Reply #4: Makin' me homesick

[Celebration]

I grew up in a time when everyone had to go to Nuevo Laredo for a Mexican Market...........and, it was actually safe back then. El Mercado is pretty authentic, but without the "meat market" odor or raw meat in Nuevo Laredo. After one of those trips, I generally turned vegetarian for a week or two.

Your pictures capture the color and frivolity, for sure.

I still have some mementos from all this-- a hand carved yoyo with my initials in it(seriously, that is somewhere), a paper mache ostrich egg sized egg, decorated with string and painted in green and peach, some random pottery, a pinata or two, etc. etc. Mexican markets can be fun. But it is not for the minimalists!