Restaurants!

And while on the subject of eating....



Here are a few fun pictures of different restsaurants I visited while on vacation.













At El Patio restaurant in Tlaquepaque (don't you just love that word??!!) the mariachis are women. Mariachis always have certain instruments in their group: violins, trumpets, guitars, and a guitarron. Ocasionally there is a harp. The young lady in the picture playing the trumpet looked to be no more than a teenager.

I know, it looks like a big guitar but it isn't. It is the guitarron--a bass instrument. It is almost bigger than she is but she could play it well.

They even look pretty from the back---with flowers in their hair! The fountain is in the middle of the restaurant and, yes, it is an open air area. This is a very pretty restaurant with good food.

Next is a restaurant that I didn't eat in but I took this photo to show you a typical place where the Mexicans themselves eat.

This is breakfast time in a place in Rosario's neighborhood in Tlaquepaque. This is a typical eating area in an indoor mall that has puestos (stalls) selling goods (clothing, fruit, vegetables, soap, shampoos, whatever,) but there are many different places like this one to eat. Just walk along, see what is being offered, and sit or stand and eat.

Look at the stove in the background and the pots and pans---casseroles, really---that she is using.

Now for the real fun!!

This is the Casa Bariachi, a restaurant in Guadalajara where we went on Friday night. The place is huge, with a stageshow, and look at the giant pinatas hanging from the ceiling! The colored paper is "papel picado" which is actually plastic with intricate designs cut into the paper, and is used inside and outside to decorate. There was a singer, 4 ballet folklorico dancers who danced regional dances, and a 16 person mariachi band! Some good tequila and a great evening with friends listening to Mexican music! What a way to wind up a vacation!

Hasta luego.