Ari & Dharma, July 1977
That's me on the right!
The story: It's 1977. I am just over four years old. I am with my parents in San Cristóbal de las Casas, in Chiapas (near the border with Guatemala). It is fin de siècle of the High Hippy era.
We are walking through the market. Suddenly, my mother is sure she sees one of her school friends, a woman she's known from elementary and high school, and whom she hadn't seen for 10 years, riding by on a bicycle. And this, in the market, of the then-remote and not-well-known-to-gringas, San Cristóbal de las Casas.
She calls out, "Naomi!" and sure enough, it was her. Naomi stops, they get to talking, and we ended up staying a week with her and her three year old son (on the left in the photo). They had moved to Mexico a few years ago and ended up living there.
After a random Facebook reconnect last week, my mother found out that they never left: Naomi became Noemi and she's a violinist in the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. And the tow-headed boy, Ari Brickman, son of a Montreal Jew, like me, grew up to be an actor and musician who sings some songs I rather like.
Comments and faves
lhl, torrez, mebooyou, Bringo, and 31 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Meighan (21 months ago | reply)
"This photo was taken in July 1977 using an HP Scanjet djf4200." - hah!
Cute photo :)
Fenchurch! (21 months ago | reply)
Oh my, those curls!
Stewart (21 months ago | reply)
Meighan - yeah ... and no way to change it :)
rvacapinta (21 months ago | reply)
Nice photo. Really evokes a time and place.
txkimmers (21 months ago | reply)
I just love old photos with old stories.
waferbaby (21 months ago | reply)
Stew: I'll fix that scanner bit when I get into the office.
waferbaby (21 months ago | reply)
Fixed.
marrije (21 months ago | reply)
You were a Dharma before you were a Stewart? That is really sweet.
mebooyou (21 months ago | reply)
Ari does have some nice songs.
villany (21 months ago | reply)
such a sweet story!
Pacdog (21 months ago | reply)
Wish I could remember my childhood with such detail.
*crys*
winnah (21 months ago | reply)
Stewart had a little help remembering.....photos do help, however...
danny (21 months ago | reply)
Like the tunes!
Chris Hernandez (21 months ago | reply)
nice story
RosineiVasconcelos / Rosadosventos22 - OFF (20 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture!
♥Melu♥Rogi♥ (18 months ago | reply)
wonderful memories!!!!!!!!
[X24 photography] (16 months ago | reply)
great find!
Shivian Balaris (6 months ago | reply)
super cutes!
ScillyGirl5 (6 months ago | reply)
Photos can be like keys to your inner self, they can unlock treasured memories, they can connect you to people and events passed, and they can inspire your creative spirit to fly.
Wonderful photo!
Yishana8 (5 months ago | reply)
Aah! Cute story, too.