Feliz Día de le Madre

Today is Mother's day! So, on this very special day, I thought I'd give the mommies flowers!!







Have a beautiful day!

Mexico Gets Naked

There must be something in the water lately because nudity is everywhere.

Toño couldn't help but notice some men protesting the theft of their land, in the buff:

(he took this video with his cell phone so it's not incredible)

To add to the naked-fest, Spencer Tunick came on Sunday to take pictures of over 18,000 naked Mexicans. (Photo from La Jornada, not Mexico City)

(photo from Washington Post)

It's Been a While my Friends (and Family)

I went to Puebla on Sunday with Toño's family. It's a medium sized state just north of us, Puebla City is sometimes referred to as the City of Angels. One city within Puebla is the proud owner of 365 churches, one per day of the year.

Puebla is known for it's mole and candies, neither of which I tried because 1. I don't like mole and 2. I tasted a sampling of one candy and didn't care for it either. Their handcrafts mostly take the form of beautifully embroidered clothing that they say is exclusive to Puebla.

The Cathedral is lined with angel statuetes every 10 feet. It's the cathedral that they say was meant to be built in Mexico City, but the owner of both plans took this plan for Puebla.


We ate lunch with a clown who made us balloon gifts (I got a bracelet in the shape of a flower, Paco got a rat and Jimena, a doll)
Toño ate Sesos (brains) and we decided for his sake that we shouldn't say, hear or see anything about it.

We visited the library that supposedly contains the first Bible ever written, we didn't see it but there are over a thousand books there from the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s, each. I snuck an illegal picture,

We then ate piñaletas and Jicaletas on the street. -Leta is translated roughly into -sicle so essentially these were pinesicles and jicasicles (from pineapple and jicama). I got mine covered in sweet chili and orange powder.

oh, Toño and I played the LOST numbers in the Lottery (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) but we lost.


and, to finish it all, I've decided to try growing a beard....I just can't decide if I prefer it brown or black...

p.s. I'm falling in love with the tiles here.