Dia De Los Muertos

The day of the dead, or more accurately, the days of the dead, are November 1 and 2. When we lived in LA, it was always fun to go down to Olvera Street and see what was shaking. The whole notion that it's okay to integrate death into life is so UN-American. I wish our death-fearing culture could take a page from the Mexican's book and understand it's the most natural thing in the world.

I still don't know what happened to my little wooden diarama with the Day-Of-The-Dead Mariachi Band in it. It's just about the best Halloween costume I can think of -- black tee and black jeans with white skeleton bones glued on -- big Mexcan sombrero -- big mariachi guitar.