Another week, another short post

Hi...ok another short post. But not for lack of time...really a lack of well interesting things that I have been up to since I last posted. A lot of reading, a lot of reading, and a lot of reading. Hanging out. Watching movies. Friday night we had a really nice barbecue at the house on Cerro Fortín. Our resident chef Chuck cooked up an awesome meal. Hamburgers with foi grais in the middle--can you believe that? It was so decadent, so rich, so awesomely tasty that Carolina and I chewed our hamburgers forever trying to savor every bite.

Saturday I went to the despedida of my friends Vero and Toño. It was sad to say good-bye to them, especially since I hadn't been able to hang out with them that much at all since I got down here. But we had a good time--drank beer, ate some good meat brought down from Chihuahua, and even took a couple of whacks at a piñata. Good times in all.

On Sunday, since the pelota mixteca game I was supposed to go to canceled, Carolina and I went to the zócalo to watch the final of the World Cup. I was wearing an orange reboso in support of Holanda, mi patria and madre patria, as they say. Unfortunately, the Dutch did not bring their A-game, and lost out to España. Boo. Later that night had a nice indulgent dinner with Chuck, where we basically ordered a whole bunch of stuff off the menu at Temple (one of my favorite fresa restaurants that does a modern spin on Oaxacan food) since the kitchen was about to close and they were only able to offer salads and cold plates. Dropped some money but sometime you have to indulge.

Did I say this was going to be a short post. Ha. Guess not. Anyway, Monday I was off to Cuilapam de Guerro, going to the Ex-Convento to meet with Dr. Marcus Winter, an archaeologist who has been working and living in Oaxaca for years. The Ex-Convento is an old Dominican church that was renovated and they did quite the job. The place is beautiful. Check it out.

Anyway, tomorrow I'm off to a palanca where they raise the maguey to make mescal to eat some good food and drink some of that fine mescal artesanal. Thursday Carolina, Chuck and I are off to Mitla to see Don Richard who is going to give us personal guided tour of the ruins there. Sweet. So I'll have a lot more to post soon.

Cheers!