A Flaneur in Mexico City: Out and About in the Distrito Federal

Wall art stencil in the Centro Histórico. "México is no country for cowards."

Vihuela player, mariachis along the canals in Xochimilco.  One dictionary defines the vihuela as "an obsolete stringed instrument".  Tell that to Mexico's mariachis–every group has one!

Mexico City's iconic purple glory: jacaranda in full springtime bloom.

Padlocks and ribbons, prayer reminders left at the feet of San Ramón Nonato inside the Catedral Metropolitano (the Metropolitan Cathedral).  San Ramón Nonato is the patron saint of locksmiths and pregnant women.

Mango season is here, sound the trumpets!  In Mexico, this variety is known as Paraíso (Paradise).  It absolutely lives up to its name.

Painted chair, Xochimilco.

Organ grinder, San Ángel 2013. 

Piloncillo (cones of raw brown sugar), large and small, light and dark, for sale at the Mercado de Jamaica.

Concert in the rain, Coyoacán.  With Bola Suriana.

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