31 października 2009
Halloween Tale
A couple of Halloweens ago, I went to see Hotel Congress for their annual party. I went with my friend Natalie and my friend Collette. At the end of the night, I had to take both of them home. Collette needed to be dropped off at some neighborhood off of Ft. Lowell. It was one of those oddly laid out neighborhoods in that part of town: short side streets, small duplexes on over-sized lots, architecturally out of place condominiums, higher end trailer parks and of course, no street lighting.
We dropped Collette off at one of those condominiums on one of those short side streets and came back out on to a more main drag to get to Ft. Lowell. On the way, down, I see a woman in a dark dress waving the car down. I hit the breaks but she was swallowed up by the darkness.
Nataile says, "What are you doing?"
"There was a woman waving us down, didn't you see her?"
"Stop it! It's not funny! You know I grew up hearing stories about la Llorona!"
"No, I saw her!"
"Shut up! It isn't funny!"
I did see that woman. I don't know what was up.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
We dropped Collette off at one of those condominiums on one of those short side streets and came back out on to a more main drag to get to Ft. Lowell. On the way, down, I see a woman in a dark dress waving the car down. I hit the breaks but she was swallowed up by the darkness.
Nataile says, "What are you doing?"
"There was a woman waving us down, didn't you see her?"
"Stop it! It's not funny! You know I grew up hearing stories about la Llorona!"
"No, I saw her!"
"Shut up! It isn't funny!"
I did see that woman. I don't know what was up.
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
29 października 2009
Catching Up and Missing Pima Burgers
I haven't posted in a while...then again, how many of you have been checking?
Made several trips up and down I-10 over the past few months. I was disappointed to find that the Indian Center near Tonopah has shut down. I never checked out the museum, but they had a restaurant there where they served "Pima Burgers." These were regular old hamburgers, but with roasted green chilies. When I worked at the litigation support outfit and had to go back and forth to Phoenix often, I'd time my trips so that lunch or dinner time would coincide with being near that exit.
When I get to pick my last meal, the Pima Burger may eclipse the Sonoran Hot Dog. Heck, if I'm going to die anyway, why not both?
Now that exit just features a Shell station where you can get Noble Roman pizza. There is nothing noble nor Roman about it.
Two news stories: an American sailor took some potshots at a warehouse in Gdynia. And we wonder why folks in other countries have a low opinion of us.
I enjoyed this one too. Money quote: "He then searched the SUV, where he found a Viagra pill and several sex toys, items Corning said he always kept with him, 'just in case,' according to the report." Yeah, don't we all do that?
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
Made several trips up and down I-10 over the past few months. I was disappointed to find that the Indian Center near Tonopah has shut down. I never checked out the museum, but they had a restaurant there where they served "Pima Burgers." These were regular old hamburgers, but with roasted green chilies. When I worked at the litigation support outfit and had to go back and forth to Phoenix often, I'd time my trips so that lunch or dinner time would coincide with being near that exit.
When I get to pick my last meal, the Pima Burger may eclipse the Sonoran Hot Dog. Heck, if I'm going to die anyway, why not both?
Now that exit just features a Shell station where you can get Noble Roman pizza. There is nothing noble nor Roman about it.
Two news stories: an American sailor took some potshots at a warehouse in Gdynia. And we wonder why folks in other countries have a low opinion of us.
I enjoyed this one too. Money quote: "He then searched the SUV, where he found a Viagra pill and several sex toys, items Corning said he always kept with him, 'just in case,' according to the report." Yeah, don't we all do that?
Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.
