Showing posts with label market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label market. Show all posts

Friday, October 24, 2008

Day of the Dead meets Halloween in Mercado Jamaica



Mercado Jamaica in Mexico City is painted orange this time of year, its narrow aisles bursting with chrysanthemums for Day of the Dead and a fair amount of Halloween tzotchkes. From traditional papel picado, sugar skulls and copal for offerings to glow-in-the-dark skeleton key chains and Bart Simpson masks, the market is a visual banquet of the morbid.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Must see - "The Tortilla has Turned"

This video was presented at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies, documenting the illegal immigration of Americans to Mexico in search of the "Mexican Dream," and attempts to profile and reach the new market. Hilarious!!

Se dio vuelta la tortilla (The tortilla has turned)