Michael’s favorite event of the year is finally here once again–TEQUILA FEST 2008 is this weekend, August 16-19, on 5th Avenue and Calle 16 bis.

Dozens of vendors from Jalisco, the center of Mexico’s tequila industry, will set up booths and offer free samples of their products to tourists and locals alike. If past years are reliable indicators, there will also be some strange entertainment, loud, poorly-amplified music, and scantily-clad Corona girls.

How could you say no to all of that excitement in one place? I sure as hell can’t.

Every year, we get a group of locals together to wander the stalls of this expo to laugh and drink lots of free tequila. We have it down to a science: two passes and we’re set for the evening. Sometimes we even buy a nice bottle we can’t easily find in this part of Mexico.

I met the love of my life at one of the past Tequila Fests:

Isn’t she just beautiful? I have a date with her later tonight.