samedi 30 juillet 2016

When an aztec beverage turns into a fashion drink

"Pulque, is a traditionnal prehispanic Mexican alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey " (Wiki)
It was rather out of fashion but lately it turned into the "national" drink of the trendy youth. It is a thick liquid  with fruit flavors added sometimes. Not everybody's favorite...



jeudi 28 juillet 2016

The temptation of confusion... :-(

("No confusion: "Islamist terrorist" vs "Refugee with mental disorders.")

 The "Refugee with mental disorders",a phrase we read or hear about quite often, tends to excuse the horror  we are living.  
Definitely it cannot be the case.

 (The thread was deleted since some members were insisting with
compasssion and empathy towards the murderers)




mercredi 27 juillet 2016

A donkey life :-(

"Where the is a will....there IS a way!
 Fiesta!" (on line comment)


vendredi 22 juillet 2016

Politically correct waltzes...

Poor Javier Solis, the Mexican señoritas icon! He had to dress up not to look indecent!

1964 Edition
1980 edition

mercredi 20 juillet 2016

How hot Hollywood mellows in Mexico

More than seventy years after the famous poster of "Gone with the Wind" is still inspiring advertising.
Here is the poster for a Mexican musical about an impossible love story hence the title: "Si nos dejan" ("If they let us"or "If we could do it")




vendredi 15 juillet 2016

Not much but.....

Yes I am now into this kind of Facebook profile pictures solidarity.
It it merely virtual and symbolic but I cannot keep a manga, tacos or myself half-drunk as a profile picture while my people is crying.


mercredi 13 juillet 2016

No matter the work...!

As soon as I get another great surfer  or someone who can appreciate I fix a new one!


mardi 12 juillet 2016

Guess who is coming for breakfast this morning!

Bon appetit ! 
The croissants were a little burnt s since I warmed the up in a sarten. To do it in a microwave oven would ruin the puff pastry.



The truth is that for me...

 ... as long as there is Brixton  English breakfast there is no Brexit for me.



But to be fair let us not forget Scottish breakfast (two options):

(with smoked fish)

(with haggis)
nor to forget Welsh breakfast of course:

(with cockles)

samedi 9 juillet 2016

Where are the Thomson-Thompson brothers?? :-(

English humor and private (European?) joke.

Tintin is also part of our cultural patrimony: the Spectator cartoonist knows it.




mercredi 6 juillet 2016

Need to do more for the poor and needy

Sweet funny girl!


Backpacking girls: humor and business

(Again... humor)

 Not to discriminate here are some backpacking girls pictures. Sometimes it's humor and sometimes it's  a
(big) business... 

Bon voyage!

Lost in paradise?

Nancy Miller (?) 1970



Vintage backpacker

The essential!

Maps of the Columbian Exchange

"What could be Europe's present day reality if they had not 

conquered the Americas?"

"Lots of things  were exchanged: new foodstuffs, "human resources", and death" unfortunately.





mardi 5 juillet 2016

lundi 4 juillet 2016

England turning her back to the Continent? A chaos...

Obviously this is not a new story....but they always come back. 
Will they be accepted...? In the meantime such a chaos!

                   "England turns her back to the Continent"

In 1870, continental Europe was simmering with tensions that would soon erupt into war. England, meanwhile, was “isolated and fuming with rage” "



Her Majesty's subjects fleeing away


dimanche 3 juillet 2016

The 2016 backpacker

Only what's necessary, the smartphone is in the front pocket, for easy use.



A Canadian point of view

That's all it is about... The rest is maths, literature...and journalism of course.
(joke, you know my kind of humor if you read my profile)