¡Viva Mexico!

Cinco de Mayo: myth. They don't even celebrate it there. If I said "today is Cinco de Mayo," they'd think..."um...yeah, & tomorrow is May 6...so what?" (except they'd think it in Spanish...). So, I think it's a myth created by Americans to have an excuse to have another day to go get drunk. But that's just my theory...

Because I'm such a scholar & crave knowledge (about once a year), I went to the most reliable source of information: Wikipedia*. September 16 is Mexican Independence Day. On September 16, 1810, a priest named Hidalgo decided he'd had enough & that they needed to revolt against Spain. So, he ordered release of any prisoners who were pro-independence. Just before midnight, he rung the church bells, called in his whole congregation, & made this big speech encouraging the people to revolt.

So now, every year on September 16, a gazillion people gather at the National Palace in Mexico City & the president repeats that same Grito de Dolores (Cry from Dolores) that Hidalgo did & then everyone shouts "¡Viva Mexico!"

Apparently, it's really exciting...like this.

All of this to say...we went to a party to celebrate & I had the best ice cream of my life. Homemade. Vanilla Coconut. In a ziploc-ish bag that you had to bite the corner off of. And then began the "Night of Brotherly Love & Hermanitas Compañeras" (as it will forever be called).

Aforementioned life-changing ice cream.
Christian rapper guy.
Mauricio's friends.
Bowling alley.
Arcade boxing game that they immensely enjoyed.
Pool.
I hit more than one ball in.
Never happened before.
Out til 2:30 am.
In Mexico.
Fun night.
¡Viva Mexico!

*Michael Scott: "Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information."