Year: 2026

  • May 25th in Argentina: More Than Just a Day Off and an Excuse to Eat Empanadas

    May 25th in Argentina: More Than Just a Day Off and an Excuse to Eat Empanadas

    Every year on May 25th, Argentina celebrates one of the most important moments in its history: the Revolución de Mayo — the May Revolution. It’s a patriotic holiday filled with flags, traditional food, school performances, historical reenactments, and at least one person wearing a colonial-era hat that looks suspiciously homemade. But despite what some people…

  • Cinco de Mayo: The Most Misunderstood Mexican Holiday

    Cinco de Mayo: The Most Misunderstood Mexican Holiday

    Every year on the 5th of May, restaurants suddenly sell industrial quantities of guacamole, people dust off their “Sombrero Party” decorations, and somewhere a mariachi band gets booked by a guy named Chad who thinks he’s honoring Mexican Independence Day. Which brings us to the first important point: Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexican Independence…