Tijuana

Mural detail

Mural detail - part II

Covered indoor/outdoor alley of  stores and other.

Cutest coffee shop - reminds me of Japan - check out the flooring.

Lunch at El Taller - great lighting.

We took a field trip Saturday with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to Tijuana! There was a group of about 45 of us and we loaded up in a bus and drove across the border for lots of art looking and a grand lunch.

Here's some of the places we hit, if they mean anything to you:

• CECUT El Cubo tour of the current exhibition Retrocrónica.
• Pasajes Gomez y Rodríguez, to visit 206 Arte Contemporáneo, Galeria Nodo among others.
• Studio visit to Jamie Ruiz Otiz

This was my first tour trip in many years and I felt overall it was a positive experience. Especially so in this case, when you're traveling with a special group of people who all love art. I will never forget the cute elderly lady who made a joke about the restroom trashcan looking like an Anish Kapoor (which it totally did!!). That's not something you would say in passing to any other group of people.

An American local tour guide (owner of Turista Libre) joined up with us also. So glad to have met Derrick. What a great guy and we look forward to doing one of his Tijuana tours soon though unfortunately we aren't going to make the rollerskating trip.........which is killing me but maybe the next one.

Before I wrap this up I will say that Tijuana is really a different country in all senses of the word. And I think you feel that transition especially so when you are only driving down the road 30 miles to get there. Typically, when traveling to another country, you just get off an airplane and you're there. But to experience the border crossing there and back firmly cements the profound contrast without question. 

All that to say... traveling is fun and you should do it as often as you can.