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Because when you\u2019re baking cupcakes with south-of-the-border spice levels in them, you don\u2019t want to complicate things.<\/p>\nTo begin the two-day Cinco de Mayo celebration he planned for his Generations at Regency residents, activity director Kailin \u201cKai\u201d Hightower wanted to do things \u201cthe simple way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because when you\u2019re baking cupcakes with south-of-the-border spice levels in them, you don\u2019t want to complicate things.<\/p>\n
On both May 4 and May 5, Kai led about four dozen Generations at Regency residents through a variety of activities to mark the 156th anniversary of \u201cCinco de Mayo.\u201d The holiday commemorates the Mexican army\u2019s improbable victory over the French during the Franco-Mexican War\u2019s Battle of Puebla. Way, way north of the border, the celebration took the form of salsa dancing, pi\u00f1atas, \u201cbig-money Bingo\u201d and cupcakes with Mexican hot-fudge frosting.<\/p>\n
\u201cHot\u201d not meaning temperature, but spice level. Kai helped his bakers mix chili powder and raw cinnamon into their frostings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe residents here, they love sweets,\u201d Kai explained. \u201cIf there\u2019s no ice cream or something else here, they riot.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, Mr. Activity Director, wasn\u2019t a load of fudge frosting good enough? No, Kai reports: for this holiday, the residents wanted more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a weird concept, too,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s something about chili and sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, for each batch, they worked a half teaspoon of cinnamon and a full teaspoon of chili powder into their toppings. The group made more than they could eat, and ended up passing more out (with proper cautions) to adventurous residents throughout the building.<\/p>\n
On the actual Cinco de Mayo, residents\u2019 family members came to Generations at Regency to join their loved ones for the dancing and games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018big-money bingo\u2019 drew them in,\u201d Kai said \u2014 adding that \u201cbig money,\u201d in his building, means really nice prizes more than cash payouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To begin the two-day Cinco de Mayo celebration he planned for his Generations at Regency residents, activity director Kailin \u201cKai\u201d Hightower wanted to do things \u201cthe simple way.\u201d Because when you\u2019re baking cupcakes with south-of-the-border spice levels in them, you don\u2019t want to complicate things. On both May 4 and May 5, Kai led about… Read more»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generationsregency.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}