Well, we had our first annual(?) Casa Bonita outing last night. All I have to say is that place is totally insane. Yes Jack, it pretty much is the Mexican Disneyland. I was speecheless all night, even while I was chowing down on my plate of crappy mexican food. LOL by far the worst mexican food I’ve come across in Denver. But It is certainly not a place you visit for the food. It’s the High Divers, Mariachis, Puppet Shows, Dancing Gorillias, Haunted Caves etc that you are really there for. If you ever come to Denver you have to go to Casa Bonita. I just need to catch that episode of South Park now where Cartman spends the day there.

I took this from their site
“Casa Bonita opened early in 1974. It took approximately one year to create Casa Bonita.
The pink tower on the outside is 85 feet fall. The dome is covered with 22-karat gold leaf and has a statue of the last Aztec emperor – Quahuatomec.
The fountain outside of the front of the restaurant was shipped in pieces from Mexico.
The inside of Casa Bonita is designed to look like a Mexican Village at night complete with dining areas such as Plaza, Poolside, Caverns, Gold Mine and Silver Mine. Find Black Bart’s secret hideout full of mystery and intrigue.

With over 52,000 square feet and seating for 1,100 guests, Casa Bonita is the perfect place to hold a group event or birthday party . Complete your exciting dining experience with puppet shows, arcade games and a visit to El Mercado, Casa Bonita’s Giftshop.”

Here is Mats take

Were you ever curious on how to create beautiful carvings from a sausage? Well this site Complete with instructions shows you the beauty and the how to in the world of sausage carving.

-note its a Japanese site so you must rely on the pictures. Unless you know how to read Japanese that is.