Archive for December, 2007

santa elena’s sister city

Monday, December 10th, 2007

The new municipal government of Santa Elena created a new welcome sign for the city at the south entrance. What’s interesting is it includes the pyramid of Chichen Itza (instead of the neighboring Uxmal), their landmark church, and the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. Presumably the latter is because so many members of the [...]

the na bolom chair

Monday, December 10th, 2007

In August I visited San Cristobal, where I saw this great chair, made of just two pieces of hardwood. My friend Sarah and I took measurements to make our own. It’s not only simple and functional, but very comfortable. Here are the measurements if you’d like to make your own.