My family's store was recently featured on Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. My mom and dad opened the store earlier this year and a few months later, they were contacted by Bourdain's producers. I wasn't able to attend the filming due to no vacation days, but everyone else thought it was a pretty good experience. My hometown of Palacios, Texas is an interesting place. The longer I am away, the more I appreciate the place. It's a melting pot of cultures in the middle of nowhere. I never once was asked "what are you?" until I left for college. It took me a while to understand that they were just trying to ask what my heritage was. Tips: Ask what their ethnicity or heritage is not their nationality. If you asked my nationality, I would say American, because that's what it is and it's offensive to say "where are you 'really' from?" after I tell you I was born in Texas.
