What if you met a beautiful person at a party, swept them off of their feet and the two of you eloped to a remote city in Mexico with 121 churches and wild packs of chihuahuas roaming the streets? “New ‘Round Here” storyteller Limbert Fabian and his wife Marta ran away to Mexico to get married, climb pyramids and eat “yogurth.” The story of Limbert and Marta’s romance is one of those “What if?” scenarios: what if Marta hadn’t gone to that party? What if she’d lost Limbert’s (many) card(s), and hadn’t called the next day? What if that giant volcano in Cholula had erupted while Baz Luhrrman’s art director was taking Limbert and Marta’s wedding photos?
-Chris Jay
I normally don’t write our posts; but, I wanted to add that Cholula is an incredibly fascinating city. The Great Pyramid of Cholula is one of the largest pyramids on this side of the world. Apparently, it was orginally erected to honor the god Quetzalcoatl. Today, and when Limbert and Marta were there, the pyramid has a beautiful Catholic church erected on top. In a lot of ways, the location mirrors their relationship – sometimes the new stuff just needs to get located on top of the old stuff. Expect change, because at some point Quetzalcoatl is going to be the old god and the future holds something beautiful, new and exciting. Heavy, right?
–Sara Hebert
The image in the player above is CC-licensed, attributed to Janice Waltzer. Thanks, Janice!
