Special to El Rrun-Run
When we last heard about local social-event provocateur Arturo "Turi" Treviño, he was selling something called "Gringo de Mayo," his store's aguacates, and other fly-by-night schemes to line his pockets subsidized by city assets and facilities.
To get into the Gringo event, participants had to kick in $40 a pop and got a small taste of la frontera from some local restaurants' fare. Apparently, there was not enough to go around for everyone to get their fill, but the entry fee was gone.
The public was left with ugly grease stain on the hand-laid brickwork which Treviño blamed on poor workmanship.
Well, apparently that public noria has run dry and now he is leaving behind the Gringo, aguacates and Garibaldi
and has hit on watermelons.
At right, he laments that the fall-back option - Noche de Garibaldi (also at $30 a pop to attend at Market Square) - fell through because he could not get volunteers to do his bidding..
and has hit on watermelons.
At right, he laments that the fall-back option - Noche de Garibaldi (also at $30 a pop to attend at Market Square) - fell through because he could not get volunteers to do his bidding..
So what happened to the volunteers? They were always eager to help promote his events, or did they tire of finding out that no money was made by them and only by the head organizer? Get your sandías! Get your sandías!