We had a blast, watching Obama's numbers go up, eating nummy things like pretzels and chips and guacamole, and mini-pizzas, and precisely at 10 o'clock, as Victoria blew out her birthday candles, Obama won California--for the victory, or la victoria! It was a beautiful few moments... later as we listened to his victory speech, we got chills... I found myself reeeeally wanting to be in Grant Park for the victory party! (Adriana, you dirtbag! :))
Wednesday, Victoria's actual birthday, was also super fun, la familia, or our little family of Anne-Marie, Memo, Heather and I took her out for dinner at a cute French café that we went to the first weekend that Memo was here with some of their University colleagues... We got salads and crépes and a gorgeous bottle of Italian Pinot Grigio... it was beautiful.
Friday Memo made crépes and chocolate mousse, and some friends from the university made mole verde, and like true fusion, we enjoyed them together. Their house is huge, and they're all awesome about sharing it... we're really fortunate!
On Saturday, some of the same friends invited Victoria, Memo and I to Malinalco, a pueblito típico about an hour and a half away from Toluca. We stopped at another little town before (Tenancingo, I think), where we went to the flower fair, and I was able to buy some Gerber daisies... In Malinalco we ate some more carnitas (yessss), some seriously delicious gelato, and climbed about a thousand stairs to some pyramids. Ok, more like 480, but it felt like more... :) The view from the top was precious...
Today has been a day of catching up on correspondence, putting up pictures on facebook, cleaning up a bit, and packing for my secret trip this weekend. :) More on that later...
Hasta pronto! besos~
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