It's the little differences...

these are a few of my favourite things...

Cool drinks on hot days.. Jamaica is a magenta coloured 'agua fresca' flavoured with flowers! Horchata is cold rice milk with cinnamon and sometimes fruit.. Almost every corner has a little stall on wheels selling agua frescas of all varieties, tacos or dulces..

Monochromatic homes.. It seems to be a trend here to paint your entire home in various shades of one colour. My favourite is a huge 3 story arartment building entirely painted two shades of APPLE GREEN.. it has pink curtains in every window, and an arch right at the top with an old statue of the virgin Mary in it.. I'll have that one please it can be my Mexican Emerald City..

Hombres con burros.. It's true! I see them! They exist.. and they are in the city. Men with big hats, checkered shirts and cowboy boots walking along the street with donkeys loaded up with bales of hay.. Squeal!!

Checkered aprons and plastic shoes.. for every man with donkey there are 20 beautiful old ladies with two long plaits, a colourful checkered apron embroidered with birds and flowers and a little pair of plastic shoes. I'm starting a collection of these aprons.. they are a hybrid of 60's gogo/ shift dress, mexican nana and farmers daughter.. they are one size fits all and there are endless combinations of patterns, embroideries, trims..

Gigantic balloon bunches.. every day in the main square there are a handfull of vendors selling bright, foil, helium balloons and inflatable toys on wheels?! Every day there are huge clusters of these objects and sometimes if you're lucky you can see them walking to work.. big buches of balloons with legs..