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    This weekend can be your time for mint juleps and margaritas
    Guests show off their Derby Hats at The Real Macaw’s Derby Day Celebration. Contributed photo
    Food & Flavor
    By Jorge Gadala-Maria  
    3 May 2024
    WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS

    This weekend can be your time for mint juleps and margaritas

    Don your best outfits and derby hats for all-day Kentucky

    A weekend of icy bourbon concoctions and tart tequila beverages awaits Naples this Saturday and Sunday. Don your best outfits and derby hats for all-day Kentucky Derby parties on Saturday, culminating with the “the fastest two minutes in sports” scheduled at 6:57 p.m. The following day, swap your shiny silver mint julep cups for margarita glasses as block parties and live music take center stage. Here are The Naples Press’ local picks for Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo:

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