It's Cinco de Mayo! Wait... I've already said that. Cinco de Mayo means there's really
only one option in my mind for lunch, Taco Azul! Let's go find that big blue taco truck...
And here's lunch... the ridiculously huge, Taco Azul Al Pastor burrito! SuperYum FTW!
Happy Cinco de Mayo to me!
A guy from Mexico City asked me yesterday why Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and I was stumped -- why do we celebrate some obscure Mexican holiday that is not even Mexico's independence day (I think I thought it was their independence day...) so I did what I often do when I am stumped: I looked on wikipedia and it told me that we celebrate today like we celebrate st. patrick's day, chinese new year, and halloween. I did not realize we have a habit of celebrating other people's holidays, but it makes more sense of cinco de mayo. Not that I need much of an excuse to drink margaritas and eat tacos and burritos... HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was going to with Mexican St. Patrick's Day
ReplyDeletewhich is how I think of Cinco de Mayo. Except, you
swap your Guinness for a Dos Equis or Tecate.
It's a drinking holiday. But I heard yesterday that
it celebrates Mexico's defeat of the French in some
obscure war. I don't know if that deserves a holiday
though because who can't beat the French in a war?