Last weekend we traveled to Chicago to celebrate our grandson's 2nd birthday. Here it is, the dead of winter, and we are are heading to the city where the winter temperature averages 18°F (-7.77C) in February.
At my 50th high school reunion a group of us were talking and the topic of traveling in retirement came up. "Where do you go in the winter?" Many people said they go to Florida for the winter, Arizona had quite a few snowbirds, and then it was my turn. Cleveland and Chicago. The looks were priceless. Todd and I don't travel much in the winter. We still have our hardy souls and warm coats and boots. Cleveland and Chicago are where our grandchildren are and they are the ones who warm our hearts.
Back to AJ's birthday party. Of course I want to bring something but my daughters have the menu planned: chicken and beef tacos, elotes, my son-in-law's mom is bringing the beans, guacamole, and tortilla chips. Well...it sounds like you need some margaritas to go with all this goodness.
Many years ago, my brother found a delicious margarita recipe. It has the usual tequila and margarita mix, but the ¡Olé! factor comes with the addition of Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, and Drambuie. I filled my handy dandy traveling bottles with the margarita magic and the 20 adults at the party took care of every last drop.
¡Féliz cumpleaños, AJ!
That is a guaranteed successful addition to any birthday celebration!
ReplyDeleteBack in the late 1970's I worked in an office across the river from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One of my colleagues left, her husband retired from NASA, and they promptly moved to Cleveland - that was were the grandkids were, she had spent 25 years in Florida dreaming of moving back to Cleveland.
ReplyDeleteNow your talking! All good Mexican food needs a tasty margarita.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that that's your special margarita mix in those bottles and not an entirely different kind of liquid? Belated birthday greetings to little A.J.!
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