I could eat Mexican food every day!

Hola!

The hubby and myself are about to order some Mexican food, so in the spirit of the moment i thought today's blog should be about Mexican food!
Breakfast is called "desayuno" and it's served between 7AM - 10AM.
Lunch is called "comida" and is served between 1:30 - 4PM.
Dinner is called "cena" and is served between 8 - 9PM.

Here's an interesting fact! When eating in a Mexican home you should always arrive late (about half an hour)and bring some wine or flowers.
The women never toast, only the men!! So you ladies better zip it and put those glasses down. Here is a LINK to showcase these awesome facts, plus links to TONS of mexican food recipes!
I also ran into THIS painting depicting "Sloppy Jose" 's restaurant. That my friends, is an awesome name..
I think Sloppy Jose and Sloppy Joe should arm wrestle.
Happy Concina!
Buenos Tardes clase!

AHAHAHA education for the win!

True story folks.
Im standing in line at a concession stand at the fair when a hispanic lady infront of me starts trying to ask the concession worker a question.
He keeps saying "What?" and she looks back at the line and sighs heavily and asks again.
I can make out the word "Cuanto" and "Seite", and notice shes pointing to the sign.
I tap her on the shoulder and ask weirdly "Cauntos Seite Turkey?" since i can't figure out how to properly ask..*smacks forhead*

She nodded and looked back at the worker, so i asked for her "How many coins for seven turkey legs?"
He said 21
So i looked at her and said "Veintiuno senora"
she counted out the change and then smiled at me and patted my arm.
It was totally weird, but completely awesome that i just translated something.
My husband died laughing and i was left feeling super cool the rest of the night.
:)
Okay now back to business~
Here's today's most spectacular LINK! It's a site featuring the best places to visit while in mexico! Since some of you may be going with our instructor down there for 6 weeks i figured you should have some kind of idea of where you really super duper wanna go! I personally have always wanted to party in Cabo San Lucas during spring break.

I am not Spain.

Okay.

Soooo leccion of the day is "When you think you have done muy bein on a Espanol test (el examen), perhaps you should proof check it, dos."

Apparently i was convinced that you had become Spain, and therefor crafted the sentence "Tu eres Espana".
oops.
CORRECTION: " Tu eres de Espana".

We are learning about all things "classroom" so i have decided for this post i will tell a most awesome story using the spanish words i am to learn.

Once upon a time...
In a la biblioteca far far away..
A la companero a de clase went missing from the study groupo. A massive frenzy broke out and search parties were sent to four departments: La biologia, las ciencias, la musica, and la fisica. One super smart estudiente decided to check the missing estudiente's el horario to see where the estudiente might be.
What the estudiente found was that the missing estudiente was to be in la administracion de empresas clase. Long story short they went there and found the estudiente working on la tarea and completely oblivious to the chaos they had just caused.
He was sentenced to death.
Just kidding, everyone just went back to clase.
The end.

I should write children's books...
The awesome spanish link of the day is HERE and is about the Day of the Dead!!
It's by far one of my most favorite holidays because besides being a noob in terms of all things spanish i LOVE the day of the dead dolls and had one brought to me from Mexico by a friend :) It's one of my most favorite trinkets, and i love the idea of CELEBRATING life, by celebrating those who have passed! HERE is an awesome site that sells some of these dolls!

Thanks for reading! Nos Vemos!

Ines Sainz vs. The Jets

Ines Sainz a sports reporter with Mexico's TV Azteca, has claimed to have experienced sexual harrassment and the NFL is taking the claim to "serious town" where the "super serious sheriff" is asking lots of questions.
Here is a LINK to the story . So apparently she was in a locker room filled with men, and while wearing skin tight clothes (seriously folks she could have burst out of the fabric at any time) received some very suggestive comments from the football players.
If this woman had not made a living off of showing all her momma gave her i would feel sorry for her experience, but i can't..because you make your living off of your looks.
Lo siento Ines, but i see it like i see the paps and movie stars. You make millions of dollars because your constantly being advertised and exposed to us small folk in magazines, ect..which in turn gives you movie roles. Then you cry "NOT FAIR!" when the paps follow you around, but if they didn't you wouldn't have a job. Now i don't condone extreme picture taking (running you off the road, endangering your children ect..)but everything else is hazards of dirty filthy wealthy fame. So Ines gets her publicity off of being an attractive female sports caster.
If your that sensitive to lude comments, don't take lude pictures. The fact is, she's not too sensitive because those lude opinions of her put money in her pocket and keep her paychecks nice and steady! Sorry folks, but thats how i roll.
The comments directed at Ines might have caused her some discomfort, but also has shot her to fame in the states by her interviews on numerous american televison shows like "Good Morning America".
The Jets players on the other hand..have some splainin' to do.
Could this change locker room behavior as we know it??

Dinosaurs.

I haven't been able to discuss dinosaurs since the second grade, so i consider this moment freaking fantastic. There was a dinosaur un-earthed in Spain! Click HERE to read all about it. They named him "Pepito" which is sad, because he's a hardcore dinosaur and you just gave him the wimpiest dinosaur name EVER.

This particular style of "hunchback" has not ever been seen so he's the first of his kind! A really cool find for the country of Spain!
We have been learning about telling time in our Spanish class and i have to say that i find there way of telling time super logical, but was initially kinda challanging for me. I feel like i should be carrying a tin lunchbox and a dora the explora backpack lol. So for your reading pleasure i am about to tell you the time. Son las seite menos veinte por la manana !

I happen to stumble across a really fantastic youtube spanish instructor! Some of the videos on web-sam can be short and not fill in some gaps... He also hosts videos for more advanced learners as well! Here is the LINK to his youtube page!

Spain..how much would THAT cost?

Way to much. Walk away. It's okay.
On a happy note Joaquín Sorolla’s “Vision of Spain” HERE is a la pintura that i wouldn't mind putting in my casa.
In spanish "Esta pintura es muy bonita!"
When i think of Spain, what i see in this painting is the first thing that comes into my mind. Amazingly beautiful women adorned with flowers and bright colored dresses dancing all the time.

Spanish dancing is just fantastic to watch. So here is a muy bien LINK to a traditional Spanish dance. Seriously? Who knew dancing in the dirt could create such an effect!
The intensity of the dance is somewhat mimicked in the hairstyle as well, that tight formal bun with the little curled piece of hair next to the ear just makes me think "serious", or in this case..
"seriously awesome".

I suppose the first thing i have learned interesting about the Spanish language would be that it is not as hard as i had built it up to be in my head. While it's going to take some work to get used to, some of the diction makes more sense then English. The confusion of "Ph" is taken out of the word Photo and replaced with something much more practical like "Foto". Simple is good.

Hasta Manana and Buenos noches!