Guelaguetza Parade / Desfile Guelaguetza

I'm back! / De regreso!

After one year, I'm back to my hometown Oaxaca and I couldn't be happier. I needed the slow pace contrasting fast paced New York where I live. I needed the sun, the earth, the colorful warm culture and rich food this city offers.

I hope to share my trip with you and since I started a blog last summer that was very succesful: www.horadelrelax.blogspot.mx I'm motivated to do another one this year thanks to the number of readers. I hope you like it !

Despues de un año, estoy de regreso en mi ciudad natal Oaxaca y no podría estar mas contenta. Necesitaba el movimiento lento de las cosas contrarestando la veloz ciudad en la que vivo, Nueva York. Necesitaba el sol, la tierra, la cultura cálida y colorida y la rica comida que esta ciudad ofrece.

Espero compartir mi viaje con usted ya que empezé un blog el verano pasado que tuvo mucho éxito:  www.horadelrelax.blogspot.mx   y gracias al gran numero de lectores me animo a hacer otro este anio. Espero le guste!

Oaxacan Wedding!!!!

Oops I did it again, some wedding crashing ! This was the wedding of my friend's friend Ari. A native of Oaxaca married a German guy who loves Oaxaca. We love these international mixes / Boda otra vez! Esta fue la boda de Ari, la amiga de mi amiga. Una Oaxaqueña se casó con un Aleman. Como nos gustan estas bodas internacionales!

Birthday dinner and more / De cumpleaños y mas

And so I celebrated my first birthday in Oaxaca in 20 years. I left the city at 13 and never celebrated my birthday here because usually, I was busy travelling elswhere. This year I came back to the roots, and it felt great to be home. My brother threw a dinner party for me and I was surprised with nice gifts and great food.

Entonces, celebre mi primer cumpleaños en Oaxaca en 20 años. Me fuí de la ciudad a los 13 y nunca celebré mi cumpleaños aqui porque por lo general estaba ocupada viajando en alguna otra parte. Este año he regresado a las raíces y se sintió muy bien el regresar a casa. Mi hermano organizó una cena para mi y fuí sorprendida con regalos bonitos y comida exquisita

Summer Lessons / Lecciones de Verano...

I'm about to leave Oaxaca and end my three month summer vacation. I'm partly excited because I can't wait to be back home in NY ! but I'm also sad because I'll know I'll miss many things that are here, the "organic" part of life. But more than anything I'M VERY GREATFULL. I know this is a time period I'll remember as very nurturing, fun and adventurous and I know I'm lucky to have lived it.

I took the very initial steps of writing a book on a Mexican character here, which was undoubtley the right choice of a country to do it in ! lol  I personally grew in many ways during the process.

Here as some key moments of my trip and lessons I learned:

There is a lot of poverty in Mexico. It's sad to see little kids working hard selling candy or whatever they can so they can eat.... with so much poverty around, people still manage to enjoy life greatly. I hope to bring back this message to the "developed" NYC or anywhere I go and continue to Enjoy Life! no matter what !

I love great company but I also think its important to enjoy time alone. This summer I had lots of great moments of my own which I'll never forget. It's so good to feel good ! Even when alone ! ;)

Pitaya "Exotic" Fruit

And so I enjoyed an "exotic fruit" today here in Oaxaca, that I had never tried before called Pitaya. I was taken over by its beauty and color, it almost looked like a flower.  I was so taken by it that I took pictures and researched its origin on wikipedia. Apparently this fruit comes from Asia and was brought over to Mexico by the Europeans...

I hope you get to try a sweet Pitaya one day... and enjoy its beauty :)

Hoy disfrute de una "fruta exotica" aqui en Oaxaca, que nunca habia probado antes. Se llama Pitaya. Me llamo la atencion su belleza y color, casi parece una flor. Me gusto tanto que le tome fotos e investigue su origen en wikipedia. Aparentemente esta fruta viene de Asia y la trajeron los Europeos a Mexico...

Espero que lleguen a probar una dulce Pitaya algun dia... y que disfruten de su belleza :)