On St. Patrick’s Day, ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist Gustavo Arellano visited Blackbird Buvette in Downtown Albuquerque for a book-signing party with the Alibi . He was in the state gathering research for his next book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (And Soon, the World). An entire chapter will be devoted to New Mexico’s culinary ways. To honor the writer from Orange County and our neighbors to the south, we drank, we danced, we ate, we laughed, we acknowledged the disturbing similarities between the treatment of Irish immigrants in the 19 th century and Mexicans today. And we drank some more. Fun and clever discourse abounded, and Arellano wisely got restaurant recommendations from the audience. We can’t wait until Arellano comes back in the fall.
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Arellano sits in a corner in the back of the restaurant, sipping on Jameson, signing books and answering questions in person.
¡Ask a Mexican! fans congregate and discuss commonalities between Irish and Mexican immigrants.
Alibi wine writer Joseph Baca and Music Editor Jessica Cassyle Carr order the Irish-Mexican drink special from Blackbird bartender Jamison Black.
