On 09/06/2011 06:48 PM, Dimitri wrote:
> I spent many of my teen age years in Mexico City.
>
> Our "girl" Lupe had charge of the house and the kitchen. If I wanted to
> eat or to practice my Spanish I hung out in the kitchen with Lupe.

Lovely! We had a woman named Maria who took care of us when we lived in
Spain, and I have some of the same sorts of memories. I still can't
drink chamomile tea except when my stomach's upset, because that was
Maria's cure for a sick stomach.

Serene
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