By Lupita Franco Peimbert. Photography by LFP. Mount Shasta is magical and it has the beauty of a cosmic giant. Its forests lay down as if the trees were many long pieces of hair around a woman’s head. It is full of mystery, natural wonders, myth, and it charms you. But Mt. Shasta is also … More You May See a Spirit Around This California Mountain
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. (Wikipedia)
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I am not even sure it is open for business; it may be, but I saw it on a Sunday and so it was closed. You can find it near Mt. Shasta in Siskiyou County, California, in the town that used to be known as Berryvale. Improvised historian here, I am daring to say that … More The Smallest U.S. Post Office
Hiking the East Weaver Creek Trail. … More Autumn in Northern California.
Shasta Lake has a population of 10,000 and lots of visitors on their way to Shasta Dam and the lakes around town. It is located in Shasta County, a few miles north of Redding. This tiny city is mostly caucasian, has a new generation of hip visionaries, and it has taken a stand. Drunk Drivers … More The Tiny California City That Takes a Stand.
(Film) – Heidi is the little girl from the Swiss Alps who lives with her grandfather and plays with a shepherd boy named Peter. The drama around taking her away from home so that she can be a company to a girl whose mother had died captures you. But she finds people who treat her … More As Tender as Heidi.
Por Lupita Peimbert (Cultura) – Cada 2 de Noviembre los mexicanos en Estados Unidos celebramos el día de muertos a todo lo que da. Pero la celebración hace tiempo que dejó de ser sólo mexicana; se ha extendido a cualquier persona que aprecia la tradición, y se transforma cada año según lo que el grupo, … More Los Muertos Descansan en Paz. Los Vivos Se Mueren de Miedo | 2016
(Mexico) – Only 2% of Palenque can be seen, the rest is under the jungle and the hills. For the little we were able to see, the Mayan City in the state of Chiapas is magnificent. You have to be there, you have to see it and smell it to fully understand its grandiosity. Here … More The Mayan’s Palenque in Pictures.
By Martha Escutia. Special to Lupitanews.com | Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2016. #HHM2016. (Travel) – The smell of “Tierra Mojada” (wet earth) immediately punched through my nostrils!! It had been decades since I had last smelled that wonderful smell, reminiscent of my family’s ranch in Mexico. Then, I heard the thunder and saw the electrical … More Reminiscences of Michoacan, Mexico.
The Iguanas that abound in Tulum, Mexico, crawling from and between the ruins and the stones, staying around quiet and intense, may be the bearers of Mayan spirit. I saw this Iguana looking at the sea, the ruins nearby, standing out as a guard and duty. Content and video by Lupita Peimbert. Ok to share. … More The Iguanas in Tulum.
By Lupita Peimbert (Film) The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival brings a TV series from the Arab world, filled with creativity, innovative perspectives, and wit. “The Writer,” appears to be telling the day-to-day vicissitudes of being a successful TV writer, father of three, husband, and a Palestinian living in Jerusalem –one who married a Jewish … More The crisis of a 40 year-old Arab man
By Lupita Peimbert. (Art & Culture) – It feels like you are in one of those romantic, impressionist paintings. Luscious gardens surround you, a climate that makes you feel cozy, 12 pianos scattered in a 55-acre landscape as if they were treasures waiting to be found, and groups of people sitting around -listening, drinking, nibbling, … More The SF Botanical Garden Has Found The Best Way For People To Play The Piano
By Lupita Peimbert. (Culture) – Around 350 people gathered Tuesday, July 19, by what will be the permanent home for The Mexican Museum in the Yerba Buena Gardens Art District in San Francisco, a dream long-time-in-the-making. The Mexican Museum is a source of great pride for Mexicans living in California whether categorized as Chicanos, Mexican-Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, … More Finally, a Permanent Home for The Mexican Museum to Celebrate Art, Culture, and Heritage.
(Culture) – As millions of of people around the world are celebrating on July 14 the starting of the French Revolution (1789) better known as “Bastille Day,” the French and Francophones in San Francisco are also gathering to commemorate this national holiday “La Fête Nationale”. L’Alliance Francaise of San Francisco, a hub for language, community, … More Here is one great way to celebrate Bastille Day in San Francisco.
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