Cinco de Mayo was triply special this year. In addition to being the celebration of the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín... it was also the last day of classes AND the day of Carl, Corey, Todd and Trevor's knighting at the BU Pub. So we did what MBA students do best -- we planned a pub crawl.
Starting at 11 a.m., we hit up about 4 different establishments before landing at Cornwall's (aka Cheers, where everybody knows our names) and busting out the Cinco de Mayo gear that Jackie picked up at the party store. We'd had specific instructions from Carlos not to pick up any "offensive gringo tourist crap." As you can see, we listened:
Jackie, Carl and Jess modeling our decor.
Jess and her husband, Rob, who made his social debut at BU that evening.
Along the way, we picked up an Aussie who was travelling by himself. He stuck around for most of the day, and then tried to pull a pint from one of the decorative taps in Cornwall's.
On the night of your knighting (hehe) your friends gather round and contribute different knight names for you. It's basically a roast. The pub staff gathers everyone at 11 p.m. and reads out your many suggested names. Audience response determines your new moniker.
Behold Sir Natural Born Leader, Sir Come and Live with Me, Sir Sleeps on the Kitchen Floor, and Sir I Married a Sugar Mama.
And in case you were wondering, Carlos eventually decided that the sombreros weren't that offensive.
And Jim, quite frankly, rocked it.
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