el crispito

Our friend Charles is having to move out of his house, the one he grew up in. It's a great big house (okay, at least it's huge to us, since we live in an apartment) in Colonia Chapalita. We live in Chapalita Sur, so it's very nearby.

Shawn wanted to throw a party, and we can't really do it properly here in our place. It's is too small and Mexican parties tend to run late, like until 5 or 6 am. Since our building is mostly families and there are several young children and older people, we were considering doing what a lot of people do here: renting a terraza for an evening. That costs money though, especially if you want to have the party on a night when all Shawn's coworkers can come: a Friday or Saturday.

We were talking about this with Charles and he offered his house as a place for the party. Because he's moving out, it's more or less vacant of furniture, so we can set up our own stuff and have lots of space. We're hiring a company to provide other details: a bartender, furniture, waiters, and a taquiza, which is a taco buffet with servers. At the moment, I'm working on getting a couple of go-go dancers. The party planning place doesn't offer those.

We're calling the party La época de oro because it's the end of an era for Charles and still the start of a new one for us. Also, Charles' place has chandeliers, a garden in the back and it's got kind of a plush feeling to it, like those old classic films of Mexico from the 50s. That's the era in Mexican cinema known as la época de oro, with classy stars like María Félix and Pedro Infante.

So please bear with me while I get our little borrachera together. It goes down this coming Saturday night and Sunday morning, and I'll post pictures afterwards. It may well end up being a couple of days afterwards, since I anticipate having a considerable hangover.

[view a reduced-size pdf version of the invitation]