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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Wow, legit altar. What inspired you?
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Well, love the stuff and I missed the celebrations proper in Mexico last year when I was there (I was sick as a dog, duh). My roomie is all about getting back to Mexico, so I suggested that we do an altar.
So I treked to a cool shop in the Mission that carries all the stuff you would ever need (and I probably paid more than I should have for some of the things) and we did it (she did most of the work, she's more artistic than me). It was fun.
Then on the day, we toasted everyone and had traditional mole and tamales (the tamales were not traditional, but they were YUMMY, butternut squash and corn).
I am sure we will do it again next year. Sadly, so many lost friends, in the move back and forth (and Dian cleaning house while I was in VA) disposed of many pics from parties with now absent friends I and she would have loved to have had up on the altar.
next year, I'm going to the parade in the Mission, some pics can be seen here at
fogbay.com (go to the last page).
Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I really enjoyed putting this together.