Today's fun story
One of the things I love about Houston is the culture. Another is the low cost of living.
I get to put those two things together when I get my hair cut. I go to a Mexican lady who doesn't speak much English. And I don't speak too much Spanish, although we both enjoy laughing about it when I do.
There's always useful information for me to learn in there...which taco stand has the best tacos de trompo, for example. Or little tidbits about Mexico's soccer league.
As I was getting my hair cut today, she asks me, "Where are you from?" I give her my story about being a native Texan forced to leave when I was young, coming back for college, etc. She looks pretty uninterested, so I wrap it up. As soon as I do, she says, "You don't have hair like white people." I wasn't sure how to tactfully ask what kind of hair I had, so we danced around that until she figured out what I was getting at. "You have hair like Mexicans." Nope, I'm Dutch, but it seemed like a compliment to me.
Anyway, I love this about Houston. Let's hope they don't put the light rail on Richmond and put her out of business. If only we had a mayor who didn't let crime soar, Houston would be awesome indeed.
Posted by Evan @ 03/23/07 12:11 PM
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