This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting Cammie (one of my lovely fellow Fulbrighters) in Toluca. I have to say, after having been told that Toluca is the coldest, ugliest city in all of this land, it's been a hot spot for the Fulbrighters- first Alexis, now Cammie... When Cammie first arrived from Mexico City we picked up a few things from the grocery store and decided to cook ourselves a feast. I know what you're thinking, this blog is turning into a chronicle of my eating/cooking habits, but that's a pretty big part of my life here.
After picking up some pechuga planchada (literally "ironed chicken breast") we headed back to what is now being referred to as my Tolucan villa and got our Martha Stewart on. We, and by we I mean Cammie did most of the work and I chopped some onions, made pechuga rellena, which is chicken breast stuffed with queso oaxaca, a mozzarella-like cheese, and cooked in a blend of tomatoes, chicken stock, onions, garlic, s&p, and a few chipotle chiles. As a side dish (my gourmet creation) we had sauteed black beans, corn and onion. It was delicious! For dessert, we fell off the Mexican bandwagon and ended up making chocolate-chip cookies. Cammie and I are now DEFINITELY ready to get married.
On Friday night we went out in Metepec again, which is a small city right outside of Toluca where many Toluqueños go out on the weekends. To be honest, the night was a blur of dancing, but it ended with roses and notes that said declared our "superness" so I really can't complain. I'd have to say that the highlight was the moment we were about to leave when suddenly Shania Twain's "I feel like a woman" came on and Cammie and I immediately ran back inside to have a last dance.
Other than that, I've been sticking with the routine at school and continuing to LOVE my students (not in the illegal way), oh yeah, and applying to law schools - that's fun!
I just found out that my Grandma (the crazy one) will be visiting in November and I am incredibly excited. Not to mention that my Aunt Lupita and Uncle Lawrence will be visiting a week from Friday....hmm, I may very well put this little city on the map! My door's always open!
Abrazos fuertes de México!
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