No More Free Fire
I read somewhere, actually Ms. Megablogger pointed out, that calorie-for-calorie, nothing's more fattening than one Taco Bell taco. That's good enough for me, but damn! they're good. So I figured, if I could score some fire sauce and by surreptition, sneak in the local Taco Bell, either order or pretend to order something cheap (.79 tacos, used to be .59), load up on a year's supply of those little packets, stuff all pockets, the food sack, in my pants...no just kidding about that...then add a dollop to an understated tortilla & cheese, not that I fixate on eating or anything like that.
My Taco Bell - it's special. Did you know that a guy named Bell started Taco Bell in Long Beach, after he had a restaurant in San Berdoo and an early Mexican restaurant in L.B., went into business with some L.A. Rams - and finally came up with TB - not the disease, Taco Bell, that is.
Since this one's been around since the early 1960s at Parkview Village (formerly the Triangle) and was actually picked up and moved (tortillas and all) to its current location in the mid 1960s, it's been churning out good wholesome, steamy, nothing too hot or too cold, sorta-like Mexican food from almost the get-go of the chain, which means it has NO DRIVE-THRU - a real downside in today's culture, which is DRIVE-THRU or DIE! So DIE it did.
On our way to Chinese, my daughter pointed out a chain link fence around it, so I walked over there today, and couldn't see any signs inviting me to come back soon. So I did what I could do. I went to the Blue Dog Tavern.
At the Blue Dog Tavern, Blue Dog Bob solved the problem Out goes Taco Bell, in comes a host of storefronts. So through Blue Dog Bob, I discovered there's no more fire sauce for me. I should get out more often.
Bob told me that he's now presenting blues at the Blue Dog and that Joe Wood is the hot blues guy at the moment. Has fire sauce moved next door - from Taco Bell to Blue Dog? Could Joe Wood be the fire sauce of the blues? Could it be, serendipity, not surreptitity (is there such a word?) rules.
My Taco Bell - it's special. Did you know that a guy named Bell started Taco Bell in Long Beach, after he had a restaurant in San Berdoo and an early Mexican restaurant in L.B., went into business with some L.A. Rams - and finally came up with TB - not the disease, Taco Bell, that is.
Since this one's been around since the early 1960s at Parkview Village (formerly the Triangle) and was actually picked up and moved (tortillas and all) to its current location in the mid 1960s, it's been churning out good wholesome, steamy, nothing too hot or too cold, sorta-like Mexican food from almost the get-go of the chain, which means it has NO DRIVE-THRU - a real downside in today's culture, which is DRIVE-THRU or DIE! So DIE it did.
On our way to Chinese, my daughter pointed out a chain link fence around it, so I walked over there today, and couldn't see any signs inviting me to come back soon. So I did what I could do. I went to the Blue Dog Tavern.
At the Blue Dog Tavern, Blue Dog Bob solved the problem Out goes Taco Bell, in comes a host of storefronts. So through Blue Dog Bob, I discovered there's no more fire sauce for me. I should get out more often.
Bob told me that he's now presenting blues at the Blue Dog and that Joe Wood is the hot blues guy at the moment. Has fire sauce moved next door - from Taco Bell to Blue Dog? Could Joe Wood be the fire sauce of the blues? Could it be, serendipity, not surreptitity (is there such a word?) rules.
posted by megablogger at 3:02 PM
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