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They Took Away the One Thing Getting Me Through the Week

It wasn't my limes

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Rani Monson
Mar 17, 2026
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Spring in Mexico wants to break my sparkling water habit

Topo Chico is my adult beverage of choice. With or without vodka, it’s perfect. But always with lime — preferably two. That’s not negotiable. Out for dinner over the weekend, I heard something horrifying.

“We don’t have Topo Chico,” our waiter Carlos informed me in response to my Tito’s and Topo re…

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