(2008)</a> a few weeks back, I've been peeping a few <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood">Bollywood</a> videos on the Youtube. Well, actually, I watched some before but perhaps I've been paying closer attention. I know this entertainment isn't for all. Indeed, I don't know if I could sit through an entire Bollywood movie - I mean maybe I could, I just don't know but that's not even the point. The point is, I can completely understand why a large segment of human beings on this earth could dig this kind of entertainment in a big way.<br /><br />This video from the Bollywood hit <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164538/">"Dil Se"(1998)</a> is a perfect example. Yes, it's older but this song and dance number is nothing short of amazing. I'm no big song and dance man, in fact, I disdain most musicals, but just take a peep and see for yourself. Sure, there are some short comings, like I don't know where the Bollywood producers buy their film stock or where they get it processed, but all their prints look like every movie was just pulled out of a 1970's film vault with a real bitchin' humidity problem.<br /><br />This scene is all shot on an open train. Remember, this was 1998 and there were probably as many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_screen">green screens</a> in Mumbai as there were enforceable health and safety codes. If this was shot in Hollywood, chances are the train would have been computer generated -and probably most of the dancers to. Just watch as the singers and dancers jump and sing on a moving- yes moving train. I doubt there was any wire work but I could be wrong. Did they lose a few dancers on the way? Hell, we'll probably never know. The limited amount of experience I have with film production gives me cause to appreciate this effort even more so. For instance, I can't imagine managing all those dancers and crew along with what was probably a near endless amount of takes and camera set-ups , including steady-cam operators dodging the talent on a god damned moving train. The weather conditions were most likely butt-ass cold and windy.<br /><br />And the music? Like I said, it's not for all but the big syncopated beats along with the ethereal elements of the rhythm and vocals make this track a catchy, noteworthy one. I've read in some places that this song was used for the end credits of Spike Lee's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454848/">"Inside Man"(2006)</a>. The main talent <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451321/bio">Shahrukh Khan</a>, who is the equivalent of <a href="http://www.virginmedia.com/images/cruise-431x279.jpg"> 'Tom Cruise'</a> of Bollywood (Minus the Thetans), and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463539/bio">Manisha Koirala</a>. While I don't dismiss the star power, it's probably my own deep-rooted, cultural dismissiveness that causes me to wonder why the female actresses always are presented to be so beautiful and sensual looking while the male leads, somehow, look more like the guys I buy camera accessories from on Powell Street! (But seriously, this cat Shahrukh Khan, he even has an action figure based on his character from this movie - for serious -<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breakingfreeofbox/2750674683/">it's true!</a>). Alright, so it's not what I would normally equate to a Hollyood male lead, but I embrace the global culture that surrounds me and I don't let it get in the way of good, solid entertainment - and neither should you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dil Ce - Chaiyya, Chaiyya</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(1998)</span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nMsv3MrbDcs&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nMsv3MrbDcs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />Related Post(s): <a href="http://nunomeatmarket.blogspot.com/2008/09/totally-random-bollywood-beyonce.html">Totally Random: Bollywood Beyonce?</a>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-73165315637203081672008-11-14T09:37:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.937-08:00JULIETA VENEGAS' LATIN GRAMMY PERFORMANCE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgLoRLJMEJE8ZI2_grvUaOo83ibRJqToTIvYEU6ZUsoSYmvxiBEjdxEpronP4ASmjTzhZf6AveKvFBibcRPtDzH8QmKxmjBKGKqIhx-HXZH4gVY5Bzty7Xew8XPVXrCQUEbP-UW66BqfH/s1600-h/Julieta+Venegas+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgLoRLJMEJE8ZI2_grvUaOo83ibRJqToTIvYEU6ZUsoSYmvxiBEjdxEpronP4ASmjTzhZf6AveKvFBibcRPtDzH8QmKxmjBKGKqIhx-HXZH4gVY5Bzty7Xew8XPVXrCQUEbP-UW66BqfH/s200/Julieta+Venegas+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268575462774753586" border="0" /></a>Last night, I peeped the the Latin Grammys just in time to watch Julieta Venegas perform her current hit "El Presente". I thought it was a stand-out performance and unfortunately the poster of the this Youtuber didn't include the preceding performance by different accordion players representing the different styles and regions of Latin America. I just happened to be watching that when they immediately segued into Venegas' performance. Toward the end , all the acordion players joined in. I thought it was great idea that worked out quite effectively. I had to surrender the television after so I didn't see any other performances or highlights, including watching her accept an award for Best Alternative Music Album for her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/MTV-Unplugged-Julieta-Venegas/dp/B0018OAPBQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226685148&sr=8-1">MTV:Unplugged</a> album.<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">(UPDATE 12/18/2008 : SONY/BMG Music pulled the plug on the previous YouTube video so I linked to another one. This one is better anyway, it includes the previous accordian performances.)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">JULIETA VENEGAS - "PRESENTE" LATIN AMERICAN GRAMMY PERFORMANCE 2008</span></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jtOo4nDSQcU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jtOo4nDSQcU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-51942401843453707172008-11-12T10:16:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.945-08:00NO CARNE ASADA FRIES IN THE CITY?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hFU8clPT--c/R-my4xBETuI/AAAAAAAAA1w/mpHD6Txf4SQ/s288/IMG_2680.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 147px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hFU8clPT--c/R-my4xBETuI/AAAAAAAAA1w/mpHD6Txf4SQ/s288/IMG_2680.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Perhaps <a href="http://burritojustice.wordpress.com/">JohnnyO at Burrito Justice</a> can help me out with my current dilemma. Burrito eateries are all over the Mission, but one item of culinary distinction I've yet been able to find in the Mission, or in the Bay Area at all, is some place that makes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carne_asada_fries">carne asada fries</a>. After living in San Diego the last 3 1/2 years, it just became such a staple for me and my son as we would usually share a serving. We would usually buy some from our local Mexican Take out shack, <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/molca-salsa-poway">Molca Salsa</a>, right in the heart of beautiful downtown <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poway,_California">Poway, California</a> - the city in the country!<br /><br />It's such a simple yet righteous recipe...french fries, topped with carne asada, salsa, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. There are varied differences with the types of ingredients and everyone in San Diego swears on their favorite place to get their carne asada fries action. And if you haven't tried it...well then maybe the next time that you are in San Diego, you should give it a taste. So JohnnyO...what gives? Any ideas? Friendly with any Mission taqueria owners that can relocate what is now a local insitution in San Diego?The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-89425347896531168932008-11-11T06:00:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.948-08:00VETERANS DAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjpK1d2mtdjKiQpxR_PNgXtLw4AVIoOQRt4kVZsQP9vECi3jguWP9ZMMfAYAe5b2onKBSp-bmHAMwwINW6EL8fa2VUHsNLI0r7HQwc7LuHYs6OZT1PPws3Z4QHdYhGtS6YwjnhWV4sM2c/s1600-h/soldier+and+flag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjpK1d2mtdjKiQpxR_PNgXtLw4AVIoOQRt4kVZsQP9vECi3jguWP9ZMMfAYAe5b2onKBSp-bmHAMwwINW6EL8fa2VUHsNLI0r7HQwc7LuHYs6OZT1PPws3Z4QHdYhGtS6YwjnhWV4sM2c/s200/soldier+and+flag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267309613293997842" border="0" /></a> The Guero gives a shout out to all those men and women that served past and present. Thanks for doing the dirty work. I'm also glad that San Francisco <a href="http://www.military.com/news/article/san-francisco-votes-to-save-jrotc.html?col=1186032310810">voted to save JROTC</a>.The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-61866595650023269742008-11-05T00:02:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:40:20.679-08:00WHAT A NIGHT!...WAITING FOR THE EWOKS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83hBnpmwfBF23BbZ9YxIUBDrs1cMxUx4ZX0iufVadm0LxkcG8Or1pLekFXY7ZE3A7ZNycW8b2o9sDbdW5BBfpqJX4gpHtL1kM9AiV184IiIA37uq39cmhH8A-2C5m2kIeValS23ZvbhT7/s1600-h/14790932_Barack_Obama_news.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83hBnpmwfBF23BbZ9YxIUBDrs1cMxUx4ZX0iufVadm0LxkcG8Or1pLekFXY7ZE3A7ZNycW8b2o9sDbdW5BBfpqJX4gpHtL1kM9AiV184IiIA37uq39cmhH8A-2C5m2kIeValS23ZvbhT7/s200/14790932_Barack_Obama_news.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265098307994626850" border="0" /></a>I went to class downtown last night and it was indeed hard to pay attention. I kept looking at the nytimes web site on my Blackberry. I couldn't believe that Obama won so early. Right before we returned from our break, CNN called the winner and we could all hear the horns and people screaming. I couldn't wait to leave.<br /><br />As I walked to the BART station, my heart raced, my jaw ached, and my spine tingled. I felt like I was high on stimulants (not that I uh...have ever had any experience with that) I felt such emotion...positive feelings...and if you must know, I'm a pretty negative bastard. But FINALLY, FINALLY there was something to feel good about.<br /><br />Not only are Cheney and Bush leaving the White House, but at last we have a leader that is well how should I say...some one who is an ACTUAL leader! Barack Obama is an intelligent, positive, and yes, a conservative thinker who has shown he can remain steady and serious in the face of adversity and criticism. He survived the old girl Hilliary and old man McCain along with his Bush campaign team. This swift victory was a mandate. A mandate that should tell all the Republicans that if they want to lead this country again, they ought to shit-can these cartoon character candidates who act like the folks "next door." If I want to borrow milk or sugar I will go to the folks next door but if I want some one to take charge of this country, then I want the best and the brightest. This country is facing its greatest economic downturn in over 70 years: I don't think a "breath of fresh air" is going to be able put out that burning house.<br /><br />Yes I was excited last night. I stopped at the <a href="http://www.nappertandysf.com/">Napper Tandy</a> pub on the way home and threw down two pints of <a href="http://www2.guinness.com/Pages/Gateway-en-row.aspx?RefUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.guinness.com%2fTemplates%2fRedirectToGateway.aspx%3fNRMODE%3dPublished%26NRNODEGUID%3d%257b7892FE09-EC41-4F5B-A336-9EAC47569C2F%257d%26NRORIGINALURL%3d%252f%26NRCACHEHINT%3dGuest&Lang=en-row&BrandId=SO&RhCountry=&RhYear=">Guinness</a>. I didn't know anyone there and I didn't say much but I just drank, sank in the festive atmosphere while I was texting and calling friends. One drunk guy about my age stood next to me and slurred, "Do you really think this a historic moment..hah?". "Hell Yes!" I told him,"Most definately!" then I said, "I feel like the rebels just blew up the goddamned Deathstar and that I'm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHX3mAbyrs">waiting for the fucking Ewoks and fireworks</a>!"<br /><br />He hiccupped and turned to his annoyed wife. "Did you just hear this guy?" he pointed to me and lurched forward, "he said the Ewoks....just blew up the...ahhh....Deathstar....ah....". He then left and stumbled off to the restroom.<br /><br />I found a seat at the bar and watched young Mission hipsters dancing, kissing and laughing underneath the sounds of Abba's "<a href="http://songza.com/z/7889aq">Take A Chance On Me</a>" blasting from the juke box; a muted <a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/blitzer.wolf.html">Wolf Blitzer</a> pointing to ridiculous graphs and charts on the mounted TVs. It was truly a surreal moment: I never thought I would enjoy listening to fucking Abba! But more importantly, I also thought how fucking awesome it was that America had decide to take its chance with Barack Obama. Let's go!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/3004056607/" title="Victory! by güero, on Flickr"><img style="width: 203px; height: 164px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3004056607_1ef51b68c1_m.jpg" alt="Victory!" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>¡Sí se puede!</span>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-997460570113089792008-11-05T00:00:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.955-08:00REMEMBERING THE GUN POWDER PLOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDPXOpYhBSmvy3cwDdGrSJCa_M4rYG-JfnDps2abewSKc0jYPXoQvlVlnLv13oVwO9vFYsA4B8MIHV9gfjhz5By1Oijq5SP_DUZRttoyJGZzMn9EPpjLWgN7aCxeeM6GWgnlqOZckIhJN/s1600-h/guyfawkes-main_Full.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDPXOpYhBSmvy3cwDdGrSJCa_M4rYG-JfnDps2abewSKc0jYPXoQvlVlnLv13oVwO9vFYsA4B8MIHV9gfjhz5By1Oijq5SP_DUZRttoyJGZzMn9EPpjLWgN7aCxeeM6GWgnlqOZckIhJN/s200/guyfawkes-main_Full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263557436760170754" border="0" /></a>Back in 1605, being Catholic in England was like being Muslim in the West today. I'm of Catholic stock myself, but the anglophile in me wants to send a shout out to all my English brothers and sisters across the pond<span>. It's all good: just another reason to blow up stuff!<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div style="margin-right: 20px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> <dl><dd> <dl><dd><i>Remember, remember the Fifth of November,</i></dd><dd><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot">The Gunpowder Treason and Plot</a>,</i></dd><dd><i>I know of no reason</i></dd><dd><i>Why the Gunpowder Treason</i></dd><dd><i>Should ever be forgot.</i></dd><dd><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes">Guy Fawkes</a>, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent</i></dd><dd><i>To blow up King and Parli'ment.</i></dd><dd><i>Three-score barrels of powder below</i></dd><dd><i>To prove old England's overthrow;</i></dd><dd><i>By God's providence he was catch'd</i></dd><dd><i>With a dark lantern and burning match.</i></dd><dd><i>Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.</i></dd><dd><i>Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!</i></dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-80965390385362493932008-11-04T13:53:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.958-08:00ELECTION DAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNuKwU-2l0p-ZYG9WyRGjGF4sSXrxxTJ881gplRkuXJf9xd5RnipJQt2siwegioBEzyV5fVptjNNSmisGGDsbGeOuNUKIiwVdTq5uYy5n_cm3INmZKJIHNjykksRacWRDqwIUMYBXCmMn/s1600-h/US_Flag_FR019frf.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNuKwU-2l0p-ZYG9WyRGjGF4sSXrxxTJ881gplRkuXJf9xd5RnipJQt2siwegioBEzyV5fVptjNNSmisGGDsbGeOuNUKIiwVdTq5uYy5n_cm3INmZKJIHNjykksRacWRDqwIUMYBXCmMn/s200/US_Flag_FR019frf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264927806371299714" /></a>So I went and voted today, there weren't many people there...hardly any at all. I'm used to voting with the machines as that's what they had in San Diego but here in San Francisco, the ballots were printed on these big giant pieces of card paper that you had draw a line on with a pen. It was pretty primitive but whatever. The most noticeable feature was that there was every language known to God printed on the ballot. The Spanish was easier to read than the English. It took a few seconds for my pea sized brain to process the format. It was a dyslexic person's nightmare.<div><br /></div><div>But it's done. Now we just wait for history to unfold and see if the Republicans can pull something out of their sleeve in the swing states as they have in the past. Elections have never been the same since 2000. Now every race is reported as "neck and neck" whether it really is or not.</div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144432562953330597.post-51512228232253676782008-11-02T22:12:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:22:23.962-08:00DIA DE LOS MUERTOS SF 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2997882001_14f87e4da7_m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 135px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2997882001_14f87e4da7_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>So tonight, the güero made it over to the Dia de los Muertos procession and altars. I'd say the crowd was about 20 percent Latino and the rest were gringo hipsters and other cultural curiosity seekers. I don't really mean that was a bad thing but that was just how I saw it. I went with my family and some neighbors and we had a fun time.<div><br /></div><div>We tailed the procession from 24 and Bryant St. for about 3 blocks and immediately hit the altars at Garfield Park, which was probably the more interesting than the procession itself. My camera isn't really geared for night shooting and I am no expert behind the lens - so I didn't get many shots - but you can <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdnuno/sets/72157608612799739/show/">click here for a slideshow of what I got</a>.</div>The Güerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574272493840993263noreply@blogger.com0