Thursday, May 2, 2013

April 29-May 1, 2013

Amanda borrows my earrings.

There are still baskets of mangoes for sale, but mango season will be over within a few weeks.

Typical street scenes

Our kitchen faucet is simple but functional.
Maritza shows the Spanish school students how to make hilachas and tamalitos.
http://www.whats4eats.com/meats/hilachas-recipe
Tamalitos are on the left, wrapped in green corn leaves, and hilachas on the right.

Here is the full meal, with rice and rosa de jamaica.
Ava heads off to school with this shirt she found in one of the thrift stores.


Chuchitos are on the menu for dinner tonight.
Calle Santander

Hello Kitty balloons are for sale.


These women sell nuts by the lake.


Four young women chat as they walk together down Calle Santander.