Comments on: Avenida Revolución, Tijuana http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/ border life, art, photography, cultural critique Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:56:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mel http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Mel Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:18:34 +0000 http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/#comment-153 Now that's a new way of looking at it! ;-) Tijuana is one of those places that writers love to write about. Your picture was so evocative ... it made me remember the whole encounter like it was yesterday. Now that’s a new way of looking at it! ;-)

Tijuana is one of those places that writers love to write about. Your picture was so evocative … it made me remember the whole encounter like it was yesterday.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Nathan Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:49:30 +0000 http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/#comment-152 Hah. What a story! Are you sure he didn't want to spar for 15 minutes? ;) Hah. What a story! Are you sure he didn’t want to spar for 15 minutes? ;)

]]> By: chandrasutra http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/comment-page-1/#comment-151 chandrasutra Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:14:52 +0000 http://www.nathangibbs.com/2006/01/23/la-revolucion-tijuana/#comment-151 I went to Tijuana once. I drove there with two Hollywood actor friends. We went into this place, Rio Ritas to drink cheap, awful tourist booze. And then we went into a market to buy some colourful mexican blankets. This old man came over to us smiling. He said "how much for the girl" and gestured to me, smiling. My friends burst out laughing. And the man turned to me and said, "do you know Karate?" - I was wearing a shirt that said "Malibu karate." It was my friend's. My friend who the man asked to buy me from. So I turned to the man and said, "yeah, I know karate" and smiled. Then he gestures to his pocket "fifteen minutes. For all the change in my pocket." I tell you, a girl learns a lot of things about how pretty or not pretty she is. But there's nothing like learning how much you're worth as a body. That's my memory of Tijuana. I love the photo, by the way. I went to Tijuana once. I drove there with two Hollywood actor friends. We went into this place, Rio Ritas to drink cheap, awful tourist booze. And then we went into a market to buy some colourful mexican blankets. This old man came over to us smiling. He said “how much for the girl” and gestured to me, smiling. My friends burst out laughing. And the man turned to me and said, “do you know Karate?” – I was wearing a shirt that said “Malibu karate.” It was my friend’s. My friend who the man asked to buy me from. So I turned to the man and said, “yeah, I know karate” and smiled. Then he gestures to his pocket “fifteen minutes. For all the change in my pocket.” I tell you, a girl learns a lot of things about how pretty or not pretty she is. But there’s nothing like learning how much you’re worth as a body. That’s my memory of Tijuana. I love the photo, by the way.

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