I had such a great time today with my son and granddaughter, we went to downtown El Paso to walk around and I was able to take pictures. I want to learn street photography and so this is my first attempt at it. I love the downtown area, love the energy, love the look, love the people, I love to look at all the merchandise out in front of the stores as you walking by and I love the buildings.
The Plaza hotel in downtown El Paso is a true example of Art Deco 1920 style. It was built for the Hilton Hotel chain. This was the eight hotel in the Hilton chain and was considered a luxury hotel.
A little modern mixed in with the old. There are many beautiful more modern buildings around.
Street shot. It was difficult to take these shots because the streets were crowded today since it’s Sunday and I felt a bit awkward doing it. (need to get used to this) And now looking at my photos I know what I want to shoot next time.
The Camino Real Hotel opened in 1912 and its lobby was known as “the million-dollar lobby” because of all the gold leaf and pink marble.
I love the art work here on the gates, the store closed, went out of business.
All I heard was Spanish and it really took me back to when I was a child living in Colombia and going to the stores with my mother, and also took me back to the Bronx, she would have loved walking here today. I felt her with me the whole time.
This caught my eyes. Our Lady of Guadalupe who came to me in a dream five years ago and is in my heart, and bear, my animal spirit guide, right in front of the entrance to a store.
Mayoreo means wholesale.
I couldn’t get a better shot of this poster inside a store window. El Paso 104 years ago. It was considered “bustling and dynamic” “with impressive buildings and a thriving business district.”
And in the end we enjoyed a fantastic meal at the Pot au Feu Restaurant. Hummus & Naan, Caesar salad, grilled veggie sandwich, lamb burger and chicken nuggets with french fries. Delicious.
Of course when I got home I was exhausted and I took a 2 hour nap.
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Blessings from El Paso.
In My Everyday Life 
Beautifully done. I love El Paso – so much color and vibrancy.
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Me too, I love the view of Juarez at night with all the lights. Thank you
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I just took a walking tour of Juarez – wonderful! I want to do it again. http://juarezwalkingtour.com/brass-tacks/
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Donna, that sounds so great, I haven’t been to Juarez in a while. Was that a day trip or did you stay overnight?
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Great first attempts at street photography. It is hard! I always feel so self-conscious, but I am sure like anything the more we do it the better we will get. I love buildings so thank you for sharing these.
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Yeah, I felt very self conscious, but practice makes perfect, next time I will know better what I want to focus on and I will care less who’s looking. Also I think a week day when the streets are not so crowded will be better. Thank you. 🙂
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