All I want in 2018 . . .

is this bright yellow vintage 2CV—and I don't even drive!
(And yet, the road is still mine—go figure.)   
In case you missed it, I recently retired.  That means 
I have more time to travel and I plan to do just 
that.  Which means that I need to back off this blog a bit.  
I've been doing it for nine and a half years now and it's 
been a total labor of love.  But I think we're all 
a bit "blogged out" at this point.  So for now I'll blog 
when I have something to blog about and
I hope you'll come by from time to time ( please do!).

{Meanwhile, I'll also be around on Instagram—
can't lie, I'm a bit addicted.  Find me
@brooklynalexa, and on Facebook as well.}

And Happy New Year to all of my wonderful blog pals!

[Today I'm linking back to Shadow Shot Sunday.]

At the café

This colorful café is in the neighborhood
of San Telmo, in Buenos Aires—
where you'll also find lots of fun shops
(and a weekend open-air market)
and some very talented tango dancers.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

The Weekend in Black and White

This enormous rubber tree—20m (65 feet)
high and  50m (164 feet) wide;
impossible to photograph the whole thing and
many branches are supported—was planted near
what is now the Recoleta Cemetery, in
Buenos Aires, in 1800.

[To see more b/w images, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

ABC Wednesday—W is for "web"

Credit goes to my daughter Lila, who found this 
crazy web at the Recoleta Cemetery, in
Buenos Aires. What do you think—spider on crack?

[To see more ABC Wednesday, go here.]