First, we stopped and had lunch at Mi Tierra, a long-time, very popular Mexican restaurant (it was super-nummy, btw). The inside was very pinata chic.
There were also lots of these neat metallic napkiny cut-out thingies hanging from the ceiling. I used to know what they were called, and then Stephens cut the Spanish department and I forgot the word for them. Yeah, that's how that works.
After eating, we went to the market section, which was indoors and filled with lots of little stalls full of touristy fun things, such as fake fruit hanging from ropes:
And pink cowboy hats with plastic tiaras glued to the front.
There was a wall full of pictures of Frida Kahlo portraits, pictures of Jesus, and some optical illusions (people made of fruit, two mariachi singers that could also be viewed as the profiles of an old man and woman, etc). There was also this picture of the Mona Lisa, made from animals. If you look closely, you'll see her neck is a cat.
Then, of course, there were typical market things, such as colorful baskets and paper streamers:
One of my favorite stands was in a little corner, and it was chock full of overtly gaudy religious icons and suns and moons and basically anything that they could take a Bedazzler to.
There were also tons of Dia de los Muertos figurines in the market, all of which were creepy but cool.
And these spoons:
Also, in the same corner with all the bedazzled fun stuff, there was this little shrine. To.. these people. :)
I hear there's also a farmer's market down there on certain days of the month - I think I'll have to check this out sometime.
I am so bummed I couldn't get my creepy Dia de los Muertos doll with the exposed ribcage.. it was awesome!
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