Located even further away from the Centro than the Blue House, the museum of the Studios of Diego y Frida is deep in the tony San Angel neighborhood. This is the "double house", made famous in the film Frida, two separate buildings connected by a roof top walkway.
Both house are rather small but three stories high.
At first we tought the admission charge, at 12 pesos per person ($1), was a great value until we discovered that Frida's house--also painted deep sea blue--was closed for renovations.
But Diego's studio was worth the long journey anyway. Wide and spacious and blessed with windows covering about one third of the wall area, this artist's workplace is chocked full of his tools of the trade and has plenty of seating for Diego's many visitors. Other rooms include a bedroom and a study, and featured sketches and other pieces by the artist. This was quite obviously a wonderful place to work.
Inside the compound and surrounding it were young local art students at work sketching and painting this quirky and intimate site.
Following a walk back to Plaza San Jacinto--the center of San Angel--we found a nice menu del dia for about 60 pesos each ($5).
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