mexico city grab bag

Frida Kahlo's New Year's Wishes, 1951:

1. a knife for opening shells
2. 3 notebooks--1 lined, 2 blank
3. 2 pieces of sky to use for curtains
4. Take me down the streets you like during the day

These are translated from faded diary pages under glass at the Frida Kahlo house in Mexico City. Every time you'd lean in to make out a fuzzy word, an alarm would sound. And translating: who knows? According to the online dictionaries, "una navaja" in #1 could be a jackknife/penknife, a razor clam, or a sharp tongue and "concha" could be a shell, shellfish, cove, prompter's box, or cunt (in that order). The "you" is Diego Rivera; Sarah thought Kahlo was in a hospital at the time, and was asking Rivera for these things.

Sarah also took this picture with her camera which she somehow rigged to take one long exposure.

One last Mexico City image:

Street Vendor Toolkit (basic):

• table (or cardboard or piece of wood on top of box or stools)
• blue tarp (overhead protection from elements or showcase mat)
• white screen (attach vertically to table to hang items from or place on top of table to stabilize items)
• rope or tape (to secure tarp or screen, tie to nearby lightpole, tree, etc.)
• large trash bags (storage, inventory)
• shopping cart (transportation)

Food Vendor Variation:

• Add portable cooking/stove unit