If you are looking for SWINE FLU info click on my link http://elizabeth79.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/swine-flu-mexico-city-and-hospital-quarantine/
I WILL ADD TO THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Talking to my father today, I asked him about his daily comute across the Brownsville border. He said that border agents on both sides are now wearing face/mouth masks.
Before I left Texas, people kept telling me to be careful, as they knew I would be in Mexico City soon. For the first time in years, I did worry a little, because of the news about violence, especially in Reynosa. It is the same as always though. I go for a 4 or 6 mile run and enjoy my family, the sites and the food. My family thinks it is interesting when I told them that lately news programs and articles mention how dangerous it is in Mexico and advising American’s not to come for spring break. This is spring break for me, but I am spending time in the City, not at the beach. Wednesday I spend the day at “el Zocalo” taking photos and “el Palacio de Bellas Artes.” My 19 year old cousin was my guide. She is wonderful… I will post pictures in a few days. My aunt mentioned Obama being here, but too bad, that is a month from now.
Below are a few more added later. I thought it was interesting that they had the flag inside the church… It is common, I usually dont even think about it twice, but in the U.S. some people are so oppossed to mixing church and state. The photos of the man, I took from across the street. I just saw him waiting and someone finally went up to buy chips whith Chile. The boy, well, he was outside of a beautiful post office. He was writing on a letter, I used a wide angle lens so that it did not seem like I was getting him in the photo, his parents were sitting off to the right and were already kind of looking at me.
The three day festival is ALWAYS a hit. So much to do, in the three days I attended, I never got around to all that there was. The top photo is of Ping Irvin, who is from China and is nationally acknowledged in her home country. She is listed in China’s Who’s Who of Chinese contemporary Artists. She moved here after meeting Craig Irvin, an artist himself. Their story is remarkable.
When I drove to their house by the Sam Houston National Forest, I had no idea what a life of an aritst was like. The house is rather lonely, witht the forest as their back yard. Their house was PACKED. Art books. Sketch Pads everywhere. Prisma colors, pastels, water color and pencils laying around every where. The sent of coffee fills their house. It is amazing as to how they live art all day. As soon as I got to the house, there was a dilivery of Mats for their prints they sell at the shows……………
I talked to family in Mexico City this afternoon.
Schools have been shut down untill May 6th. Bars, gyms and theaters have been shut down too. They are handing out face masks, (or mouth/nose) for people riding the sub-way. It seems that, HOSPITAL JUAREZ, one of the biggest hospitals in Mexico City has been quarantined. There was an earthquake in central Mexico to make matters worse. Only causing somepeople to say they feel like it is a lot to handle or to be worried about on the same day. This morning Obama said there was no need to panic, but now there are 40 confirmed cases in the United States. Talking to another cousin that lives in Mexico City and I mentioned reading that some people felt that these were signs of the end of the world. We agreed that is was not, but I said it was sad that some people were feeling so bad and he said, “But I live in an apocalpytic city.” That kind of helped put another perspective on things. As a person actually living in that City right now, opposed to someone reading about the city.
Another cousin of mine says she is sad that she cant go anywhere, because of the risk of contracting the virus. She is a concert go-er 19-year-old. She says that it is very rare. Some people say that it is not such a big deal, while others say that they (the government presumably) does not know how it will be controlled. Some people have stoped going to work while others are still going, she said. But places are shutting down.
Four more cases in California have been confirmed, while 28 students of a private school in New York that travelled to Mexico have now been confirmed to have the virus. Felipe Calderon has declared a state of emergency and also said that religious mass should be cancelled at least for this following Sunday and until further notice. This seems horrible, especially since religion is part of the foundation of Mexico, the people that feel a need to go to church must feel extra hurt by this. Mexican news papers also clarified that the Health condition of Barrack Obama was safe, due to concerns of last months visit to Mexico City. I wanted to make sure that American news papers were reporting similar stories to what the Mexican papers are reporting, being that sometimes sometime, things are lost in translation. Other facts, I get from my family…I will continue to add as I get more information.
There are a few vintage or re-sale shops in Denton’s Squre. They sell, mostly used 
stuff, like at Circa 77, they sell retro and vintage clothes. This store has soOO many things go choose from. It is very interesting because the owner is a mother and her daughter works with her. If you want something from the store and it does not fit (AS MOST OF YOU THAT ACTUALLY LOOK FOR 70’s or older clothes know that you may find a super cool dress or shirt, but it will be big!) they alter the stuff for you. At 2nd Street they sell vintage and new ‘urban’ style clothes. I took a few photos for a story about re-sale shops and made these cards, like post cards for the store.
Sometimes I look for old photos online. And this is what I found currently. I seems like there is a site that is dedicated to Eisenhower the man, but a photo I shot was on the site.
http://www.metimes.com/topic/Dwight_D._Eisenhower/20/1
And this one is on a site as well, I just could not save the file.
http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/2000s/2001/jf01/scenes-mast.pdf
They really are not the best pics, but it was a great time being there.
“Arlington singer/songwriter Jessie Frye spun scorching, blues-infused tunes, marking her as a talent to watch.” 
SXSW 2009 -Star Telegram
I met Jessie on-line and went to a show in Dallas. Listening to her sing and play the piano is relaxing. She asked me to take photos at Denton’s NX35, I have some that I may post. She performed at Austin’s South by South West 2009 (SxSW), if you want to listen to her or buy her music, check out her site. I’ll be shooting some phots this weekend and should be putting some of them up….depending.
