May 7th. Makes me think of the Seven Layer Dip from Cinco de Mayo. Although the hostess with the mostess, KGM called it "Siete Layer Dip," quite appropriately.
In addition to the Siete Layer Dip, KGM broke out an excellent black bean salsa, homecooked shredded beef tacos (the beef melted in my mouth) and her famous Buffalo Chicken Dip which while it had nothing to do with Cinco de Mayo, is a favorite among B and GB, who actually race to arrive at her house so they can hoard it.
We listened to mariachi, drank cervezas, had a party in KGM's closet which any shoe lover would kill for, watched her break out some crazy bounce moves, played with our Chihuahua honoree and discussed hiring ourselves out as an entourage that specializes in discouraging stars from blowing all their cash on very bad things.
All in all it was a festive fiesta.
In So. Cal, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated like St. Patty's Day is celebrated in Boston. It's big. What about where you live? Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
xoxo,
Suzanne
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Not here! :) We've just celebrated Freedom Day (27/4) which commemorates the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994.
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ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that the "Cinco de Mayo Fiesta" will become a staple party in our home... second only to our annual Halloween Extravaganza!
ReplyDeleteTo tell you the truth I have no idea if Cinco de Mayo is celebrated around here. I've had little ones running around ever since I've moved to these parts so I've never gone out. My oh my how I miss celebrating it in CA! Maybe I need to coordinate my next mommy-free weekend around Cinco de Mayo?
ReplyDeleteNo, I never have heard about Cinco de Mayo until yesterday. We recently celebrated our national education day here on 2nd May. Have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteCDM is huge in San Diego, so I avoided getting caught in traffic around Old Town.
ReplyDeleteI vowed to insert as much Spanish as I could into my conversations throughout the day. To kick things off I answered my first phone call with "Feliz Cinco De Mayo". I replaced all my thank yous with "gracias" and inserted all (very little) the random Spanish words I knew where I could. No one knew what to make of me but it made me smile all day. You can take the girl out of SoCal but you can't take SoCal out of the girl! Hola mi amiga!! XX
ReplyDeleteWe don't celebrate it, but the church across from us does. Lots and lots of loud music and yummy smelling food. :)
ReplyDeleteno cinco de mayo north of the border! too bad, I love 7 layer dip, tacos, cervezas. mmm. the famous buffalo dip. it's to die for.
ReplyDeleteCinco de Mayo is also my daughter's half-birthday so we have a little fiesta. I made chicken tacos, black bean salad, coconut rice, mini tostadas and virgin margaritas. I love holidays that celebrate food :^)
ReplyDeleteNada. And I love Mexican food! We just had too busy of a day with the kids' schedules!!
ReplyDeleteI don't do anything for it and I'm not sure if any places up here do.
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