[CDMX 1930s to 1950s] Grandma in her early 20s and late 30s, in Mexico City and abroad, having immigrated from Sophia, Bulgaria

My grandma was the epitome of elegance. She passed in 1993. Everyone still remembers her as the most forward-looking and stylish lady in our community: the first to smoke cigarettes in public, to wear pants, and to own a color-TV. She was a polyglot who spoke Bulgarian, German, English, and Spanish with a Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) accent. I vividly remember and miss the comforting touch and smell of her hands, so soft and fragrant from cigarette smoke and perfume.