Today was a very special day. Not only had I been waiting for about 5 months to take the girls to Usaquen, but I have also been waiting to take them to my emerald guy. And today was the special day!!
Unfortunately we were all too engrossed in the glittery, sparkly, spectacular emeralds to take any pictures...... dang it! But suffice it to say that we all felt like princesses!
It takes about 20 minutes for the safe to open, so while we were waiting we looked at the pre-Colombian style jewelry they have and, well, we all sort of picked out some favorites! LOL but by the time we had picked out some pretty pieces, the emeralds were all out for us to look at, try on, and drool over. Oh, what a delightful sight! The girls seemed to have a ball. Jennifer was looking for a pendant so she tried on all kinds of shapes and colors and different types of 'chains' until she found the most gorgeous deep green, oval shaped emerald pendant.
Christina was looking for earrings so she also tried on lots of different styles, shapes, and colors. They were all so pretty, and she finally decided on the most brilliant, larger, square-cut emeralds. SPECTACULAR!!!!
And my emerald guy, who is such a sweetheart, gave me such a discount that we also picked out earrings for Jennifer and a pendant for Christina! I am so happy that they A) loved the emeralds and B) found such amazingly beautiful pieces.
After dropping our loot off at the apartment, we headed back to Usaquen (in the rain....) to pick up Jen's artwork and for Christina to pick out what she wanted (she had a hard time deciding the day before. It was all a bit overwhelming ~ I am the same way!!) Anyway, we headed over in the rain (after stopping at the grocer, Carulla, for "water" ~aka money from the teller~ and umbrellas). Jennifer picked out two lovely, long, natural hued pieces, and Christina chose three colorfully striped ones.
Anyway, after we made those purchases, we headed back to septima (7th street) to hail a cab. Which, by the way, is very difficult to do in Bogota in the rain! In fact, one cab pulled over to get us, took one look, and took off again. Guess we didn't look trustworthy enough...? Finally someone did stop for us and he took us to the home of a Colombian friend of mine, Juliana, who had invited the girls and me over for some arapas de juevos. In fact, she not only made that delicious miracle food (a miracle because I think she uses magic to keep the egg inside the arepa...!) but she also made some wonderful empanadas filled with beef and onion. Juliana is the assistant in one of my first grade classes, and she is a doll!!!! She is lively, bubbly, funny, and generous. We all had a great time with her and her friend.
After that the three of us made a quick pitstop to pick up a Christmas gift for two someones and then we headed home where we crashed!!!
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