gris-2023-12-31

     Session Start: Sun Dec 31 11:53:14 2023

[11:53.22] <levity> are you boricua?

[11:56.37] <gris> no but i have spent a long time backpacking pr

[12:18.50] <levity> to be honest, i wasnt even familiar with those masks.  seems to be a bit reminescent of the mexican dia de los muertos.  learn something new every day

[12:20.08] <levity> i already made a page for it on my blog.  thanks for the evolution

[12:20.29] <levity> ＋https://laughdispenser.blogspot.com/p/kvids.html，

[12:21.02] <levity> its towards the bottom right before WORLD PEACE THROUGH PUERTORICAN FOOD

[13:53.23] <gris> i worked in viejo san juan in a restaurant/bar/gift shop/art gallery where upstairs i did some work repairing and cleaning various huge vejigante masks

[16:29.18] <levity> i havent been since 1990

[16:29.30] <levity> i was 12

[16:30.32] <gris> its an island of enchantment. its a magical place

[16:30.44] <levity> cant wait to go back

[16:31.41] <levity> when i go i wanna hitch all the way to panama and then stow away on a boat or something to pr

[16:32.08] <levity> hehe

[16:32.09] <gris> well, funny thing about that:

[16:32.31] <gris> all international shipping (ie. import/export) must go thru mainland USA first

[16:33.10] <levity> even if its the opposite direction, eh

[16:33.44] <gris> you could take a yacht or a cruise maybe

[16:33.50] <gris> the cruise ships all dock at vsj

[16:33.51] <levity> i bet you cant walk far without people pulling over

[16:34.14] <levity> thats how it is in mexico

[16:35.45] <levity> have you spent a lot of time in the yunque?

[16:35.57] <levity> i was born in bayamon, grew up in vega baja

[16:36.05] <levity> until i was five

[16:36.15] <levity> moved to texas