Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba is best described as a berry. It is round and black and grows on trees. But not on the branches as you might think. No, it is attached right to the trunk and bark of the tree, stuck there as if someone had glued it. You can't eat the peel so when you pop in into your mouth, bite down, suck out all the innards and the seed and swallow, then spit out the peel. Sweet and creamy like nothing else I can compare it to, with a little bit of sour near the center. I ate about 98 total.

Last night as I turned out the light and crawled under the sheets, I heard the sound of a guitar outside my window. So, naturally, I being of the curious type, stood up on my mattress and peeked my head out the window. Down below I saw three boys. One was playing a guitar and leaning against a parked car. As I watched he started singing. A low melody, soft and sweet. The others sat on the steps of a near by apartment. The one in the red tee shirt stared drumming on his knees and the one in white shorts started laughing. But that didn’t stop their music. I perched there, on the windowsill until I became really sleepy and rolled back into bed.
The beauty of living in a place full of free spirits, open windows, and surprising new food.