Every Tuesday evening a group of men gather together to put on tight spandex pants, form fitting masks, bright capes, and in some cases lather themselves with oil and enter a ring to try to pin each other down for three seconds. Welcome to Mexican Wrestling, known in Spanish as Lucha Libre. Lucha Libre differsContinueContinue reading “Lucha Libre – Theatre, Sport or Critique of Capitalism?”
Author Archives: Kimberley Brown
Love, Loss and the Mexican Border
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) The bus was more full than all the other transit I had taken so far. We were on our way from San Antonio, Texas down to Mexico. I was feeling anxious because I felt that I didn’t have spaceContinueContinue reading “Love, Loss and the Mexican Border”
Austin at a Glance
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) I woke up on a Texan’s couch in Austin at 10:00 am to these words: “You ready for some bar-b-q?” We arrived in the line up at Franklin’s Barbecue at 11:00 where a staff member told us that weContinueContinue reading “Austin at a Glance”
Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 2.
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) About half way through Missouri a whole new set of heads emerged in the dinning car. That’s when I met Buzz. Buzz was sitting with a man that he clearly just met. Much like the Texan earlier, Buzz wasContinueContinue reading “Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 2.”
Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 1.
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) He had shaggy blond hair that flowed out of his cowboy hat and piercing blue eyes. He was clean-shaven, had a slender built and couldn’t have been older than 25. He wore a stripped shirt that he tucked intoContinueContinue reading “Tales from the Dining Car. Chapter 1.”
Three hours in Chicago 🔊
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) On the way down to Austin, the train stopped in Chicago for about three and half hours – just enough time to meander through the downtown core. This is the resulting sound walk: an aural glimpse of Chicago. You’llContinueContinue reading “Three hours in Chicago 🔊”
Detroit (in pictures)
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.)
Twenty-four hours in Detroit 🔊
(From my ‘travel blog’ series, documenting by trip from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City by land.) They call it the People Mover, Detroit’s automated transit system that moves above ground on a single set of tracks. It’s a lot like Vancouver’s SkyTrain, but Detroit’s People Mover is less of a convenient mode of public transportationContinueContinue reading “Twenty-four hours in Detroit 🔊”
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