Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico – Russian Daughters Redux
After an hour or so, the daughters of the Russian couple return from some undisclosed beachside bar where they used their feminine charms to procure free alcohol from witless, shirtless twenty-something men. They each cocked a hip to one side, indignant to their Russian parent’s questions. These were the type of teenage girls whose oblivious [...]
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico – The Russian Daughters
After an hour or so the daughters of Alex and Irene return from some undisclosed beachside bar where they used their feminine charms to procure free alcohol from witless, shirtless twenty-something men. They each cock a hip to one side, indignant to their Russian parent’s questions. “I don’t fucking know, Dad, one minute the camera [...]
Arrival – Ciudad Cancún
As the plane pushes past turquoise gulf waters, crossing over the state of Quintana Roo, I immediately notice the hurricane damage. A gentle throb of sympathy pulses within me as I notice the brown scars on the face of the once verdant landscape. I cannot see the Zona Hotelera from my window, but I wonder [...]
"The Bus Driver and Skeleton Smile" – Walkabout – 2006
You always feel like you have a great deal of unused energy that you haven’t turned to your advantage. Waking up early to catch the #65 lets you read when you would otherwise be driving. You assure skeptical others that it’s the only time of day when you feel like royalty, being driven by someone [...]
