Well, it’s actually the El Minuto Margarita.  El Minuto Cafe is a Mexican restaurant in downtown Tucson.  It wasn’t happy hour, per se, but the Margs were only five or six dollars… and we got free chips and salsa!

Yeah, so I was more excited about the salsa than the margaritas.  I got a plain ol  tequila margarita on the rocks.  It was served in a small glass cup.  I would have liked it to come in a big fancy margarita glass, but hey, at least there was free salsa.  My friend Sara got a blended strawberry margarita.  It was great.  That’s what I’m ordering next time.

And yes, there will be a next time.  It wasn’t like it was a “bad margarita.”

And the salsa was spicy with few chunks – my favorite. Plus, the service was great.  Our waiter was funny and friendly from the moment we walked in, he checked on us at the perfect intervals, and he was happy to get us more salsa.  We got a cup of the tortilla soup too, and it was delicious.  Lots of tortilla strips, avocados, and a huge bubble of melted cheese in the bottom of the bowl.  I’m ordering that next time, too.

For this very stressful time of the year, I leave you with a quote by Jimmy Buffett himself, “If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”