Con Pasión (y Mole)

Yesterday, we went to the Lila Downs concert. But first we had some warm-up champagne:



Although there was no need to warm-up. It took Lila Downs barely a second to do that anyway. On days like this, I really believe God created the universe for the sole purpose to give us the opportunity to be enchanted by the belleza and pasión of Latin women*. Like the dress she wore! It was of the kind only a Latina can get away with - those colours, those patterns and the movement of the body required to bring it into effect. And I had to think of Toño's sisters who'd cooked all this amazing food for us. Like this mole:



... or enchiladas con mole:



How does one make mole? Well, read chapter IV of Como agua para chocolate** by Laura Esquivel or follow the recipe by Lila Downs:

Cumbia del Mole


^* and by Toño of course - and yeah by Kylie as well.
^** The term como agua para chocolate is a Mexican synonym for passion, because it requires boiling water to make a chocolate.

Dressing for Lila Downs

Lila Downs will perform in Lucerne this evening and Toño and I will have front row seats at the KKL. I've neither seen Lila Downs before nor have I been to the KKL. How could I?



We'll have to go directly from work. Toño already left the residence perfectly dressed as the Latin lover he actually is (including matching orange undies *swoon*), while I'm still standing in front of the cupboard hopelessly trying to find something suitable.

Getting Healed

It was Tobey Maguire, who single-handedly heeled me from my arachnophobia. It happened when he tried to get the knack of getting the thread controlled out of his wrist in the first Spider-Man.

I think I'm experiencing something similar with my ophidiophobia. This time by Lila Downs and La Mari of Chambao with their song Ojo de Culebra (snake eye).



Did I mention that Toño and I will have front row seats at Lila Downs' concert in Lucerne on June 4, 2009?