Saturday, November 1, 2008

The cousin who dared

Having Rhonda here is great- as you can see, she's not the least bit daunted by living in the Mexican area of town. Last night we went out to the restaurant she mentioned, had tacos and tostados and chile relleno and a tamale and some garlic fish-too much food! And we watched a sliver of a moon sink slowly into the ocean, becoming more and more orange until just before it slipped away it was a firey red.

Came home, watched a little tv, then we all went for a walk. There's a house a block away that always has a big party on the weekend. Carl and I would have just wandered by, wishing we could join them, but as we were wandering, Rhonda marched right in and made friends with everyone.

They had us dancing, and Rhonda got the grandmother up, and was dancing with the kids, talking to everyone! We had a great time, didn't stay very long but slipped gracefully (I hope) away after about half an hour. Maria and Fernando may come visiting soon, he has a housing project here and wants to talk to us, and they're a nice couple.

Rhonda has also eaten at a bunch of the little stands around here, something I've been meaning to do but never got around to. It's great to have a visitor who is plunging into life here with such zeal!!

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

What a riot! Hey Rhonda - can you come back in January?