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Casa Café Arte

Don Karp, September 1 2024

Casa Arte Café Casa Café Arte grew out of Café Arte. Café Arte was featured previously.   I introduced my friend Ed to Café Arte. He and Mike (the coffee maestro at Café Arte) hit it off and started this new business: Casa Café Arte. Since I introduced them before they started this venture, I am excited to see it

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Places

My Story

Don Karp, August 4 2024

Now onto the story!Growing UpI was born on November 6, 1943, in an army hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi. The hospital was free there because my dad was a soldier. Here's a photo of me with Mom taken in 1945.Here I am a toddler, on the left. The other shows me a little older:I was the oldest of three boys, each spaced five years apart. My...

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El Mirador, San Juan

Don Karp, June 17 2024

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico.  View from El Mirador (The Lookout) near San Juan, a village in the Tepoztlán municipality. Photo by author Our local weekly hiking group took this scenic hike near San Juan Tlacotenco, a 5-mile taxi ride from the center of Tepoztlán. The taxi dropped us off on the main street near the bus stop, and we walked straight...

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Category Name:  Mexico

Seventh Anniversary Issue

Don Karp, May 18 2024

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. Mexico Living Experience: the staff. Photo by author The first issue of Letters From Mexico was published on June 26, 2017. It was titled Get Lost! This philosophical title gave me a chance to describe a trail experience in Tepoztlán. Every month since then, a new theme was

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Places

Holy Week in Tepoztlán

Don Karp, April 3 2024

Palm Sunday with Arturo carrying his palms. Easter was just celebrated all over the world. Mexico is largely a Catholic country, and is no exception. They take this holiday very seriously, and have a whole week of events leading up to it, called Semana Santa, or Holy Week. The week after fulfilling one's spiritual and family obligations is...

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