Flaca – la Flaca – My dear friend Dady is often lovingly called, “Flaca” by her friends.
Ivo Uquillos greets lovely Dady at the inauguration of his retrospective show in Portoviejo, Manabi Ecuador.
Through the wonders of editing the ‘Publish” options, this post should reach you while I am traveling through the country via minibus! When pondering Spanish words that start with F, I selected Flaca because of Jarabe de Palo’s song by that name! He sings about a woman in Cuba who was “100 pounds of skin and bones – 40 kilos of salsa,” and she loved to dance! The song has a great beat, great pauses between beats, funky sounds and oh, how he’d like to kiss that woman that’s driving him crazy!
“Un beso de la flaca…”
Flaca means thin, lean, skinny. Pictured above is Dady during last year’s post-painting contest in Jama (It Started With One Light Pole) and below is Gema, a lovely teenager friend from Cruzita. 
This was written offline and hopefully will published as requested! Have a good day, everyone, and I’ll be back with better internet in a day or two! Until then, enjoy the song!
Lovely Gina of Hostal Cruzita (Ecuador)
Thanks, Frizztext, for the story challenge!
Z
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Very good post. always you are very original…
Cruz
thanks, carlos! you’re always kind! grrrrrrrrracias!
I worked at a restaurant/bar in San Mateo, and the Hispanic fellows all called me La Flaca!
how fun! thanks for your comment, amiga! i’m playing catchup tonight!
Great sexy song with a beat to start my day. Thanks! No flaca around here, just a bunch of seniors who dream of once was.
i’m so glad that you liked the song! the mirror might show that we’re getting older, but we’re still young in soul! z
oh Lisa, your music link made my day!
i’m so glad that you enjoyed the song! thanks for the video!
Love the song. Made me long to be Flaca again 😦
thanks! i’m glad that you enjoyed the song! maybe dancing to the song will whittle away any ‘extras’ and you can have your wish. i haven’t seen an image of you that suggests that you’re ‘gorda.’ nonetheless, one can be flaca in spirit! z
Love that light pole! Happy travels, my friend.
Hugs,
Kathy
thanks! maybe one day you’ll inspect that pole and the other 51 in person! z
Loved your ‘Flaca’ post. Gema and Gina are both beautiful. Happy travels. 🙂
I love Jarabe de Palo…they are very famous in Mexico…and this song is very famous. I know it. After the holidays I did not feel Flaca at all ;). Good post! I am dancing…hope you have a great time on your trip.
Gema and Gina are just gorgeous!! Love, love the song. 😀
Happy travels!
thanks! the song is a great one, and yes, the ladies are gorgeous! z
really like this blog and Love the song 🙂
Hope you made it safely back from Quay. and that all went well… hey, we’re finally “legal”…lol
hey
i realized that i’d not replied to the la flaca comments. oops – lo siento!
so glad that you’re legal!
congratulations!
You have captured those flacas beautifully. As I am a big fan of Jarabe de Palo and really like Flaca, I can enjoy this post equally much.
how great that you enjoy his music! i really like the song/video ‘agua’ as well. thanks so much for your feedback! z
Gema! Almost like me, except Gema is flaca, where Gemma is not!
Stunning young ladies. 😉
she is a very sweet young woman – a true gem, as are you!
The flacas are pretty. El flaco es guapo 🙂
Great song, Z. La Flaca reminds me of my ex-wife!
I think if I want to be flaca I need to try salsa.
you are so right! one two three four five six seven eight….two two three four five six seven eight!
turn up the music and salsa!
Love it!!
Well she’s lovely! Thanks for the story!
Great photos and wonderful song. Are all the young women in Central and South America beautiful?
“Me too” to all the above. I’m Latin-American-Music-Ignorant, and this flick was a great bit of fun. TY. And, the pole painting is such a hot idea. Every village, town, county and city should have one every year. So keep sharing those ideas.
I love that song…it brings memories from my university years and our girls night outs. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great photos of vibrant young women
Thanks for letting me camp out in your blog for a little while today. I had a great time and tried to leave my campsite as good as when I arrived. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks!
thanks! i enjoy your posts as well! thanks for stopping by! come again soon!! z