Big doings

The excitement of city life apparently was evident today, but of course I missed it. A cop had his gun drawn (pointing it straight up, I was told) as he entered the residence across the street from us. Mind you, our street is just wide enough to get a car through, so this was right in our grills. My neighbors from across the hall watched as the cop entered 118 (we're 115), but my neighbors had a previous engagement and didn't stick around to see what happened. I was either napping or lesson planning, and didn't bother to look out my window.  Didn't hear any shots, so I guess all turned out well.
The usual action in our alley/street is high school kids making out. We're just off the beaten path enough, and close enough to the bus/combi/taxi stops on nearby San Lazaro, that kids wander up here to smooch.
My classes will be ending this weekend and next week with final exams. New classes start in September. Good news: My night class, which has some high school students, had some behavior issues early -- they wouldn't shut their pie holes. But they've turned into a great group. I made a deal with them that I would show more videos and have more games if they would be quiet when someone was talking (like me, for example), and quit playing with their cell phones. I called it fair and square and drew a square on the board to show them their two sides and my two sides. Corny, but it worked. Next month I'll be teaching a TEFL course, which means I'll be teaching the teachers grammar. It'll be a challenge but I'm looking forward to it.
I posted some pictures: the gimnasio where I'm the biggest but not strongest guy;  a photo of my dinner or new sweater; and a shot of one of the cool old cars you see around town. With the dry weather, cars are preserved pretty well here. Just like SoCal. There are some classics around town, and quite a few VW Beetles.
Still eating the street meat almost nightly, and I've also found a wonderful pastry shop/vegetarian restaurant combo. So far I've only sampled the pastries and they're awesome as well as affordable. I cut my finger pretty good (or bad, depending on your preference) slicing bread and cheese, so I've stopped doing my laundry in the tub upstairs. I could get used to (a modal with a phrasal verb!) someone else doing my wash.
Bought a bottle of Chilean wine from some street vendor -- Casillero del Diablo (Legend of the Devil, I think), a 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon. Paid $ 20 soles, about $6.50 U.S., and it's outstanding. But I don't know crap about wine, so take my endorsement for what it's worth.