Mindscraps: D’Cache to the Artwalk at the Miracle Mile
It appears the Flamenco restaurant will be my home away from home. Friday night I organized a girls night out and took them all to D’Cache for sangria, chocolate souffle and live Flamenco! This time I tried various tapas: empanadas, pinchos de carne, mushroom pizette and fried yucca… exquisite! The restaurant was a hit with [...]
Mindscraps: The Dizzy Donkey Dance
Lately, I feel as if I’m caught up in a never-ending game of pin the tail on the donkey… The nearly non-existent trickle of income is my blindfold. Short on funds, the hunt for a decent wage is a constant distraction from my true goals. I can’t seem to see past the “no cash” dilemma. [...]
Mindscraps: Mourning for the Maya
Hector Tobar of the L.A. Times just published For Maya, A Paradise Lost. After reading the article, I’m left with a strong desire to help do something for these immigrants. Having lived 8 months in Guatemala, the country and its Mayan people hold a most special place in my heart. I’m not sure what I [...]
MindScraps: From Backpacking to Flashpacking
“Transition” has been the word on my lips for the past several months. “I’m ready for a transition,” I say. “I DO NOT want to stop traveling but I’m ready to graduate to the next level. I loved my five years of budget backpacking – the experiences I’ve had, the people I’ve encountered, the life [...]
Mind Scraps: Blogging Cures Blocked Bowels
Okay. This is getting absolutely ridiculous. But, it is proven through my own self-study: I don’t write/blog = my bowels get blocked. I do write/blog = my bowels function. Thus, I really need to find a way to get paid for my mental musings… MY HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT! Which, ultimately means, I need to [...]
Mind Scraps: Challenged to Become Divine Lovers?
A brief email from Caballo Blanco inspired me to respond with this: Challenges are the training ground for restoring us to become the divine, loving beings we are destined to be. Posting the quote as my status on Facebook (ironically enough if you see my prior post) instigated this: Me: I do believe I’m learning [...]
Mind Scraps: ‘The Social Network’ Suggests Facebook “Friends” are an Illusion
Facebook Feels Unfriendly Toward Film It Inspires Behind the scenes… [Mark] Zuckerberg and his colleagues have been locked in a tense standoff with the filmmakers [of The Social Network], who portray Facebook as founded on a series of betrayals, then fueled by the unappeasable craving of almost everyone for “friends” — the Facebook term for [...]
Mind Scraps: The DNA of Music… The Beginning of the End of Idolizing Talent?
Improvox is a new iPad application developed by the concert pianist Robert Taub and his company MuseAmi. Improvox came about after Mr. Taub tried to help his kids learn music. (New York Times) Amazing, exciting… and thought-provoking. So I’m seeing a trend here… this program which can turn a tone deaf crow into a harmonized [...]
Mind Scraps: Frogs and Turtles, Princes and Princesses
“Do you have a notebook I could use,” I asked my friend Benny – Biologist Benny we call him. “Mine’s about filled up.” That’s when he offered me The Blue Day Notebook. He had just started using it, but insisted on giving it to me. It’s a cute little blue book with a cute little [...]
Mind Scraps: World Class Pro and Nothing Less!
What’s next?? Oh that seems to be the eternal question for me… Answer? Typical. I don’t know. BUT, I do know… it’ll be WORLD CLASS! Please enjoy the following quotes! Book: Guru “Within each of us is a NATURAL PATH. Someone who ALIGNS themselves 100% to their PATH finds an EXTRAORDINARY sense of FLOW and [...]
Mind Scraps: Reverence Before the Radiant Sun
One morning a workmate at Traveo was enchanted by the sun. It was actually one of the workmates who ended up disappointing me, giving me much undeserved trouble. On this morning though, we had connected, shared and, together, marveled at the stunning radiance of the sun. Though the sky was blanketed in clouds her brilliance [...]
Mind Scraps: Shining From Within
You call it coincidence, I call it a small detail of an intricate plan. The following words from the Pillar today: I enjoy always your posts and pictures and am always hoping that foundation gets formed for you and that you are enjoying your journey. One thing that does strike me is that you so [...]
Mind Scraps: The Spirit Prince
“You, as I already told you, are a gift, a marvelous talent. You have a most unique, contagious energy that affects everyone!! You are love as a person. There is overwhelming kindness in you. You represent my vision of life: TO ENJOY IT! Tu ya te dije que tienes un don, un talento maravilloso!! tienes [...]
Mind Scraps: No to Nonsense, Yes to Progress!
So my stint with Traveo is already over. While the job looked fun on paper – beach lounges, sunset cruises, nights at the club and beachfront accomodation (with Mexico’s infamous soccer star Hugo Sanchez as a neighbor) – in reality it had its problems. Yet, my blog isn’t for spreading “chisma” as they say here [...]
Mind Scraps: Hitting the Notes or Touching the Soul
Saturday night Playa del Carmen hosted a pre-concert for its International Jazz Festival coming up in November. The main attractions for the 2010 summer highlight includeded smooth jazz singer/songwriter Phil Perry and renowned jazz pop singer Bryan McKnight. Admittedly, I don’t know Perry’s music too well. His performance was fun. I felt his heart and [...]
Mind Scraps: Pin Ball Chaos and Sailing Mercury Waters
Life is a pinball machine and I am its muse. With one springing shot, I am sent tumbling and whirling through a chaotic tangle of flashing lights and ringing bells. One minute I’m catapulted up, feeling as if I’m gloriously free and flying… the next I come crashing back to the ground sounding off loud [...]
Mind Scraps: Give Drink to the Thirsty
Flashback… During my first few days in the barrancas in Chihuahua, MX I was like Alice in wonderland, marveling at the fish-eye night sky, the majestic rock cathedrals and the exotic Rarámuri – who in their neon-colored blouses, loin-cloth like skirts and biblical sandals seemed to be from a prehistoric epoch. In my eagerness to [...]
Mind Scraps: Night Runs Along the Surf
Just a quick note about my magical moment today: I walk out of my apartment door and turn down the hallway until I reach the ramp that leads to one of my complexes three pools. Weaving between the shadowy palm umbrellas, I arrive at the gate that opens onto the beach. When my feet hit [...]
Mind Scraps: UFOs over the Riviera Maya
The first night at my new beachfront abode… suddenly the five young men I would be calling my roommates for the next two months all became excited little boys. “Come out and look! Quick!” They were on the outside terrace where one can relax and drink in the stunning view of the gem-shaded Caribbean sea. [...]
Mind Scraps: Dreams and Life’s Sweet, Ripe Cherries
After a most promising and invigorating Skype conversation with the director of the photography agency I will be prospectively working for, I was eager to meet the highly-recommended man on the ground. The owners of this company, a Scottish woman and her French husband, operate from London. Another young French man, the same age as [...]
Mind Scraps: Natural Symphony at the Sea
A musician in Chihuahua connected me with the Musico Magico in Facebook when he found out that I was headed to the Riveria Maya. Now that I had finally made it to Playa del Carmen, I called him up to see if his offer to rendezvous was still good. It was more than good. “Come [...]
Mind Scraps: Powerful Women on Isla Mujeres
Cancun, a young city with just 40 years, is highly commercial. High-rise hotels, giant malls, flashy clubs and luxurious houses line the coast. More clubs, touristy restaurants and local food stands alike and lower class houses interspersed with the occasional luxury house make up the city center. Across the sea, less than 60 minutes away, [...]
Mind Scraps: Beauty and the Beauty
Alone in Stud Photographer’s room, I was caught up in an internet trance – a phenomenon common to my generation. Catching up on emails, editing photos, writing, skyping with friends, and facebooking all at once. Stud Photog had gone out… for what, I wasn’t sure. My plan was to head to Playa del Carmen (about [...]
Mindscraps: Rooftop Serenade
In an attempt to catch up on some highlights of my two weeks in the Riveria Maya, I begin with my personal, rooftop serenade from two beautiful young souls… The plan was to finally have a night out with my host, Stud Photographer. We started the pre-festivities at his house – on the rooftop with [...]
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