I just got an e-mail from Alex (or rather Alejandro) - one of the Mexicans I went to Banff with - about a party going on this weekend:

It's a Semáforos party (semáforo is the word in spanish for traffic light) so all the people must be wearing something red, yellow or green.

What color to wear?

The color of your outfit will represent your "availability".
If you decide to go accompained (by your boyfriend, girlfriend or beloved one) wear something RED, that means "stop" you're not looking to hook up with someone.
If you wear YELLOW, that means you are on a "maybe" status, available to meet people.
And if you are looking for the love of your life or at lest someone to have a good time with, to get you warm during this cold winter, or someone to spend San Valentin's day with wear GREEN (go, go ahead, good to go) and let everybody know.

Haha! That idea is sooo funny! I've never heard of Semáforos parties. (Das fällt dann wohl tatsächlich in den Bereich der Verkehrs-Regelung, oder? :-) It would definitely be fun to see how that works. However, I'm facing two severe problems: Firstly, on Friday there's the Carnival party of the German and Scandinavian club and I'm not sure whether I'm already fit enough on Saturday. (After all I'm old now!) Secondly, if I decide to go, I would have to dye my hair, otherwise people will think I'm wearing a a red hat which would be a contradiction to my yellow or green shirt!

PS: A few birthday photos should be following soon.