The Estadio Xalepeno is located to the East of Los Lagos, the series of lakes located in lower Xalapa of which I posted photos a few months ago. Around the stadium are a number of University of Veracruz schools, including the physical education school.
The stadium, built in 1925, is named for the Veracruz state [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 9, 2007
Estadio Xalepeno
March 6, 2007
More Stairways
The photo above is of the upper end of the plaza from which radiate the stairways shown in the photos I posted a couple of days ago.
And another stairway radiating from the plaza. There are, in all, four different stairways accessing the plaza.
A bit further along the plaza is this shrine and fountain. Water runs [...]
March 5, 2007
Why Give Them What They Seek?
This past week the blogoshpere has been all atwitter with condemnations of Ann Coulter for her latest outrageous comment. When will folks learn that responding in any way to Coulter, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, or other purveyors of outrage is only giving them what they seek – attention that increases their book sales and ratings?
Coulter et [...]
March 5, 2007
Another Xalapa Stairway
These stairways, emanate from a common plaza and bring folks up to two different streets of the main Centro shopping district.
Construction of the plaza and stairs is just now finishing up.
March 5, 2007
The Terminal Phoniness of Senator Hilary Clinton
During her speech in Selma this past weekend Senator Clinton affected a Southern drawl. You can find the video through this link. If you’re interested, listen to as much of her Selma speech you can stand and then listen to her remarks on energy policy in the video below.
March 2, 2007
Steven Colbert Dismantles Debra Dickerson
Watch Colbert demonstrate just how completely ridiculous is all of the talk of whether or not Obama is black enough. Debra Dickerson maintains that Obama, whose mother is from Kansas and father from Kenya, isn’t black because he is not descended from slaves.
I’m afraid that a link is all I’m able to [...]
March 1, 2007
“All 80 years of The New Yorker magazine…in your pocket”
Die hard New Yorker fans, of which I am not, can now buy every issue on a portable USB hard drive for only $150.
