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Maite + Francisca = Maitelates

Hello again! It’s time to put it together and get back to my good old habit of writing.. writing of course about things that make me happy, extremely happy, like all the beauty behind these pictures, like Maitelates, and all what that simple combination of characters mean in my indomitable- as Mo would say- life.

Yes, I tattooed Ann Arbor on my wrist.

Yes, I flew back to Chile

Yes, Francisca is the cutest (and smartest!) Maitelates manager of the whole word!

Yes I miss you all!!!

Yes, I have the most beautiful children ever

And yes, even though the whole move and life change has been exhausting and confusing, I’m happy to realize that there is one thing that makes me focus, relax and put my confusion together.. that would be making Alfajores from start to finish, as I did almost every day in Ann Arbor. I can’t help it!

And it is not about enjoying sticky hands or being covered in flour while you don’t even have a place to put your suitcases YET.. it is about creating with my hands, something that I know for sure, will make someone else happy. Cutting dough to bake it later, tempering chocolate until the right shining point, making Alfajores, brings my spirit to that sweet Ann Arbor in where I left unique memories and the most amazing friends.

M-A-I-T-E-L-A-T-E-S

I remember the day I put those silly letters together. If I only knew..

The magic of that funny name keeps bringing people together. The sweetness behind each Maitelates will make people happy forever, and that, that will always make me smile..

Francisca, amiga mia, keep it rock and rolling! Go Maitelates!!!! Go A2!!!! May the force make us all be back together!!