May 20, 2008

Good morning.

We head to Alejandro’s parents restaurant and meet his father who reminds me much of my father: warm, kind, funny, talkative; a true people person.

We have a traditional Mexican breakfast: scrambled eggs mixed with meat, onion, and pepper, wrapped in flour torillas with special, homemade salsa. Unbelievably delicious. We drink homemade fruit smoothies and I cannot begin to describe how good they are. A big thank you to Mr. Cartegana and his great staff!

We drive around the locations where Alejandro has been making his Lost Rivers and Topografia work, and then have a more formal but laid back interview at Fototeca, where Alejandro works. Both make for a winning combination and we look forward to presenting this content in multimedia form later this summer.

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In the afternoon we see more of Monterrey and it’s landscape.

We eat at a favorite restaurant of Alejandro’s and Chrissie’s, El Torito (The Little Bull). We order Tecate beers and a plate of meat, onion, pepper, salsa, and flour tortillas. Again, the food is remarkable and we eat until we simply can eat no more!

In the evening, we drive to El Mirador, a large hilltop in Monterrey where young people come to make out while American music plays through green speakers. It is quite a spektacle. We make portraits of Alejandro and see another epic sunset. Alejandro says we are good luck because today is one of the best cloud days of the year.

We pick up Chrissie and head for helado (ice cream). The amounts are plentiful and we cannot finish it all!

Our bus was scheduled to leave at 10:30PM and arrive in San Antonio at 4:30AM, but in reality does not leave until 11:15PM and does not arrive until 6:30AM. Make sure to allow an hour or two leeway if you ever head South of the border on a bus.

Ethan and I check into an Econolodge at 6:45AM and sleep for 3 hours until checkout at 11AM.

Alejandro, Crissie, and the Cartegenas: thank you for everything!

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