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www.tavolaxalapa.com

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I am putting together a website for Tavola Trattoria, my favorite restaurant.  The colonial home in which Tavola is located is red and green also figures prominently into the decor, thus the colors of the website.  The header photo is of the sign attached to the street side wall of the building.

Tavola features jazz music Friday night’s and a variety of music genres Sunday afternoons.

Tavola serves the best pizza I have ever eaten, honestly.   I posted here about Tavola in October.

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Dia de Musica

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Today in Xalapa is the Dia de Musica. There was a mini-parade of a couple trucks with marimba bands parading through Centro.

Last February I posted a video of one of the many marimba bands that play on the streets here.

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November 20, 2007

Monday, November 19th, 2007

dais.jpgTomorrow Mexicans will celebrate the 97th anniversary of the beginning of the revolutionary war which ultimately wrested power from the thirty year dictatorship of Mexican General Porfirio Díaz.

The 1910 revolution should not be confused with the revolution which ended Spanish colonialism 100 years earlier. You may read my report of Independence Day here.

banners.jpgBeginning at about 9:00 tomorrow morning the annual parade will wend its way along Calle Avila Camacho, a block down the hill from my apartment. You may find my report of last year’s parade here.

Legions of young folks, enjoying a day away from their school studies, spent today suspending colorful banners across the walkways in Parque Jaurez. Schools, banks, and government offices were closed today, as they will be tomorrow.

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Mannequins Of Death

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

mannequins.jpgThe area businesses get into the spirit of el Dia del Muertos.

incafigure.jpg This figure is included in the Pre-Hisapnico Dia del Muerto altar. A small sculpture of the figure may be found in the Anthropological Museum here.

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