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I love Cinco de Mayo. I look forward to this day all year long. It’s the one day of the year I know that I can get Pan Fried Tacos at the Mexican Food Factory on Fourth Street here in Coeur d’Alene. Sure I can get a fried taco at any roadside stand through out the year but it just isn’t the same. First, the roadside stand tacos aren’t nearly as hearty or filling. Second, when I go to the roadside stand, I’m likely eating there all by myself in my car. Going to the Mexican Food Factory here in town is like going to an informal reunion of old friends of all different ages. Last Friday, Cinco de Uno, I grabbed my camera as I went out the door to the Food Factory. I took some photos so I could help pressure the owners into creating a Facebook page/MamaJD. More here.
Question: How has the Mexican culture enriched your life?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Sisyphus on May 05 at 12:59 p.m.
Deeply. From the majestic volcanoes to their golden beaches, the hot deserts, and the deep jungles, their five centuries of European history and the richness of this hemisphere’s dominant and complicated ancient history spanning millenia, Mexico has a rich historical and cultural legacy for which I find myself yearning often. I’ve grown especially fond of the emphasis on inter generational family celebrations, particularly the Day of the Dead, which I try and incorporate every year. And the food and drink has become a mainstay. They have much of which to be proud. The Anthropological Museum in Mexico City is one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen.