May 22nd, 2008

In the run up to the big Mexican par-tay, I figured I should make some room in my freezer for the margarita ice.  My freezer is rather big by North American standards, but with freezer space, as with income, the more you have the more you waste.  Adam and I have been living beyond our freezer means for [...]

May 19th, 2008

My Mexican party was so much fun.  About 20? 25? people came. Seven Canadians! Wow! No actual Mexicans, but there were several speakers of Spanish and lots of people eating tacos, so that’s close enough.  The tequila was flowing, there was live flamenco guitar, and the food was amazing- so many nachos!  Nothing was broken and no [...]

May 17th, 2008

Tonight is my post-thesis party.  Keeping with the theme of the month, I’m going with a Mexican pot luck dinner.  Apparently the post-apocalyptic French dinner party was just too complicated.  “I can’t find a five-headed chicken for my coq au vin!”, “My radioactive cheese is decaying too quickly!”.  Fine, you bunch of whiners, we’ll go with Mexican.  Sheesh.  Actually, what I [...]