Mexico is for Families

In the song Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, the "old days", are idealized, you know the kind of days our grandparents reminisced about.

Last week, I was in San Miguel de Allende at Mama Mias.  Its an Italian Restaurant.  I looked around, and saw the old world charm.  Architecture and families being together.  We see them both as quaint relics.  You know... of how it USED to be:

Very family oriented and that's Mexico for you.  I always thought that once you move forward in life you really can't go back to the way it was. Almost like, if you go back it's more than a step backwards, it's regression.  Sounds bad doesn't it?

But after 2 years here in Mexico, I have to wonder... is that so bad?

The family unit has changed, and so have the concepts surrounding what happens at dinner time, but is this better than what we find in the States?  For the most part it is, because................

this is the American way, him in his study, the wife in her study, and the kids downstairs watching tv.

Don't we all just want to be happy?  ~  David, making these the good old days. In Mexico.