Jaramillo can’t help himself with that new fancy camera of his. On our last trip to Monterrey he took hundreds of photos, which are now online.
If you want to see the Parque Fundidora, the Forum Universal de Las Culturas, Paseo Santa Lucía, the beautiful MARCO museum, and many more, then this is the link you want to click on.
Above: Bert and Ernie.
Below: Marcos and Euclides.
My gut tells me I should sue their asses off for using our likeness for profit. My team of legal advisors tell me I should not take on The Jim Henson Company for this. Apparently Bert and Ernie have been around longer.
What do you think? Do I have a case?
Some observations on last Tuesday’s concert:
“Tarda en llegar. Y al final, al final hay recompensa”
Last Friday, I went to what was the best concert I’ve ever been to.
Thirty two thousand music lovers met at the Estadio Universitario to see legendary (and by far personal favorite) Argentine Rock en Español band Soda Stereo after a 10 year absence as part of their reunion tour Me Verás Volver. And I was only there, right in the center and only a few meters away from the stage.
Jaramillo, Cetrulo, and Correa made the trip from Austin to Monterrey to see the band as well. Locals Julia, Moishele, Lucía, Nathán, Bernardo, and many other friends went too. It was a big event after all.
To see some photos we took go to The MKX® Photo Central or you can check out the official website’s photos (1, 2).
The concert’s set, as best as my friends and I could recall (feel free to point out the mistakes) was very similar but not quite the same as in Argentina. (Spoiler warning: Do not read on if you still have to go to one of the concerts):
I took this photo at the Estadio Tecnológico on November 10th, 2007.Hugo Sánchez, and my cousins Eduardo Lew and Rafael Pessah pose with the famous Pentapichichi (actually a guy that looks just like him and always attends Monterrey’s matches). Beware the soccer impostors.
Everything is ready to go.
Yesterday they finally approved low cost airline Vivaaerobus to fly out of a new no-frills terminal in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
This means direct flights from Austin to Cancún, Guadalajara, León, Monterrey, Puebla, and Queretaro. And they will be cheap too: supposedly starting at $9.99 before taxes.
Since a quick trip to Monterrey includes:
you can see how I intend to take advantage of the new flights. Let’s hope that the prices do actually remain low and the schedules are good. Sadly flights start in March of 2008. More info here.
Update 1/30/2008: Rejoice my friends. After two false promises, Vivaaerobus started selling tickets for their Austin-Monterrey and Austin-Cancun flights yesterday. They begin in May 1st, 2008 and go for $9.99 one-way (yes, 10 bucks). After taxes, it’s around $120-$140. Still a good deal!.
Last Thursday I was finally able to catch Venezulean band Los Amigos Invisibles in concert. They have been eluding me for years: a couple of years ago in Carlos & Charlie’s here by the lake, they played in ACL last year, they played in Havana in Monterrey while I was there. And for one reason or another I couldn’t go.
Right before the concert I headed to a nearby bar for a few beers. Over there, I met with a few friends and some people from Mexico and from Venezuela that I’d never met before. I pointed out that the concert could start any minute now but those guys seemed very confident about the schedule and very calmly stated that there was still time. A few minutes later they got up and left, saying they had to go to work. Very nice guys. Happened to be in the band. One of those strange connections: sister of a friend of a sister of a friend is married to the band’s bassist (see at 00:45 for explanation).
The concert was at Antone’s. Los Amigos played for about two hours straight. The coolest part is that they play non-stop: no gaps between songs at all, they just finish one and smoothly move on to the next song. Great concert. Highly recommended.
On Friday I was supposed to go to see Smashing Pumpkins, but it got postponed. So no more preparation before The Big One.
Hot chicks – Purim 1994
Ok, ok, ok. Readers have to admit that it takes very large amounts of self-confidence to post this photo. I will give you a minute to recover from the horror.
Turns out Ziv was going through some old binders full of papers and found this. Or that’s what he claims. I suspect he kept it on his bedside table all this time. I apologize for the low quality image. I’m waiting for Ziv to learn to use a scanner, and that can turn out to be a very long wait.
From left to right: Myself, Leny and Ziv, dressed up as women of the night at the Purim (yes, relax, it’s a costume) party in Monterrey, 1994. I hadn’t seen these photo and let me tell you that 13 years later I’m in shock, but I still have those legs, Leny still has that winning smile and Ziv still has a very hairy back.
At the end, we did not win the costume contest, but we did get many compliments and a few slaps from my grandmothers’ canasta friends while they’d say: “look how cute my granddaughter is”. Good times. Definitely left me scarred for life.
Extra points to the reader that remembers seing this back then. Use the comments!
Today at 6:00 P.M. Leopard went for sale. Luckily, there is an Apple Store right accross from work, and they were giving away t-shirts. Here are a few photos.
