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Sweet Fifteen!

Posted on: Monday, March 23rd, 2009 in: Melissa's posts

The quinceañera is the celebration of a young girl’s fifteenth birthday but it means so much more than turning fifteen, it signifies her transformation into womanhood. The quinceañera is not only a Latino tradition; some cultural equivalents include the Bar Mitzvah for Jewish boys and girls, the sweet sixteen, and the debutante ball.
 
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I’m not as think as you drunk I am!

Posted on: Thursday, March 5th, 2009 in: Ross' posts

Lets talk about alcohol and El Salvador…shall we? There is only one mindset about drinking in El Salvador, at least here in the campo anyway. If you are seen drinking, you are obviously drunk. If you are drunk, you must be that way all the time, there for a beer with dinner would make you […]