My May

I've been a little off the grid the past month. Truth be told I've felt a little uninspired. Also, I had finals and had to go to the uni a lot: for grading, for reviews and other academic commitments. I've been going to Veracruz and Mexico City. My cousin gave a me a 'key' to American Netflix, so... there's that (Thanks JR!).

So I've made a roundup of May events to show you what I've been up to. Here we go.

My BFF Wedding

One of my oldest friends got married at the begining of May, so naturally, A and I had went on the road to be there for her and Ale (her husband). The ceremony was lovely with them both coming up with their own vows (which isn't traditional at all in Mexico) and the whole place was decorated in a vintage style, which I loved. It was also a great time for us to catch up with my other bff who was moving to India a few days later to reunite with her future husband. Love was all around.

My birthday

This year I turned 30 (!!!) and got the royal treatment by A. Because we live far from our loved ones, he made sure my day was all sorts of special. He surprised me the night before with a gift certificate for a Spa Session at La Purificadora. He delivered flowers when I was away so that I'd be surprised by the time I got home. He bought me a beautiful present and took me to dinner somewhere we had been wanting to go in the longest time. He sure knows the way to my heart. I also celebrated with my friends on Saturday night with dinner at a new Chinese spot in Veracruz.

Mother's Day

For mother's day weekend (right after my birthday) we went home to be with our moms. My family celebrated with a small gathering at my aunt's house where some of the family was reunited for all sorts of take out and deserts.

Final Review

The semester ended and I had my students making maquettes of houses (their own design). Some were really good, while others didn't live up to my standards, but lucky for them, no one failed.

Anniversary Weekend in Mexico City

For our 5 year aniversary, A and I went to Mexico City. It was very short notice, so we couldn't get a room in our usual spot, but went with Gabs' recomendation for the second time. We treated A's brother to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate he's going to Chile for the Copa América (soccer) for work, and our aniversary at a spot we had been before in La Roma (I was bummed because they changed the menu and were no longer serving what I was hoping to eat). My bro in law got us a pair of Adidas Superstars and got me a pair of Adidas Ultra Boost for the gym, as a birthday present. On Sunday we walked to the Alameda to have breakfast at Hotel de Cortés, then to the Franz Mayer Museum and finally to Bellas Artes for a couple of expos we wanted to check out. Afterwards, we headed to Polanquito to La Lonja (which was kind of a disapointment as it was too small), got a cupcake at the new Magnolia Bakery and had lunch at Bello Puerto. It was a short but sweet trip.

Now that the semester is finally over, I'll have some more free time to craft around and hopefully write more. I'm looking forward to going home next weekend to surprise my parents and celebrate my brother's birthday and maybe even stay there for a week or so to catch up with friends and soak in my entire family before we are split again when Gaby goes to Orlando in July and Jorge returns to Playa del Carmen at the end of the week.

Hope your month was equally nice, and bring it on June!

G.

Infinite Obsession

Back in September 2014, the Museo Tamayo opened what would be the most visited exhibition in it's history: Infinite Obsession, a retrospective exhibition of Yayoi Kusama's work. For the first time ever, the Japanese artist's work would be showcased in Latin America, and Mexico City was one of the stops.

I had just moved to Puebla when the exhibition opened, but we didn't want to miss the opportunity to visit it. My best friends had seen it in Madrid a couple of years back (they were even almost arrested as one of them stepped into the water on the Infinity Mirror Room), and said we definitely had to check it out. 

For months, lines were INFINITE (no pun intended). People would arrive at the museum on sunday mornings way before they were open and by the time normal people woke up, had brunch and showed up to try and buy a ticket, they were sold out.

Finally, on our second trip to Mexico City in December, we made it! You would think that after 3 months the heat to attend the exhibition would have passed, but it was the opposite. We got there at 10 am, were in line for only half an hour (luckily),  and managed to get tickets for 1:30 pm, which gave us enough time to do other things while in the city.

The exhibition closed last weekend, finishing up with a 36 hour marathon so that everyone (or at least a lot of people) that hadn't seen it, had the chance to. There were people camping since friday night to get tickets for saturday! That's how much people wanted to see it, whether they just wanted to take a selfie inside one of the installations, or because they were truly appreciative of japanese art.

Infinite Obsession will next be exhibited in Santiago de Chile. 

g.

P.S. Apologies for the crappy photo quality. They'are all Iphone photos as we forgot the DSLR's battery back home :(