A week ago, Mr. Sandwich and I headed out for a long weekend in Chicago. As it turned out, getting there felt longer than the weekend. Why? Because there were...
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I Miss Tex-Mex
Tex-Mex is a much-maligned cuisine. All I hear are sneers. “It’s unhealthy.” “It’s inauthentic.” “It’s got too much cheese.” Well, get over yourselves, Californians. Seriously, “unhealthy”? Hate you taken a...
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Wahoo’s Fish Taco
Meh. But the shrimp tacos are teriyaki-delicious. The only downside? They’re so full of cabbage that they’re kind of hard to eat. Maybe next time I should get one of...
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June Gloom
Normally I like the strange, cool, grey weather we get in June. I love it if it lasts into July. Why? Because then it isn’t scorchingly hot. But this year...
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Quality Time
Two of my friends–and one six-year-old–met for coffee on Sunday morning. (Not to worry. The six-year-old drank water. Her growth remains unstunted.) In an effort to find a location that...
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Good Friends
Who are they? They’re people who, when you invite them over for dinner, say, “Sure! We’ll bring the food! And cook it!” Courtesy of said friends, tonight we had grilled...
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Eventually, You Have to Commit to Cooking the Chicken
It can only sit thawed in the refrigerator for so long. As far as I’m concerned, “so long” is two days. So the leg quarters must be cooked. We were...
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Spectating
I know you’re all wondering what it’s like to watch someone run a marathon. To begin with, you get up at 4:30 a.m., just like the runner does. Mr. Sandwich...
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You Know What Sounds Good?
Horchata ice cream. We don’t have any, but that’s okay. We did have a couple of ribeyes, to celebrate Mr. Sandwich’s completion of the marathon. I do enjoy owning a...
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L.A. Marathon 2009
Today was the L.A. Marathon, and Mr. Sandwich and his dad ran all 26.2 miles of it. By the way, Mr. Sandwich’s dad has run all of the L.A. Marathons...