FOLIO OLIO: SANTA FE, NM

Beautiful drive from Roswell.

Tag Installation 83 on bench in front of Roswell Courthouse. It was oak and just about broke my arm...that's why it's crooked.

Believe it or not, there wasn't any wood the whole drive north (except the rare tree). ALL signs, posts, gates, picnic shelters, mailboxes, etc, were metal. Therefore, the first thing I did in Santa Fe was buy brass bolts, nuts and washers so I can attach the tags to highway signs, which, lucky for me, are pre-drilled.

I am a fond believer in creative vandalism. I don't even know where this wall is, but a can of spray paint and twenty minutes later...a smile. I would like to meet this guy.

And if I may add, if this wall is in Israel or California I will bet money that the artist IS NOT on the Palestinian or the Mexican side. They find no humor in such things.

Some of you may know already, but in my opinion the GREATEST SPORT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN is beach volleyball.

This guy has a line in one of his commercials that goes like this: His mother has a tattoo that says "Son".

This artist's name is Bernard Pras. I've shown you several of his works, but I never knew who to give credit to. If you have trouble seeing the image, try squinting.

The Italian boys sing opera...the oldest is 15...enjoy.

http://www.wimp.com/threetenors

I'm actually thinking of writing an absurd children's book. I find them very funny.

One of my very own...

This is yet another image of Mohammed. I think he's drunk again...I mean that.

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I HATE Santa Fe. It is the biggest tourist trap I have seen since leaving Myrtle Beach. And the architecture! EVERY building is the same. I know it was quaint once...the whole stucco thing. But now Wendy's and Taco Bells are styrofoam rectangles covered in the EXACT same yellowish-beige stucco as every other building in the city. They don't even bother to stick REAL logs out of the side to fake the old building style.