Of course it doesn't help that we fill up so much on the chips and salsa!
while it has been a long time since I went to one of these places I always would tell myself that I am not going to load up on chips and salsa, but I always do and this is even though it normally only takes 5 minutes, miraculously, for all mexican food to be prepared.
I have never been offered free chips and salsa in any restaurant in Mexico.
Well that's just a dang shame then. It must be a very American thing. I am with you. I always say I need to pace myself and then I just turn into a ravenous moron! It's crazy how fast your food comes out!
It likely started out as one place having an edge on the others by offering something for free since almost all Mexican restaurants have the exact same menu... then it just became par for the course.
Yeah, that is a really good point! Have you been able to watch any US sports while you have been on a close timezone? I'm watching football right now and that made me think of it.
Quite a lot actually. We did go to a sports bar to try to watch NFL but then I realized what I should have presumed: I am in Mexico and nobody here gives a damn about american football. We did get a game on but I think it just annoyed the bartender so I have just been watching a game here and there at my parents' place.
Haha, that is pretty funny. Yeah, I think they care more about soccer down there. There is a guy on Hive that used to live in Wisconsin or Minnesota and he moved down to Mexico and started a sports bar down there. I don't remember what area now. It's probably hundreds if not thousands of miles away from where you are. It would have been cool if it was close. I think he pulled his stake on here a bit ago though.
Yeah they love the soccer here and it is understandable why. It seems as though there is a great deal of poverty here and that is a sport where you don't really need any equipment in order to play.
That is a good point. I have a hard time staying engaged with soccer. It's just so boring and off-sides is about the most confusing thing I have ever tried to understand in my life!
offsides is a tough one. I was pretty good as soccer in high school and did some officiating in that time as well. Offsides is a really tough concept to explain to people and the way that the pros will do offsides "traps" makes it even more difficult for the layman to understand.
Mostly, even though it was the sport I sucked the least at as a youth, I just think any game where the final score can be and often is a 0-0 tie, isn't much fun to watch for an hour and a half.