Weekending, Cinco de Mayo

The weekend was chilled out with fiesta, friends and family - as Cinco de Mayo should be.

Saturday evening we had a couple friends over for a very relaxed dinner (ribs) and margaritas. I spent the morning baking and it was so great to have some time in the kitchen. I hadn't baked in forever (like a month!) and as usual, it calmed and centered me. I chopped chocolate and beat eggs while singing in Spanish to Caifanes and Mana. It was heaven.

Sunday we ran a bazillion errands with Guiri in tow and then had my mother-in-law over for a proper carne asada. The dinner was in celebration of Flavio's grandfather's birthday and not in honor of Cinco de Mayo. You know Mexicans don't really celebrate Cinco de Mayo, right? :) Flavio's grandpa was a professional soccer player for Mexico, and he passed away a couple years ago. We found this Wikipedia on him, which was pretty cool. After our taco-licious dinner, we all snuggled on the couches and watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a fantastic documentary about an 85-year-old sushi master, his 3-star Michelin restaurant, and his dreams of perfection and self-improvement. It is so beautiful - I highly recommend it. And I've been dying for sushi since.

I was busy enjoying the company, so I didn't get as many photos as I'd like, but here are a few I did snag...

{chopping chocolate}

{margs, chips - Cuatro de Mayo}

{ribs - Cuatro de Mayo}

{Guiri - running errands}

{Sunday night snuggles - movie, wine}