The casa smells of garlic and onions!

Today is a pretty quiet day, but we are making plans for arrival of travel friends.  Mary Ann is doing some menu planning and is, at the moment, doing some experimental cooking, in our very awesome casa kitchen.  The recipe is for enchiladas with all fresh ingredients, and which I will get to test (enjoy) tonight, to see if they are up to the standards of our guests.  For lunch today, I approved of the quesadillas made from fresh (cooked minutes before we bought them) tortillas (with Oaxacan cheese and ham added by Mary Ann) from the tiny tortilla factory (about 10 feet x 10 feet) down a Seminario street, which is connected with my now favorite car wash.

Earlier we did a bit of exploring.  Instead of turning south at the Benito Juárez glorietta, we drove straight across the street, sort of.  At the moment, and maybe for months, they are putting in a huge waterline on the side of the carretara and they are currently digging and installing at the east entrance of the glorietta.  That means there is a different challenge each time you go through it.  Today, our lane was nearly closed off, and instead of three lanes entering the glorietta, there was only one.  Nothing like a few road challenges!

When we got across onto the west side we started our exploration of that neighborhood. It was mostly commercial/construction businesses.  However, as you go west the road curves to the south and becomes an awesome highway along the river with very few topes, and everybody really moving along.  This is a great alternative to the main carretara and connects down at the road to Monte Albán, with the river road that I take to the airport.  The street avoids a lot of traffic, and although a bit longer, has great pavement and is not being torn up with the waterline project.  It pays to do a bit of exploring and being lost as we usually are!

 

The Glorietta construction dance with Benito Juarez supervising

 

Mary Ann creating in the casa kitchen

 

Quirky Living Note

 

Personal Initiative and Private Enterprise – Part II   Previously, I have discussed the guys at the stop lights and all of the products being sold.  Today, out in front of the stopped cars, we spotted a guy in a tuxedo who was juggling bowling pins, all in about 90 degrees in the sun.  I sure hope he had an assistant collecting tips, because he looked really hot.  Well, if you have some talent, show it off!