A Hispanic afternoon

¡Buenos Dias! Maybe you remember being here before. This is Mi Pueblo, the cantina on Info Island International that is the main attraction in the Spanish region of the island. I brought you here very briefly in November, but we didn't stay long enough to look around, so I decided to come back for a second visit.












The cantina is a simple adobe building, like many that you may see in Mexico or parts of the American Southwest. The walled courtyard is a pleasant place to sit on a sunny day -- when isn't it a sunny day in SL? My friend, Marimar, also puts seasonal displays here, so it can look very festive.

Let's go inside ....

I could sit here for hours sipping margaritas. This is such a comfortable place. Marimar has hung colorful paintings and photographs on the walls, as well as some lovely woven and pottery artwork. Many of them will offer you a notecard if you ask, giving information about the place or the cultural significance of the piece.


This is also a wonderful place to dance! The audio stream is all Latin music, and Marimar has hung a large mirrored dance ball full of intricate dances animations. I can't resist the chance to do a cha-cha!



Oh, and the bar not only serves delicious margaritas but you can gorge yourself on cheeses, taco dip, and other scrumptious things to eat. All low fat, of course. I think I'll just sit here for a while and take a few bites ....



















Here is some of the artwork I was telling you about ... including a colorful painting of dancers doing the tango, a very atmospheric photo of Chichen Itza, and another of the ruins at Machu Pichu. There's a lot to learn here about Hispanic culture.




There's a fine park outside the cantina too. The centerpiece here is a magnificent tiled fountain. I like to sit here on a park bench and relax while I do some of those pesky maintenance jobs that are so easy to put off -- like cleaning up my inventory. The sound of flowing water is soothing ... almost enough to put me to sleep....



No, I mustn't stay here and daydream. Too many things to do.

Thank you for coming with me again. I'll look for you again another day.

By the way, this Summer Butterflies dress is very much like the Ivy Sun Dress I was wearing the other day when we visited the Bridge of Stateless People. It has the same two-skirt feature, which makes it flow beautifully on the dance floor. Look back at that cha-cha picture. See what I mean?

The fabric for this dress is a gently two-toned blue and lavender, covered with hundreds of tiny colorful butterflies. It's in my shop on Elysian Isle, of course. Go see. ;-)