Sunday, December 30, 2007

New Year in Ciudad de México

The little mujeres:
Caitlin, me and Raquel ate 12 grapes each at the stroke of midnight in obeisance of the Mexican/Spanish? Catholic tradition for good luck. They were seeded and quite a bit of work to get through while also dutifully spitting out seeds. One of mine was too rotten to eat, and I wondered what the consequence would be of only actually ingesting 11. Apparently, it's 12 grapes for the 12 apostles- according to Israel and Fidel, the adorable gay couple who welcomed us to their table at Papi Fun Bar in Zona Rosa. I didn't catch the rest of the religious background of this tradition due to the pounding house music and my rusty Spanish.