The Games We Play

We like to play lots of games here, one of our favorites being Guess What That Drop That Just Landed On Me Was And Where It Came From, and another one is How Much Do You Think This Cab Ride Should, Then Actually Does, Cost? But one that I have come to like playing is Watch Levi's Face which is really fun, because he makes really funny ones. Example: Last night we went to the despedida for my friend Vanessa, which was awesome and we will miss you very much! at a place called Manolo´s. Well, she had told me that it was cheap and good, but I really didn't understand until yesterday. When she says good she means incredible. We had peppers and eggplant and provoleta (grilled cheese-no bread, just cheese, which is a little crispy on the outside, melty on the inside, covered with basil...so good!) and tenderloin and french fries. It was SO good. Levi took his first bite, and it was like his face just froze and he looked up at me with incredulity on his face. "This is the best steak I have ever had. I am serious. In my whole life. It's like a sponge!" Then we got the bill. 14 pesos per person, roughly 5 dollars U.S. Incredible! Another example: I was saying that I had not bought any necklaces since I have gotten here, and I wanted to wear one, and Levi told me to open a gift he had brought me (he came bearing gifts!) and inside was a necklace with a wishbone on it. I love it. Anyway, I put it on and he says "That's your sharing bone!" (If you are confused refer to the salsa incident I wrote about 2 blogs ago...) Anyway we had a good laugh and I wore it all day. At the end of the day I took it off before showering and he looked at me with terror in his eyes and said, without missing a beat, "Put that back on!" So funny! Last one: Yesterday on the way to dinner we took the subway. At first we stood, which entails grabbig the pole and swaying to the rhythm of the hurky-jerky subway rails. After a while we got a seat. There was something on my tongue so I got it off, then looked at Levi and leaned in to give him a kiss. He backed his neck faaar away from mine and had a look of disgust on his face. "You just touched the pole, then touched your tongue and now you want to kiss me? I might as well lick the pole!"

Speaking of funny something I forgot to mention is that while we were at the Feria de Mataderos I walked up to one stall and was promptly shit on by a bird. Well I let out a little shriek and the guy who owned the stall looked at me and I pointed to my arm and said, pathetically, "pajaro." Well that just cracked him up, as well as the owners of at least 5 other surrounding stalls, who all had to crane their necks to see the little brown specks that now covered my once clean shirt.