the canadian tuxedo debate, muy usage, and the perfect hostel

one of our residual questions that we kept forgetting to clarify was what exactly a canadian tuxedo is. this was prompted by the uniforms at argentinean mcdonald's, where employees wore denim shirts and mcdonalds jeans on the bottom. "AHHH! a canadian tuxedo!" i exclaimed, while cheryl said, "no way! that's double denim! a canadian tuxedo is a sweatsuit!"

i had been under the impression from andy that a canadian tuxedo was denim on top, and denim on the bottom. while cheryl was positive that double denim was the right name and the canadian tuxedo referred to the sweatsuit.

lo and behold, this morning i checked in google and the winner is...............

the denim on top, denim on bottom combo!!!! muy gasp.

on that note, i get the feeling amongst our group that the phrase "muy" is reaching a saturation point. usage has dropped off significantly. during a game of pool last night, it was only used twice!

lastly, kavitha and i, during a rainy day in ilha de mel, designed the characteristics of the perfect hostel that we will one day build:

• structurally sound bunk beds
  
• mattresses with good support
  
• shelves
  
• lockers under the bed and for valuables
  
• secure locker-type spaces for charging ipods, phones, etc. around your bed
  
• showers with great water pressure
  
• hot showers
  
• some private bathrooms
  
• chairs in the room
  
• adjustable dimming lights in the room
  
• a fully equipped kitchen
  
• cleanliness
  
• good public transportation access
  
• phones for phone card usage
  
• free, fast internet and wifi
  
• a social area
  

and the list is to be expanded.

on the last note, today is artigas's last day - we are really sad to see her leave (especially since she is my pillar of strength). we will miss her "what are we doing now?" amongst many other arti-isms.