Hostess: Cinco de Mayo Party

Hostess: Cinco de Mayo Party

Cinco de Mayo is this Friday! What better way to celebrate the end of the rain than with a dinner party for a few friends?! Invite over four or five people and make it an evening in. Here is my recipe for a fun Cinco de Mayo celebration:

  • Decorate the table with brightly colored red, blue and green linens.
  • Use cheery orange and red flowers for the arrangements. Potted geraniums or calla lilies can work too.
  • Serve drinks in mason jars.
  • Set aside a few flowers and bobby pins in the bathroom and encourage your female guests to decorate their hair.
  • Pop in a Sergent Garcia CD.
  • Remember these skirts from last summer? This is the perfect time to resurrect one, maybe with a pair of cowboy boots.
  • Don’t forget the beer. I prefer Negro Modelo.
  • Hang celebration banners above the doorway.
  • Make your own guacamole. My recipe: two lightly mashed avocados, juice from one big lime, two spoonfuls of good pico de gallo, teaspoon of onion salt and half teaspoon of chili powder.
  • Serve build-your-own tacos or cook up a big pan of enchiladas.
  • Offer two kinds of margaritas, standard and mango.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Have a favorite party tip or Mexican recipe? Share it in the comments section below.

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  1. MissScientistSF at 8:50 pm

    are you actually having this party? cuz i am gonna be way sad if you have it while we are away this weekend!!

  2. mrsem Author at 9:30 pm

    I don’t know if I actually am going to throw this party or not. Still so wiped out from the last couple weeks. Want to come over for an early Cinco de Mayo party on Thursday?