Cinco De Mayo falls on a Thursday this year but the fun spills into the weekend with the Cinco De Rockford celebration outside of Don Carter Lanes this Saturday afternoon.
My friend Justin, a native Australian, loves going to Outback Steakhouse.
I asked him if it made him feel like he was back home in The Land Down Under, and he responded by cracking up laughing. Loudly.
"Oh, God, no!" he managed to get out during between guffaws, "We don't have anything like this place at home...