I remember when...
I went to Frida and Diego's 'casa azul' around the time of Dia de Muertos
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I turned 25 in Xalapa and was nicknamed 'the black balloon' of the house.
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One of my favorite friends got married and we all wore converse high-tops, including the bride.
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I forced my little brother to go on a roller coaster with me and mistook his screams for 'having fun'.
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I used my backpack to hold my place in line among everybody else's gigantic luggage at the greyhound station in Calgary.
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I watched ET in the park in Stettler...and it was FREEEEEEZING out
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we told the taxi driver it was our dad's 50th birthday, and him asking us which house it was...
"uh, I think it's that one"
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I learned that yes, I could sit for hours on a cold hard arena bench watching my brothers play hockey
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We discovered this hotdog-mobile in a back alley near our place in Calgary
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I was a beekeeper's helper person for the summer
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we discovered a sand dune on the top of a mountain in Northern B.C., climbed it and saw the winding river and the road down in the valley below.
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Seems to me like you have had a cool time in Calgary-(I think you are there). Great pics.
ReplyDeleteI used to live there. Thanks for the complement!
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