Saturday, May 2, 2009, I went Alvaro Obregon in Col. Roma to see the artists and artwork.  But being that México City, ground zero, was in almost total shut down because of the flu scare there were fewer artists.  Bummer.

I walked onto Fronteas street to go to a store and ran into this welder shop, Servicio Romero.  Romero says he is an expert on welding parts to cars and art.  OK.

The items he had stuck to the front entrance counter caught my attention, items Romero called “arte.”  Mr. Romero was in the process of shaving when I walked in because it was late in the day and he was on this way out, going to go sing.  AND then he started singing for me, cute.  He even showed me his guitar that he uses as well.

I noted that Romero has lots of stuff in his small shop.    There is a cardboard box that is filled with papers, Romero’s filing system.  And on the counter he also has his Mega health powder.  Romero was really in good shape and he showed me a couple of trophy’s he had won in running; this guy is in his 60's, I was impressed.

What I thought was most interesting is that Romero does not put his pictures to remember in a photo album but he glues them on the wall.  He gave me a story of every faded picture that was stuck on his wall.  It was evident by the empty spaces that some of the pictures had fallen off and he had not replaced them.

The one thing that Romero did not talk about was the facemask he had on the wall.  It was obvious that he stuck that mask on the wall and spray painted it.  I asked if facemask was of Pancho Villa and he said no – it was his DAD!  He had his fathers’ death mask on the wall, which I guess explains the flowers over the head on a bicycle frame – a tribute.  Fascinating.

Mr. Romero invited me to come back and to chat, and I know I will.
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