On Saturday myself, Cyber,
My main purpose in going to TJ was to find Mexican crafts and cheap booze. I am a big fan carved ironwood and have a lot of bear statues that I had purchased over the years while living in Yuma. I also like Oaxacan painted art, but that style has already been "discovered" and so prices tend to be a bit more. The liquor was easy to find with a little comparison shopping. I picked up a liter of coffee liquor (local brand, not Kahlua) and a bottle of orange liqueur for $15. The crafts were a little harder to find. What I found was a lot of shitty kitchy stuff. That's to be expected. I was about to give up hope when we discovered a few narrow side streets. Bingo! There were many stalls selling wood and iron crafts, but mostly on a big scale, like furniture and big outdoor decorations. I did manage to find a few ironwood bears and a blown-glass tiger for Kitty.
We decided to call it a day and headed back to the border. It took almost 2 frigging hours to get across on foot! It was ridiculous! Things are going to get even worse at the end of the year when they are going to require passports to go across the border. But don't you feel safer from terrorists? I sure do [/sarcasm]
There was a party at Cyber's on Saturday night, and there was much drinking and debauchery. What happens at Cyber's stays at Cyber's. Sunday was a much more mellow day. We all went to Brians' for a hearty breakfast and then to The Crypt for yiffy toy window shopping. After that everyone started heading for home and I packed up for my flight back.
So it was an awesome weekend overall. Too bad I didn't get to spend more time with