Here Comes the Neighborhood

Driving over to the freeway today, we saw some pedestrians whose presence and juxtaposition in our neighborhood is wonderful and crazy. A pair of young Somali(-American!) women, decked out in brilliantly-colored hijab and only their faces visible, were standing at a bus stop. Passing them were two middle-aged Mexican(-American!) men, both wearing jeans, cowboy boots, and cowboy hats and one with his white wife-beater shirt pulled up over his belly. Man, I sure could go for a plate of Som-Mex food right now!