Photo: Mexican dancers at the International Tamale FestHey Everybody!
Yes, I know, it's been over a week since I've been on a computer. Bad Anne.
Anywho, Mecca has been great since Thanksgiving break. Last week we had a five-day workday. We finished the roofs! Wahoo! On Saturday, the families made us a delicious lunch of carne asada, beans, rice, and tortillas, while we contributed corn bread. It was sooo good! Very authentic.
On Wednesday, I made Mom's vegetarian chili and it was a hit! Thanks Mom!
Sunday, the team headed over to the International Tamale Fest 2009 in Indio. My goodness, it was fabulous. Lots of vendors and lots of food! Tamales to be exact. Yes, surprising. I had an authentic chicken tamale and it was very spicy, but very good. Then I sat and watched some Mexican dancing. It was essentially lots of Mexican girls with big colorful skirts swinging them around. I will have pictures soon! Then, I had a dessert tamale from this gourmet tamale vendor. Dessert tamales are apparently very common and often made with strawberries or pineapple. The one I tried was Belgian chocolate, raspberry and carmelized walnut. WOW it was good. I want to learn to make tamales then make all sorts of them! I'm pretty excited about it.
Monday was a rainy, cold, windy day in the desert. I, along with three others, stayed in and cleaned and did laundry and read while others ran errands. It was so nasty outside! And the power went out for an hour. That was fun... Now, thanks to the rain, there is snow on the mountains surrounding us! So awesome. Oh, and tomorrow, it is supposed to be low 29 and high 62 degrees. Bizaare weather here in the desert!
This week at work we are finishing up working on closets (putting in steel tracks for sliding doors and screwing in boards to hold shelves) and working on framing. I think the next step is putting tar paper on the roofs. We shall see.
Things are going great out here in Mecca, and I hope things are well for all of you! I miss everyone! Winter break in 11 days! Wahoo!
<3 anne
True we're not talking about snow falls in North America, but at least it is the northern hemisphere! The first winter storms have hit the Alps. Here are a few photos of encouragement to keep hope alive. The winter season will be here soon and you'll once again recommence flying down a mountain.
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