A Year in Oaxaca

A Year in Oaxaca

The Candy Shop

Mexicans. Like. Candy.

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Jacob Dean
Jul 31, 2024
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We needed, as one sometimes does in Mexico, to fill a piñata.

The outside of a candy shop called Dulcería de Sevillano.

The past ten days have seen the arrival of my family en masse to celebrate my mom’s 70th birthday. Up until now nobody from my family had yet visited us save for my sister, and when my parents suggested they celebrate this particular milestone here with us in Mexico we immediately said yes and…

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