This photo was taken at Cris' birthday party. She is wearing a brand-new dress from Jeremy and me. The look on my face is betraying something like "She actually likes it?!" Later that evening I decided it must have been our luck and not our fashion judgment that was to thank for the success when "the tourist gringo/a" was made the butt of another revelers' joke. He remarked (as per Jeremy's precise and ever-patient translation): "No matter where they go, those gringos always stick to the same American dress!" I took this as encouragement to ditch the lightweight REI pants.