Pierre and I are visiting South Padre Island in Texas. We are staying in a bed and breakfast owned by a French/English couple. Our English host suggested we take dinner at the Peninsula. We arrive to find out that it is the most upscale and expensive restaurant on 'the island'.

The parking lot was full of high-end vehicles, Audis, Acuras, Lexuses, Range Rovers, etc. Inside the restaurant was a lovely family of 5 dining - a young couple with 3 charming and well-behaved children. We had an enjoyable meal and only at the end did we realize we were the only English-speaking guests in the restaurant.

When we returned to the parking lot, we noticed that all of the license plates were from Mexico, except for ours.

Lou Dobbs, the Mexicans are coming and they have lots of money.

Gillian Parrillo and Pierre Cutler
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