Mariamma Iris

So.. I forgot my SD card adapter for my computer during my 3 am packing for Mexico (we’re not surprised) so my DSLR photos are being held for ransom. Stay tuned for those photos upon my return to NY. Here are the iPhone photos I’ve taken so far. San Miguel de Allende is so lovely and picturesque. Sofia’s family has been so hospitable and gracious, and has fed me like a queen. The house is full of little cats and a sweet dog named Rumba. Today Sofia and I went shopping and we got some things to take home but also gifts for Christmas. We drew names and I got her stepdad and Sofia got her Grandma. Happy to say we had a successful shopping day and can just enjoy ourselves tomorrow which will be Sofia’s first official day off of work. We plan on going to a hot springs in the morning and perhaps out to a little dive bar in the evening with her cousins.

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Então .. Esqueci meu adaptador de cartão SD para meu computador durante minha viagem às 3 da manhã para o México (não estamos surpresos), então minhas fotos DSLR estão sendo mantidas para resgate. Fiquem ligados nas fotos do meu retorno a NY. Aqui estão as fotos do iPhone que tirei até agora. San Miguel de Allende é tão adorável e pitoresca. A família de Sofia tem sido tão hospitaleira e gentil, e me alimentou como uma rainha. A casa está cheia de gatinhos e um cachorro doce chamado Rumba. Hoje eu e a Sofia fomos às compras e trouxemos algumas coisas para levar para casa mas também prendas de Natal. Nós sorteamos nomes e eu peguei o padrasto dela e Sofia a avó dela. Fico feliz em dizer que tivemos um dia de compras bem-sucedido e podemos nos divertir amanhã, que será o primeiro dia oficial de folga de Sofia. Planejamos ir a uma fonte termal pela manhã e talvez a um pequeno bar à noite com os primos dela.

besos

Mariamma

There are quite a few things that make Chico summer so wonderful, and Thursday Night Market is surely one. Every Thursday evening a few streets downtown are blocked off to make way for the throngs of people who come to shop at the booths and stands along the sides. There is anything from produce to clothes, to homemade soaps and food trucks. The city plaza is at the end of the street and there you can find a fountain that keeps kids cool and entertained while different community performances take place on an adjacent stage. This week there were hula dancers! I went with my mom this past week and we strolled around, watched the dancers and my friend Jesse who was singing and playing guitar in-between a couple booths. It was a lovely little evening that ended in getting a little saucy with my mom at a jazz bar afterwards. My mom is the cutest.

Mariamma