Visits to the Houses of Frida Kahlo and Pablo Neruda by Tim Ghazzawi: From the outside, her house is a high-walled compound, painted in a shade of blue similar to one Frida Kahlo herself once described in her diary as “electricity.” Its green windows and doorways are closed and barred, […]
A Boat Ride in Xochimilco, Mexico by Tim Ghazzawi: Their names are Gloria, Maria, Stephanie, and Yolanda. Painted in a neon rainbow explosion of color, these wooden trajineras (or gondolas) dock at the Xochimilco Canals outside of Mexico City, where they await their passengers for the day. It’s the floating […]