One more year on this planet

gm frens!

This is me.

A slightly younger version of me.

A little munchkin discovering the world through legos and Dr. Seuss books.

My mom sent me these today. She keeps the originals in photo album somewhere.

My dad sent me this:

It's a tweet from 1981

they called it... telegram.

For all you yungins out there, this was what they used before the internet. They used a device called the telegraph that sent electrical signal over wires using morse code. which are just a series of beeps. The person on the receiving end would decode the message and type it out, print it and give it to someone for hand delivery. Quite the logistics, right?
The name comes from the greek words tele, which means at a distance, and graphien, meaning to write.

Nostalgia anyone?

hahaha

Let's get back to celebrating; today is about celebration!!!

Today, I'm a little bit older 👌 ( I'd like to thing a little less dumb too) and very thankful to be alive for a little while.

The civilized way to celebrate this is... birthday mescals! of course!

Headed down to El Tope. A bar that specializes in all types of mescals brought in from Oaxaca, Mexico.

The name translates to speed bump, which is appropriate because you'll want to slow down when walking past this joint. You might see something you like and make a quick stop :).

Or maybe it slows down the senses, lol. either way, it's a good name.

The owners, good friends of ours, travel by car from Guatemala City every few months and look for the rarest and wildest mescals they can find.

This place is not about maximizing sales and making huge profits, it's about sharing the mescal culture with friends and supporting small farmers and producers.

The devil says.. welcome!

Here you go birthday boy!

curtesy of El Tope.

I was greeted with a glass of 7 diablos mescal with chili powder, and small hill of spicy chapulines and a pint of porter #beer

What are chapulines? I'm glad you asked.

Fried grasshoppers! yum!

Here's a better shot so you can see them up close. Sure, some of you might not find the thought of eating bugs appealing, but mexicans have been eating these little critters in tortilla for centuries, and I can see why. They are spicy, tasty and nutritious, so why not?

If you're willing to try something new, you might just like chapulines. I love them.

These folks sure know how to make a man happy. can you tell?

They also has great music playing which is a huge bonus. Peter, head chef at Sal, Sal de Mar and bass player in The Remolacha Beets band is also quite the music connoisseur. He likes to collect 90's rock memorabilia and vinyl records from yesteryear.

This is a poster of Pear Jam's concert in Berlin in 2012:

you can check the setlist and some official photos on the Pear Jam website

What I'm thankful for today

I'm incredibly thankful to be alive and witness the clear blue sky
I'm thankful for my family, @pamarias and Compadre
I'm thankful I can pick up the phone and call my parents
I'm thankful to be healthy
I'm thankful to have work at @recording-box that puts food on the table and keeps me out of debt
I'm thankful to have friends all over the globe that help me learn, appreciate art and pick me up (we've all needed it one time or another)
I'm thankful to have found a home on #HIVE where I can write this post and will help be build a better and more free financial future.

Thanks y'all!

And happy birthday to some of you amazing folks that are part of the October gang!!

@freidimar18 's mom! - happy birthday!
@ironshield 's wife - happy birthday!
@kattycrochet's sweet 15 (x3) - happy birthday!
the lovely @mariannysleon - happy birthday!
@sassycebuana - happy birthday!
@mariaalejandra23 - Happy birthday!
My man @daltono with the big three-o - Happy birthday!
The adventurous @lauramica - Happy birthday!

Hope to celebrate with you again next year!!