tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393232.post7775665352080678873..comments2023-11-02T07:43:27.252-07:00Comments on Biting Tongue: Biting Tonguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770918200146334167noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393232.post-10731963710525747842008-07-04T09:20:00.000-07:002008-07-04T09:20:00.000-07:00Our neighborhood (also fairly well populated with ...Our neighborhood (also fairly well populated with Mexican families is usually pretty heavy on the cohetes for the week of the 4th, halloween, and new years.<BR/><BR/>Here, we've been surprised by the desire to celebrate the 4th, but it is alive and well. Half of the folks in our complex are visiting from the U.S (although most of them seem to have family ties in Mexico, some have been coming here for 20 years). We've even been asked a few times if we will be buying *more* fireworks for the 4th, as if our current purchases are too paltry... <BR/><BR/>I guess it's like E2 said, this is the most celebratinist country in the world.Biting Tonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770918200146334167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393232.post-66118248286565066692008-07-03T23:46:00.000-07:002008-07-03T23:46:00.000-07:00Isnt this Independence Day for the US? Not Mexico?...Isnt this Independence Day for the US? Not Mexico?<BR/>I should try that little *boom* experiment. In my Mexican-centric (among other families) neighborhood, we seem to be experiencing the same phenomenon... and it's been like this for the last 3 days. The cats are *not* fans of cohetes!lucky_girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425307671860837729noreply@blogger.com