Day 17 and 18 in Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque

Monday and Tuesday, August 17 - 18: The Chiripa 2009 Summer Buying Trip to Mexico

The agenda for these days duplicates some of the visits made on other trips. I'll lead you to those posts.

On Monday Beth and JM visited the D'Casa Stoneware workshop. See the Aug 18, 2008 post for more information about Enrique Castro Compos and his family. Their products continue to be popular at Chiripa.

The next stop was the glass workshop in Tlaquepaque. See the March 12, 2008 post.

Perhaps we'll get more information about how the day went. Both of those workshops require much time and decision-making.

Tuesday is the first day of Enart, the trade show of handcrafted Mexican gifts. See the April 16, 2009 post. Beth will make stops at Citlali for jewelry and a couple other "regular" stops. Perhaps there will be a Chiripa (a happy accident) and she'll discover a new vendor who's workshop we'll visit on another trip.

This is the last shopping day of the trip. The travelers head for home on Wednesday flying out of Guadalajara at 8 a.m. and arriving in Chicago at 12:10 p.m. A bus to Madison should put them here by late afternoon.

It's been a full trip. Details and new contacts will be added in future posts. However, there will be a break in posting as I share information with Beth and then take a few days off from working the shop.