A tree grows in Polanco…and a bush in Culiacán
Alfredo, aka “Citius64″ has his own favorite, but according to The Guardian, the “Cafebrería” (Cafe/Librería) El Pendulo in Polanco is one of the top ten bookshops in the world.
Their English-language selection is rather small, but perhaps they’ll have room for a Mexican history in English book … and perhaps someone will buy the author a coffee (and the book, natch)

Photo by Lourdes Place
In an up-scale neighborhood of Culiacán, the botanical displays seem to reflect Sinaloa’s proud agrarian traditions. This meter high beauty (photographed by Alfredo Tolosa of El Universal) graces one of the city’s boulevards…






