The Master’s Miata Club holds it’s monthly business meeting on the first Thursday of the month. Because the members come from all over the general area we rotate those meetings between restaurants in Aiken, North Augusta and Augusta. This month’s rotation put us in Augusta. We because they had a back room we could use and the food is sort of cheap we elected to return to Mi Rancho for May. No one thought to look at the calendar to notice the date.
Turns out the first Thursday in May is the 5th. May not mean much to most of us Club members, but to Mexicans it is a big deal. Cinco de Mayo. The place was hopping. Even though a couple of groups started to join us in the back room they didn’t stay, so it worked out all right anyway.
Started down, went up, back down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 139
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 139
I’m currently on assignment and, strangely enough, Cinco de Mayo is basically another work day here. Ialways thought it was Mexican independence day but I soon found out that that is Sept 16. May 5th is in rememberance of the Batalla de Puebla which is when the Mexican’s kicked the French out (I think). Anyway, most Mexicanos don’t know one holiday from the othere. They’re too busy trying to make a living regardless of the day.
Maybe the holiday is a big deal only here in the states. And if I had to guess why, I would say it probably has a lot to do with the marketing departments of the companies that import tequila and Mexican beer.