snack the planet!

i'm not sure why i have been on such a food for thought (thoughts of food) kick lately, maybe planting the garden or something? oh well. yesterday i was at a cantina with a friend. each beer or drink comes with a botana (a snack or small meal). cantina's are communal spaces. we drink, eat, talk, and sing together with strangers. %%green%%cantina drinks act as a social lubricant and the snacks bring us together. fueling conversation.%% this particular cantina was opened in 1936. it is young compared to some cantinas here. it has always been a social space. my friend and i appreciated the atmosphere dipping in and out of local gossip. laughing, drinking, snacking. i was two bites into my third botana, bone marrow tacos, when el triste by josé josé came on the jukebox. everyone stopped chatting and eating and began singing: qué triste fue decirnos adiós. we all sang, looking at one another. almost the entire song. after, the table next to us laughed and motioned for my friend and i to…