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Mariachis and mescal

Posted by Michele on Feb 13, 2012 in Destinations, Life in Mexico | 4 comments

The first time ever I heard a mariachi sing was at a dinner club in Guadalajara, Mexico. I was seated  in the front row surrounding a raised wooden stage and every time the mariachi stomped his cowboy boot,  I’d feel vibrations ripple across the stage down into my toes. He sang of love, loss and betrayal and looked straight into my eyes. It didn’t matter  to me that he was portly, wore a shiny, sequinned shirt and big sombrero, by the end of the first set I was madly in love. My swooning turned out to be the beginning of a bout of food poisoning and I spent the remainder of...