As I sit here logging away my daily life here on this blog, there is a party hoppin' in the apt above me. Michael Jackson's
The Way You Make Me Feel plays immediately before Sean Paul's
Temperature and then is followed by Nelly's
Ride Wit Me. I can't help but smile... I feel the same euphoria that the party-goers express with their shouts and screams of recognition as each "new" song plays. Funny that the American culture is so wide-spread... our television, our movies, our music- it's dominating. Maybe that's part of the reason we can claim the "American dream" phrase; where else could you have such a large opportunity to grow up to become a rock star?
On another note, the day did not escape me without experiencing a bit of the local culture as well. We always have vendors rolling by the apartment with their 3-wheeled carts, and Abel is always up to experience whatever it is they're selling that day: elote, tamales, oranges, charritos... Today it was charritos (corn-made "chips" covered in salsa) and snow cones. We were able to purchase 3 bags of charritos and a peach snow cone for just over two American dollars. A nice midday treat.
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| Abel deciding which flavor for the snow cone |
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| Notice how thick and syrupy that "peach" is! |
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| the charritos covered in salsa (and a little lime) |
On another note, the day did not escape me without experiencing a bit of the local culture as well. We always have vendors rolling by the apartment with their 3-wheeled carts, and Abel is always up to experience whatever it is they're selling that day: elote, tamales, oranges, charritos... Today it was charritos (corn-made "chips" covered in salsa) and snow cones. We were able to purchase 3 bags of charritos and a peach snow cone for just over two American dollars. A nice midday treat.
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