Posted: May 5th, 2024 | Filed under: Out Of Town
August 13, 2023
![Oaxaca International Airport/Aeropuerto Internacional Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, México, August 13, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/oax/0108-13-23.jpg)
Zócalo/Plaza de la Constitución:
![Zócalo/Plaza de la Constitución, Oaxaca, México, August 13, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/zocalo/0208-13-23.jpg)
August 14, 2023
View from where we stayed:
![View From Calle Xicoténcatl 419 Between Calle Colón and Calle Rayón, Oaxaca, México, August 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/xicotencatl419/0208-14-23.jpg)
Parque Juárez El Llano:
![Parque Juárez El Llano, Oaxaca, México, August 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/elllano/0508-14-23.jpg)
Taco Sireno:
![Tacos, Taco Sireno, Oaxaca, México, August 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/tacosireno/0308-14-23.jpg)
In Situ Mezcalería:
![In Situ Mezcalería, Oaxaca, México, August 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/insitu/0308-14-23.jpg)
August 15, 2023
Oaxacan-style tacos at Tacos del Carmen:
![Tacos del Carmen, Oaxaca, México, August 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/tacosdelcarmen/0108-15-23.jpg)
![Tacos, Tacos del Carmen, Oaxaca, México, August 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/tacosdelcarmen/0208-15-23.jpg)
August 16, 2023
We spent the first week taking language and cooking classes at Instituto Cultural Oaxaca:
![Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Avenida Benito Juárez 909, Oaxaca, México, August 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/institutoculturaloaxaca/0408-16-23.jpg)
![Tamales de Chepil Recipe, Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, August 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/institutoculturaloaxaca/0208-15-23.jpg)
Jardín Conzatti:
![Jardín Conzatti, Oaxaca, México, August 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/jardinconzatti/0608-16-23.jpg)
Hot chocolate at Rito Chocolatería & Tienda:
![Rito Chocolatería Hot Chocolate, Oaxaca, México, August 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/ritochocolateria/0308-16-23.jpg)
August 17, 2023
The last day of our cooking classes at Instituto Cultural Oaxaca we made memelas:
![Memelas Recipe, Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, August 17, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/institutoculturaloaxaca/1108-17-23.jpg)
August 18, 2023
![Hidalgo, Ruta Independencia, Oaxaca, México, August 18, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/hidalgo/0208-18-23.jpg)
Templo de Santo Domingo:
![Templo de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/templodesantodomingodeguzman/0308-14-23.jpg)
![Templo de Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 18, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/templodesantodomingodeguzman/0508-18-23.jpg)
Degustación de los 7 Moles Oaxaqueños at Restaurante Coronita:
![Degustación de los 7 Moles Oaxaqueños, Restaurante Coronita, Oaxaca, México, August 18, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/restaurantecoronita/0308-18-23.jpg)
La Mezcalería:
![La Mezcalería, Oaxaca, México, August 18, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/lamezcaleria/0208-18-23.jpg)
August 19, 2023
The second half of our stay in Oaxaca was devoted to sightseeing and we started with the beautiful Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca:
![Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, August 19, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/jardinetnobotanicodeoaxaca/5508-19-23.jpg)
![Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, August 19, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/jardinetnobotanicodeoaxaca/6008-19-23.jpg)
Terraza Istmo:
![Garnachas, Terraza Istmo, Oaxaca, México, August 19, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/terrazaistmo/0508-19-23.jpg)
August 20, 2023
Hierve el Agua All-Day Tour to La Rueca Textiles in Teotitlán del Valle, Hierve el Agua, Mitla, El Rey de Matalán in Tlacolula de Matamoros and the Árbol del Tule:
![La Rueca, Calle Ignacio Zaragoza 330, Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/00708-20-23.jpg)
![Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/04108-20-23.jpg)
![Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/04408-20-23.jpg)
![Hierve el Agua, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/05008-20-23.jpg)
![Columns Group, Mitla, San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/06708-20-23.jpg)
![Columns Group, Mitla, San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/07408-20-23.jpg)
![Árbol del Tule, Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/11508-20-23.jpg)
![Árbol del Tule, Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/10608-20-23.jpg)
![Árbol del Tule, Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, México, August 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-20-23/11708-20-23.jpg)
August 21, 2023
Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca:
![Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca, Calle de la Constitución 201, Oaxaca, México, August 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/museodelafilatelia/0408-21-23.jpg)
Taquería Chefinita:
![Taquería Chefinita, Calle Las Casas and Calle 20 de Noviembre, Oaxaca, México, August 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/chefinita/0108-21-23.jpg)
August 22, 2023
Monte Albán All-Day Tour to Monte Albán, Alebrijes Autóctonos in Arrazola, Templo y Exconvento de Santiago Apóstol de Cuilápam and Casa Frida de Mi Corazón in Cuilápam de Guerrero, Alfarería Doña Rosa in San Bartolo Coyotepec and La Soledad back in Oaxaca City:
![Plataforma Norte, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, México, August 22, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-22-23/03508-22-23.jpg)
![Main Plaza From Plataforma Norte, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, México, August 22, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/08-22-23/06008-22-23.jpg)
August 23, 2023
Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca:
![Cloister, Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/museodelasculturasdeoaxaca/0108-23-23.jpg)
![Skull with Turquoise, Los Tesoros de la Tumba 7 de Monte Albán, Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/museodelasculturasdeoaxaca/1308-23-23.jpg)
![Templo de Santo Domingo From Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/museodelasculturasdeoaxaca/3608-23-23.jpg)
Casa Oaxaca El Restaurante:
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción:
![Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Oaxaca, México, August 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/catedralmetropolitana/0108-23-23.jpg)
August 24, 2023
Calle Xicoténcatl:
![Calle Xicoténcatl, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/xicotencatl/0208-24-23.jpg)
Calle 5 de Mayo/Calle de Armenta y López:
![Looking South Down Calle 5 de Mayo From Calle Murguía, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/5demayo/0308-24-23.jpg)
![Macedonio Alcalá, Avenida de la Independencia 906, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/5demayo/0908-24-23.jpg)
![Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/08-24-23/0108-24-23.jpg)
Panteón General:
![Panteón General, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/panteongeneral/0408-24-23.jpg)
![Panteón General, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/panteongeneral/1608-24-23.jpg)
![Chapel, Panteón de San Miguel, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/panteongeneral/2508-24-23.jpg)
![La Tumba del Muerto Olvidado, Panteón de San Miguel, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/panteongeneral/3208-24-23.jpg)
Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos:
![Bobblehead, Guerreros de Oaxaca Team Shop, Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos/Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/estadioeduardovasconcelos/0308-24-23.jpg)
Parque Recreativo Infantil Bicentenario:
![Parque Recreativo Infantil Oaxaca Bicentenario, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/parquerecreativoinfantilbicentenario/1108-24-23.jpg)
Mercado Benito Juárez:
![Mercado Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/mercadobenitojuarez/0408-24-23.jpg)
![Mercado Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/mercadobenitojuarez/1408-24-23.jpg)
![Mercado Benito Juárez, Oaxaca, México, August 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/mercadobenitojuarez/3008-24-23.jpg)
August 25, 2023
![Oaxaca International Airport/Aeropuerto Internacional Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca, México, August 25, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/mexico/oaxaca/oaxaca/oax/0408-25-23.jpg)
Posted: February 10th, 2024 | Filed under: Out Of Town
February 18, 2023
Landed in time to see the setting sun:
![Sunset, Phoenix, Arizona, February 18, 2023, 6:19 p.m.](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/sunset/02-18-23/0102-18-23.jpg)
February 19, 2023
World Championship Hoop Dance Contest was happening at the Heard Museum:
![World Championship Hoop Dance Contest, Heard Museum, 2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, February 19, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/heardmuseum/3402-19-23.jpg)
February 20, 2023
Burritos at Carolina’s Mexican Food on Mohave Street:
![Carolina's Mexican Food, 1202 East Mohave Street, Phoenix, Arizona, February 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/carolinas/0602-20-23.jpg)
![Burrito, Carolina's Mexican Food, Phoenix, Arizona, February 20, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/carolinas/0302-20-23.jpg)
February 21, 2023
Echo Canyon Trail on Camelback Mountain:
![Trailhead, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/0102-21-23.jpg)
![Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/0202-21-23.jpg)
![Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/0902-21-23.jpg)
![Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/1402-21-23.jpg)
![Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/2102-21-23.jpg)
![Summit, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/2802-21-23.jpg)
![Summit, Echo Canyon Trail, Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona, February 21, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/camelback/02-21-23/2902-21-23.jpg)
February 22, 2023
Musical Instrument Museum:
![Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/mim/0102-22-23.jpg)
![Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/mim/2202-22-23.jpg)
![Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, February 22, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/mim/2302-22-23.jpg)
February 23, 2023
Drove down to Tucson and saw Biosphere 2:
![Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/biosphere2/0502-23-23.jpg)
![Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/biosphere2/1502-23-23.jpg)
![Coastal Fog Desert, Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/biosphere2/2202-23-23.jpg)
![Ocean, Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/biosphere2/3402-23-23.jpg)
Then walked around the Barrio Viejo neighborhood in Tucson:
![Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/barrio/0102-23-23.jpg)
![El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, Rosendo S. Perez Park, Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/barrio/2102-23-23.jpg)
![El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, Rosendo S. Perez Park, Barrio Viejo, Tucson, Arizona, February 23, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/barrio/2202-23-23.jpg)
February 24, 2023
The main public transit hub in downtown Tucson is named for Linda Ronstadt:
![Ronstadt Transit Center, 215 East Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/ronstadttransitcenter/0102-24-23.jpg)
Made a return visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the desert outside Tucson:
![Desert Around Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/tucson/sonoradesertmuseum/0102-24-23.jpg)
Returning to Phoenix, sunset over Interstate 10:
![Interstate 10 South of Phoenix, Arizona, February 24, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/i-10/0302-24-23.jpg)
February 25, 2023
La Pasadita Hot Dogs on the west side of Phoenix:
![La Pasadita Hot Dogs, 3601 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona, February 25, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/arizona/phoenix/lapasadita/0202-25-23.jpg)
Posted: June 29th, 2023 | Filed under: Out Of Town
January 14, 2023
Drove up during the day and ate dinner in the Seaport District, which has grown a lot since we were there in 2010:
![Marina Park Drive and Northern Avenue, Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts, January 14, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/southboston/seaportdistrict/0101-14-23.jpg)
January 15, 2023
Walked the entirety of The Freedom Trail in the cold! Bunker Hill in Charlestown:
![Bunker Hill Monument, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/0701-15-23.jpg)
USS Constitution:
![USS Constitution, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/0801-15-23.jpg)
Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in the North End:
![Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/2701-15-23.jpg)
![Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/3401-15-23.jpg)
Granary Burying Ground:
![Samuel Adams Marker, Granary Burying Ground, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/4401-15-23.jpg)
The trail ends (or begins!) at Boston Common, where the new sculpture The Embrace sits:
![The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/5501-15-23.jpg)
Indeed, some angles are weird:
![The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/5801-15-23.jpg)
![The Embrace, Boston Common, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, January 15, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/01-15-23/6201-15-23.jpg)
January 16, 2023
Took an MBTA Commuter Rail train to Salem. Yes, that’s Elizabeth Montgomery:
![Bewitched Sculpture, Lappin Park, Washington and Essex Streets, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/essexcounty/salem/salem/0101-16-23.jpg)
The Salem Witch Trials memorial:
![Salem Witch Trials Memorial, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/essexcounty/salem/salem/0601-16-23.jpg)
![Roger Conant Statue and Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/essexcounty/salem/salem/1501-16-23.jpg)
The Satanic Temple (alas, closed Mondays):
![The Satanic Temple, 64 Bridge Street, Salem, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/essexcounty/salem/salem/1701-16-23.jpg)
Then returned to Boston where we met up in Dorchester, near the James Blake House, dating to 1661, the oldest surviving house in Boston:
![James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, January 16, 2023](/bigmap/outoftown/massachusetts/boston/dorchester/jamesblakehouse/0101-16-23.jpg)