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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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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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Culture

Mexico's Click and Clack Culture

Don Karp, August 26 2017

I’m walking along one of the main streets in the center of Tepoztlan where I live. I bump into a friend. CLICK! We decide to go to a cafe to have a coffee and chat. What about the meeting she’s scheduled at this time with someone else? CLACK! Blow it off. Our getting together seems more important right now. No phone call is made to cancel that...

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