MEXICAN ARTISAN EXPO



This past weekend we went to the 4th Annual Artisan Expo, in Pharr, TX.  We put on the GPS and it took us right to the door of the Convention Center.  Good thing because we saw a parking lot full of cars, but no sign. 
There was one, we saw it when we were leaving!
Mexican artists bring their crafts to Pharr, TX to make shopping easy for the people in the area.
The place was crowded, with people selling and people buying. Food samples, straight out of Mexico, were offered as you strolled by the tables laden with crafts, art pieces and delicious looking foods. 

The girls above are dancing with glasses of water on their heads.  A traditional dance in the Mexican state they are from. 

Many religious articles were displayed and for sale.  There were dolls, pictures, pottery, ceramics (as the skelton lady, as tall as I am) candies, cookies, tostados, leather goods, serapes, nuts, glassware and a large variety of jewlery.  I purchased tostados that I used to get when living in Mexico--YUM.  Made salsa when I got home too!  I also bought very, very thin almond cookies and cinnamon drenched pecans--YUMMO!  A painted picture, with embroidery infused into the flowers, handmade by the lady in the above, was my last purchase.  A nice rememberance of being in Texas, which seems like a suburb of Mexico!

The two guys, in the picture below, were anxious to make the taco that I ordered.  Beans and cheese.  I added salsa and it was a full meal!   $2.00 ~ Took me back to the days we spent in Mexico, eating at the street stands.  Very delicious!  

A nice time at the Mexican Artisan Expo, in Pharr. Not too far from Mexico. (Pharr pronounced FAR.)  Plus, I had a chance to practice my Spanish, as most vendors spoke only in espanol!  Thanks to Hector (my teacher in Mexico) I still can get along asking questions and carrying on short conversations with the friendly people of Mexico.