Cinco de Mayo is an amazing holiday. Really. Most people think it's the Mexican Independence Day, but that happened in September 1810 with the Grito de Dolores, a sort of Mexican Independence war cry. Cinco de Mayo is really a celebration of the Mexican army's victory against invading French forces in 1862.
Yes, Mexicans celebrate this day because its the only time they successfully repelled a foreign invader. Out of respect and reverence for that success, Americans drink copious amounts of tequila and wear culturally insensitive costumes. Hooray!
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a group of us went to Palomino's, the newest Mexican food restaurant in Stillwater. They have a spinach-artichoke queso that is served with pita chips. It's to die for....honestly. At the very least, someone sold their soul to the devil for a product this good. (Mitch definitely read over my shoulder and told me 'Oh my Gosh, the spinach-artichoke queso is not even that good.' Clearly he's a robot or he's been paid off by one of the other 36 Mexican restaurants in town....or both.)
Today is also National Teachers' Day, which I think is quite fitting. After all, who needs a shot of tequila more than all those underappreciated and underpaid teachers?
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