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::Cinco De Mayo Margarita Competition::

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Last night, I went out with some friends for a few drinks. Since when has Cinco de Mayo become such a big drinking event? It’s not even a major holiday in Mexico. As long as Dilettante has been aware of Cinco de Mayo, it has been a drinking holiday. But it does seem to be turning into more and more of an excuse...

Tomorrow is Saturday and Cinco de Mayo. Both are great opportunities to sit back and enjoy a cold beverage. There is no debating that margaritas reign supreme over the Cinco festivities. But, Houstonist gets worn out on the super sweet mixers typically used in the mass produced varieties. Our research suggests that sipping a cold beer can be a satisfying departure from a sweet rita. Last night we corralled five cervezas currently crowding the beer...

Houstonist has a "new take" on Cinco de Mayo and crawfish to tell you about. Tomorrow at Pico's Mex-Mex, located at 5941 Bellaire Boulevard (between Renwick and Rampart) there will be a Zydeco de Mayo celebration! The party starts at 2:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and there will be zydeco dancing to the sounds of Ray Ray Chavis and the Zydeco Dots, plenty of boiled crawfish (buy them in advance for $3.50/lb or at the...

Downtown is the place to be for Cinco de Mayo, everything's waiting for you! Commonly confused with Mexico's Independence Day - tomorrow is a celebration of General Seguin's victory over French occupational forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. There's the Bayou City Crawfish Festival (which benefitsTexas EquuSearch - and has a mechanical bull that Sissy can ride!), the 7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival, held at Allen's Landing (1000 Commerce) AND Mas...

As best described by www.yurisnight.net, "Yuri's Night is like the St Patricks Day or Cinco de Mayo for space." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Another holiday giving us an excuse to drink ourselves into oblivion (or the Milky Way). Count us in. Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space on April 12th, 1961. "Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People...