al patron...

i did a guest blog post over at robin's party of five blog, today. so, i thought i'd just share it here as well...



as robin is lounging on a beach somewhere in mexico... i find myself remembering my last trip to mexico...

in september of 2006,  john and i went to the moon palace  with my cousin and her husband.
 we had an awesome time!!!  (i've never been to mexico  and NOT had an awesome time;)

(a moon palace visual)

(click to enlarge for better resolution:)

the third or fourth day we were there,

 we all went to breakfast

 and drank our way through it

 (MIMOSAS!)

 we then went out by the pool

 and started drinking margaritas.

the palace resorts are all all-inclusive,

ie. ALL you can eat and/or drink...

nothing.in.moderation.

after, a couple of margaritas,

 my cousin and i decided

 to hit one of the swim-up-bars.

so, we jumped into the pool

 and swam up to the first bar.

 there we met several gents

 from scotland

 who were in cancun on holiday.

(patron silver)

after a little talk of politics,

 i announced that i was "treating"

 everyone to a shot of patron (tequila).

(lol, i've already said the palace

 was all-inclusive, right?)

after everyone had a big laugh,

 the bartender said he could

 do shots for us

 but not patron shots

 as they didn't carry that particular brand.

 hence, i went with cuervo silver...

after doing "shots with the scots",

 my cousin and i swam up to the second bar.

 at the second bar

 there was a group of couples

 from pennsylvania.

 this group was all into

 harley davidsons and cycling.

now, i don't know 

what brought up the subject,

 (i suppose nothing really had

 to have brought it up;)

 but my cousin and i proceeded

 to tell this bunch about

 our great aunt addie.

 the next thing i knew, 

i had told this whole bunch

 that my great aunt addie

 had ridden shot-gun

 with al PATRON (capone)

 back in the day...

my cousin started laughing

 at me as did the crowd,

 and she said,

 "guah, dani,

 how much have you had to drink?

 it's "pitino" not patron!!!"

then, i started laughing!!!

(rick pitino)

"how much have i had to drink?

how much have you had???

 'pitino' is rick's last name.

 you know,  the one who used

 to coach basketball at uk 

but coaches at louisville, now!"

(al capone)

"it's capone!!!" i continued,

 "al capone!!!"

needless to say,

 everyone got a big laugh at our expense... 

well, it was really not

 "at our expense"

 because we probably got the biggest laugh

 and have since several times over:D

(al capone's 1930 armored cadillac)

but, it is true...

OUR GREAT AUNT ADDIE

 DID, INDEED,

RIDE SHOTGUN 

FROM HENDERSON, KENTUCKY

 TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

 WITH THE NOTORIOUS,

 AL CAPONE,

BACK IN THE DAY!

love and God's blessings,

dani xxx