I have a "thing" for mariachi bands

I do. They are so mobile and smiling! They are like a time machine embellished in gold braid. Years ago someone hired a mariachi band to follow them around on their birthday and ended up at my place, where it quickly became a giant impromptu neighborhood dance party. The magic of the mariachi brought a couple hundred strangers together and it was so human and so jubilant and so ridiculous. I'll never forget it.