You should all know that there are other animals who enjoy pumpkin as much as I do. Probably people, too.
http://www.edisproduction.de/2013/10/30/adorable-talking-porcupine-loves-pumpkin/
You are probably less interested in the fact that my cooking of the last few weeks has pretty much been relegated to roasting pumpkin for pumpkin puree so I can make Thanksgiving-appropriate desserts...all. month. long.
That said, since I'm having fun...I wrote about it at GoGirl! (Wondering how to take pumpkin pie global? Guess no longer!) http://www.travelgogirl.com/blog/2013/11/21/pumpkin-pie-thanksgiving-abroad/
Needless to say, I'm a bit wistful about the fact I'll be missing my third stateside Thanksgiving in a row...but hey, on New Years Eve I'll touch down in the US as an Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. My parents tell me we can turn back the clock and do it all again.
Meanwhile, less than two weeks left as a Peace Corps Volunteer...then comes backpacking through Bolivia and Peru...and then, the US. Life is crazy sometimes, you know?
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Cumbia everywhere
Well, it's November. That means, it's almost Carnaval!
Even as stores, houses, and buildings are filling up with Christmas paraphernalia from the floors to the rafters, Carnaval groups have started practicing. For Carnaval. Which happens in March.
And so comes the resurgence of Cumbia, a type of music/dance I've had a mixed relationships with ever since my very first Carnaval and reign as "Princess" at my school, where I cumbia'd, dressed in the traditional dresses, in front of like, a thousand people...numerous times. (I may have mentioned a few times that in spite of living for two years in the land of Shakira, my hips aren't yet truthful...)
Anyway, coastal Colombia claims to have "invented" Cumbia, and whether or not that's true, here it is showing up on NPR!
So here's some Cumbia from around the world. The very first track sounds very much like what Cumbia sounds like here...although we like to incorporate a particularly piercing reed flute into the mix as well.
I got excited, and thought that I'd share. Fun quick listen!
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/10/
Even as stores, houses, and buildings are filling up with Christmas paraphernalia from the floors to the rafters, Carnaval groups have started practicing. For Carnaval. Which happens in March.
And so comes the resurgence of Cumbia, a type of music/dance I've had a mixed relationships with ever since my very first Carnaval and reign as "Princess" at my school, where I cumbia'd, dressed in the traditional dresses, in front of like, a thousand people...numerous times. (I may have mentioned a few times that in spite of living for two years in the land of Shakira, my hips aren't yet truthful...)
Anyway, coastal Colombia claims to have "invented" Cumbia, and whether or not that's true, here it is showing up on NPR!
So here's some Cumbia from around the world. The very first track sounds very much like what Cumbia sounds like here...although we like to incorporate a particularly piercing reed flute into the mix as well.
I got excited, and thought that I'd share. Fun quick listen!
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/10/
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