Celebrating Cinco and Music

We had a marvelous Cinco de Mayo yesterday. DH started the day out with Chorizo omelettes and we ended the day with steak burritos. Between meals we were glued to the TV as the Minnesota Wild won Game 3 in our round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. And we capped the day off by watching The Amazing Race final. All in all it was a great day. I didn't do any writing but I did beta the next chapter of Lai's latest so I accomplished something, at least.

Cinco is always a good time. This colorful sign
seems to be full of celebration.

Those of my friends from outside the US may wonder - what's up with Cinco de Mayo? Well, in the US it is celebrated as a party holiday, somewhat similar to St Patrick's Day. Cinco actually celebrates the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the battle of Puebla. This isn't Mexican Independence Day, that comes in September. But a lot of people in the US probably think that it is. It is celebrated with tequila drinks and Mexican food. Since I'm dieting and DH is not good with tequila, we kept our celebration to food only. So good!

Dusting - something I should probably do more often...

I did some housecleaning on my Dreamwidth account and pulled out some subscribes from people who had unfriended me, some more than a year before (I'm not really current on these things because I really don't care all that much). So anyway, the point of this is that if you feel that you got unsubbed in error, let me know and we'll get things back together again. Otherwise, I'll just consider that I got rid of some cyber-cobwebs and all is good.

I love recommendations for You Tube. Got any for me?

I had my nose in books for most of the weekend, my happy point. Several of them mentioned songs or specific orchestral pieces that were fun to find on You-tube and one even led to my purchasing a piece on i-Tunes. I can't resist a good classical music piece, but I rely on friends and books to help me with current music, especially trends and groups from outside the US. Thank goodness for the internet - all of you keep me hopping :-)