Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Cinco de Mayo
I don't know how or why this has become an American holiday, but I'm glad it has! I think the corporate macro tex-mex restaurant chains pushed the agenda & the public ran with it. Offering us a day to celebrate by mindlessly quafing nachos & washing them down w/ margaritas & Corona at a reduced price is a sure way to create an annual festival! Sort of a south of the border St. Patricks Day, if ya know what I mean... It's like a whole day of Happy Hour, which is usually 2-3 hours long... so I don't know where they came up w/ that name, guess they lost some time at the bar! Our passion for anything celebretory even inspired me to ceate our own home-brewed micro version of the corporate holiday at our house last night! Tortilla soup, nachos, guac, bean burritos, all on the menu... oh my! I got a feeling for how much Cinco de Mayo has become a part of the american calender when I went to the supermarket to get the ingredients for our feast. The marketing managers made p.o.p. displays of stacked salsa, chips & refried beans. There were no jalapenos left... none.. not a one! The cilantro stock was almost exhausted & the tortilla supply was following suit. Now here in Jersey we gotta buy beer, wine & booze from a liquor store. Some food stores have liquor stores in them, such as our local store. I walked past it while exiting & was flabber gasted by the number of people buying the booze at 5:00 on a Monday!! I mean 3 registers had lines 6-10 people deep! It looks like this holiday is officially in our party rotation... & I dig it, cuz the corporate think tank was right! I love quafing nachos & margeritas!
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john paul, what in God's name were you doing up at 2:39 am??? don't tell me you old young people are getting up that early now!
as far as the cinqo de mayo day goes, it is like st. patrick's day. the funny thing is..mexico and ireland don't even celebrate them. how bout that?
I think his settings are on West Coast time. I think he was blogging by 5:30AM though...
Cinco de Mayo rules! We did have a feast. So much so that we couldn't touch half of the food John prepared. Thankfully we LOVE leftovers. Thanks for all the hard work, delicious food, and celebratory attitude my love :)
who cares if the countries of origin celebrate them... I just wanna day where it's ok to get drunk & wear either a plastic sombrero or a plastic green hat... Heck, throw in mardi gras.. They probly don't celebrete it in Mardi or Gras!! I just wanna wear the beads... bla,bla,bla,bla....
oh i hear ya john. just sayin...
it's the one day of the year were you can poo!
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