Celebrate the love of Mexican cuisine and Cinco de Mayo with these mouthwatering recipes in my Cinco de Mayo Recipe Roundup Happy Cinco de Mayo! Officially, May 5th commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. In Mexico, the day has a more solemn tone, celebrated with …
Pork and Pineapple Tostadas are perfect to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, or your everyday Taco Tuesday. How you top them is limited only by your imagination Mexican food is one of my favorite cuisines. The vibrant colors, bold flavors, and wide variety of recipes make it easy to satisfy even the pickiest eaters. My parents are …
With tableside guacamole, delicious food and fabulous views, you’ll definitely want to visit Rosa Mexicano at National Harbor MD. Last month I went back to Maryland for Thanksgiving, and stayed for a week. It’s very rare that I get to do that in the fall, but since OSU’s home football season ended early I took advantage …
Looking for delicious Tex-Mex just minutes from the U of Maryland campus? Azteca Restaurant & Cantina delivers with big flavors and wonderful food.
El Guapo’s is the only rooftop cantina in Tulsa, serving up delicious food in a great Day of the Dead atmosphere in the heart of downtown Tulsa My life is crazy once August hits, as I get ready for football season. 14-hour days are completely normal, as is working all weekend long. So when I …
Patio dining, great music, powerful margaritas and delicious food. All that and more at Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in Colorado.
La Mansion Restaurant serves up potent margaritas and delicious food. It’s a little off the beaten path, in Catoosa OK, but well worth the trip. For the past 4 years, I’ve run the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon every April. It’s a fantastic race, with 25,000 total runners between the half and full marathons. After my first run in 2013, …
Who needs an excuse to eat Mexican food?! This week’s Recipe Roundup: Cinco de Mayo features 30 great recipes to help you celebrate. I very rarely ever ate Mexican food growing up, and when I did, it was usually fast food or chain restaurants. It took me moving to Oklahoma to change my outlook, and …
Delicious Mexican food, a gorgeous view and lakeside dining? Look no further than Mama Roja on Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City Last month I took a road trip with my parents to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. We drove, and since it was an 11-hour trip, we broke it up by staying in Lafayette on …
Texas is known for Tex-Mex and Mexican cuisine. Meso Maya serves up some of the best, with delicious authentic cuisine and great drinks in Dallas.
Chuy’s Tex-Mex may be a chain restaurant, but the food is fresh and homemade. And they make homemade tortillas and tortilla chips all day long! As I look back on earlier blog posts I noticed way too many of my pictures look like I took them without my contacts in. I was in a rush to eat, so I …
Tropisueno Mexican Kitchen is a quick-service Taqueria by day and full-service restaurant by night. And well worth it for fabulous food in San Francisco. Just be prepared to wait in line during the lunch rush. My Association of Luxury Suite Directors conference was held in San Francisco the first week of July. We go to …
For authentic Mexican food in Oklahoma City, check out La Oaxaquena. You may need a translator as well, since the menus are in Spanish! In January I began doing in-person stewardship visits with our club seat holders. Our major gifts staff does a great job of stewardship with our top 150 donors; but because they are a small …
You may not think you’ll find delicious Mexican food in a tiny Oklahoma town. That just means you’ve never been to El Mexicano in Perkins About 2 weeks ago I was meeting a friend for lunch. He lives in Cushing OK, and there is really nothing between Cushing and Stillwater other than Perkins, so we …
As I mentioned in my most recent The Week That Was post, over the weekend I went to visit my friends Joni and Tony in Flower Mound, TX. I don’t get to see them very often outside of football season, and I’ll take any excuse to go to Dallas. By the time I arrived at …