Holy frijoles! July 24th is National Tequila Day! And that means as much tequila drinking as you can cram into 24 hours. So, since margaritas get old some time around 4PM, we’ve compiled recipes from our two favorite Tequila makers, Don Julio and Patrón, for 16 of the tastiest tequila cocktails (other than margaritas), to help give your Friday a dose of much-needed variety.

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If you aren’t already drunk, then you probably missed the fact that today is Cinco de Mayo. So we’ve put together a collection of Mexican “edecanes” (promo girls) and “porristas” (cheerlearders), to help you get this party started. These lovely ladies have to be the sexiest señoritas south of the Rio Grande. It’d totally be worth getting swine flu to score one of these hotties.

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Holy frijoles it’s Cinco de F’ing Mayo! And that means as much tequila drinking as you can cram into 24 hours. So, since margaritas get old some time around 4PM, we’ve compiled recipes from our two favorite Tequila makers, Don Julio and Patrón, for 16 of the tastiest tequila cocktails (other than margaritas), to help give your May 5th a dose of much-needed variety. (more…)

Originally, Cinco de Mayo was about Mexican victory over the French, when those baguette-eating bastards tried to overtake the city of Puebla. But these days it’s more about seeing how far gone the bottle of tequila can go before somebody blacks out. So we’ve put together a collection of the 44 hottest Mexican models on the planet. Maybe that will make you want to stay conscious this year. Salud!

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Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo – and anyone with access to alcohol is going to be celebrating the beautiful tradition of getting wasted off their ass, Mexico-style. So to give you an idea of what you’re in for, we’re re-posting my first-hand experience with the joys hazards of downing a little too much of the Mexican liquor:

Everyone I’ve ever met has a dark past with tequila. Just the mention of it makes their face go sour–the shots, the smell, the blinding drunk, and a hellacious hangover the next morning. For some reason, I am not one of those people. But after my family vacation to Mexico last week, I learned a bit about another South-of-the-Border brew: Mezcal.

Like tequila (which is actually a type of mezcal), mezcal is made from agave, a cactus-like plant, native to Mexico. Mezcals are often aged, in oak barrels, for two months to seven years, giving the alcohol a brown coloration and woody flavor, but are available un-aged and clear.

Connoisseurs will tell you the best mezcals come from the Mexican state of Oaxaca (wah-hock-ah). To fully enjoy the complexities of this subtle liquor, go to the city of Oaxaca, the state’s capital, who’s colonial architecture and friendly people only add to the liquor’s historic mystic. And also serves as the perfect setting to get way, way too drunk. Read More »