I love Taxco. I have sine the first time I came here more than 25 years ago. My last trip here was about 9 years ago and little has changed. The plaza has gotten a face lift of sorts. Some new paint and a few signs but it's basically the same place it was. Over run with silver shops on every street. The are next to each other, on top of each other, back to back, and diagonal from each other. All offer the best prices on the all important .925 pure silver. The silver history is an amazing one. Too long for a post but still amazing on how it all started with an American named Spratling from NOLA. He was roommates with W. Faulkner in a little apartment on Pirates Alley if you know the French Quarter. He came here in the late 20's and early 30's and created this industry. A fair number of the designs you ladies wear in your Mexican silver are his and started here. His one time lover Donald Cordaroy was a teacher at UT- Austin. They both collected traditional dance masks from the old days. That was the reason I came here the first time. Yes, I'm a mask chaser. Oh yes, there are a few Halloween stories in there too but that will have to wait.
Taxco seems to be completely up hill. Is that possible? Any engineers out there? Yes, all uphill. The streets are extremely narrow which accounts for the VW beetles humming around. Beetles make up the majority of taxis in Taxco. It would be good research to find out how many people you could cram into a beetle with the front passengers seat out. They are all that way. No large families please. I was pleased to see that the Berta Bar is still here on the plaza. Spratling and his design pals used to hang out there in the 30's. "The Berta", drink was fashioned then. To me it's a foul tasting concoction of mess but you have to take one for the team if you get here. Great food and people watching from the balcony restaurants that line the plaza. If you get here quick,you will see me there tonight. Taxco.....Almost completely pure.
I love Taxco. I have sine the first time I came here more than 25 years ago. My last trip here was about 9 years ago and little has changed. The plaza has gotten a face lift of sorts. Some new paint and a few signs but it's basically the same place it was. Over run with silver shops on every street. The are next to each other, on top of each other, back to back, and diagonal from each other. All offer the best prices on the all important .925 pure silver. The silver history is an amazing one. Too long for a post but still amazing on how it all started with an American named Spratling from NOLA. He was roommates with W. Faulkner in a little apartment on Pirates Alley if you know the French Quarter. He came here in the late 20's and early 30's and created this industry. A fair number of the designs you ladies wear in your Mexican silver are his and started here. His one time lover Donald Cordaroy was a teacher at UT- Austin. They both collected traditional dance masks from the old days. That was the reason I came here the first time. Yes, I'm a mask chaser. Oh yes, there are a few Halloween stories in there too but that will have to wait. 
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