February 20th, 2010
A Celebration of Womanhood in Grand Rapids
My whole family and I were on our way to Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was a little sad about leaving my dog all alone, I mean, someone will be checking up on her, well only be away 2 nights and 3 days, but my dogs never been without us. I hope she fares well.
So, I was sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the car trip to Grand Rapids, I watched the beautiful scenery pass by, then my Mom got hungry, so we stopped at McDonald’s. We got back in the car and heading back on the road again. After 3 hours, we saw the mile signs to Grand Rapids, 30 miles away. We were are eager to arrive and get settle in our hotel rooms, we had to book 2 rooms because there are 6 of us. My mom found the Grand Rapids Hotel, where we will be staying, on the Internet, she’s not one who great online, but she found this page: hotelsgrandrapids.com and the site made it very easy for her to book two rooms.
As soon as we got into Grand Rapids, my folks headed straight for the Community College Restaurant, it’s called The Heritage. The food there was excellent; it’s all prepared by students, and I give them an A+! After that we found our hotel, which was nicer than we expected. We called up my cousins to let them know we arrived. It was her Quinceanera tomorrow. That’s why we are here. Quinceanera’s are a big deal in the Mexican traditions. It’s when a girl turns fifteen and is considered a woman. But, I was really looking forward to all the great Mexican food that will be served.
The next day, when we arrived at the Quinceanera, we stuffed our faces with great Mexican food, while great Mexican music was playing. My cousin finally got to dance her waltz, while everyone else danced the salsa, the cumbia and the merengue. We started doing the traditional Chinelos Dance, which is a traditional dance from the Aztecs to scare off bad spirits. This dance lasts about 5 minutes, and we keep repeating the same 4 steps over and over.
We found the DJ to be not of this era, someone needs to tell him that there’s new music! When the party ended, we all went back to our cousins house, so we could all catch up and relax with one another. We didn’t get back to our hotel until 5am! Now that was some Quinceanera!
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