Can I pick a nit and request that mexicana be written sans the initial capital letter? As a sign of my grammatical magnanimity, I'm willing to let the lack of accent on gastronomia slide.
Also, 1 gets it exactly right.
Were it to actually match the web site Gastronomía would be both accented and capitalized. Which is important, because otherwise people might go to the wrong restaurant.
I hate looking up how to do accents in html. My life is really hard.
3: Oh, I didn't even look at their website till now. Good lord. Testimonial across the top in Windows Horror typeface? Check.
I withdraw any complaint that seemed aimed at heebie.
Heebie can you check your spam folder for email from me? kthx.
Oh man, Sazón kicks ass. I need to find a Yucatecan place around here.
7: You tried to find one, but all you got was Maya nays?
7: I could only find twelve by clicking on the first google results, unfortunately.
8: Ha! Ouch! An artist I knew exhibited series of paintings under the name of a fictional artist named Maya Nez. He also made up an elaborate completely implausible bio for her. The art reporter for one of the alternative rags apparently didn't get the joke and wrote an article taking the whole thing completely at face value. I suspected that the reporter was in on the joke, but he swore she wasn't. And then he sold all the paintings for 5 dollars.
9: I felt bad about contributing only nitpicks and dumb jokes so far, so I asked someone from Josh's neck of the woods for a recommendation. However, all I've heard back so far is that no one uses "TBA" for "The Bay Area". So, yeah, still not helpful over here.
TBA = Tuba-Backed Aria. The new trend in opera.
I bet today is full of celebration in The Bay Area...in Wisconsin.
So jealous! I want to go! I'll ask my mom! One of you guys could give me a ride, right? Right? C'mon, please?
Tuba-Backed Aria.
Like so (second track, "Reflections on Meditation").
16: Obs geomorphology factoid of the day: Green Bay (the bay) is basically formed by the Niagara Escarpment far from its much more well-known expression in Ontario/Western New York (it loops up and around the Michigan Basin).
19: that's pretty cool. You can clearly see the arc of it on a map when you know what to look for.
19: I always thought that Packers fans were a buncha drips.
19: I've also meant to ask you, is this stuff vocational or avocational for you? Or just accreted knowledge from reading John McPhee?
Further to 22: I should have added that I love it when you drop the geographical knowledge.
I second 22 and 23. I used to tell everyone "Pittsburgh is hilly" but know I know it is an eroded plateau. I still tell everyone Pittsburgh is hilly, but I feel bad out over simplification.
I fourth 22-24. Also, we should get John McPhee commenting here. That'd be a hoot.
I would love it if John McPhee commented here. I nearly went into full-on fan girl the one time I met Eldridge Moores, it was rather embarrassing.
Somwhat relatedly, I will be in SF next Wednesday. Dinner? Drinks?
22-24: Avocational for the most part and certainly avocational now*. Mostly accreted** knowledge from a life of geography***/geology nerditude (in my youth the girl next door christened me "Map Boy"****) of which McPhee books have played a small part.
*A career-and-half ago I did some geophysical/geological and had various bits of schooling in it although I never had any formal credentials. My wife is a geology major.
**Nice one, Vonilla Wafer.
***I did take the Geography subject GRE test (there used to be one!) but never really acted on it.
****I can honestly say that the Internet has fulfilled/exceeded many of my childhood dreams. On-demand maps of snow depth, topography, what have you; make your own maps of all sorts of shit, Google Earth, Strange Maps blog, and on and on. Like if Vannevar Bush lived to see his memex vision work out.
23: I love it when you drop the geographical knowledge.
I DROP GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE so I can GET COINS.
Somwhat relatedly, I will be in SF next Wednesday. Dinner? Drinks?
I'm up for it. Not up on SF enough to be up to making specific recommendations, though.
27. Will you be there through Friday? Because that's when I will get to SF.
Next week is Beer Week in the SFBA, and next Wednesday is Lagunitas/Lost Abbey/Anderson Valley night at Toronado, he mentioned with an offhand, unstudied manner.
I do enjoy beer. I'm not sure how long I'll be in town Friday, but I'll keep you posted.
Sazon looks great. Sadly, I think TX has our Mexican food beat, especially for higher-end stuff. Doesn't look particularly Yucatan-style, though.
Di, if you're going where I think you're going in SF, you should have lunch here, and also try to take a look into Courtroom One and check out the elevator, if you're panel isn't in that room.
Oh my god I am the topic of a post. I have to thank the dear stagehands, always willing to help in any way they can! (That's what Nellie Melba said in her farewell speech, possibly referring to very special favors indeed.)
37: It's not exclusively Yucatecan, but the Yucatan-style dishes (particularly the cochinita pibil) are awesome. And the huitlacoche empanadas rule, too.
Oh, and 33: were you planning on calling for a meetup, or were you going to pull a Von Wafer on us?
40: In fairness, it was more of a Von Waver before it went full-on Von Wafer.
I can possibly do Wednesday, but would prefer a Friday one--I can knock off work and be down for an early dinner. I cam do the same on Wednesday but would have to bail pretty early given that it'll be a two-hour drive back.
I would like to be in SF next week but the scheduling didn't work out.
It looks like I will be in San Francisco (or at least, Palo Alto) between the 2nd and 7th April. By "it looks like" I mean "I'm looking at the ticket now".
I'll be in Laguna Beach next weekend, but I'm not aware of anyone there I should meet.
45: I know just what you mean. I've never even seen the show, and I still don't want to meet anyone from it.
I'll be on my couch in a viral miasma. I strongly recommend keeping a safe distance, possibly as far as the Austin meetup.
I'll always already have been in Jerusalem.
Also, channeling Pauly Shore: you guys are the BEST! Who wants to come visit?
The idea of Pauly Shore in Jerusalem is really something.
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These things never go well: "In South Texas, scientists breed super wasps to control a water thief"
(Usually I post exciting tidbits like this on the most active thread, but they're somehow staying on topic over there, and a Very Serious Topic it is.
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It turns out that all along I've been conflating chris y and the yorkshire ranter, not really realizing that the latter is Alex.
Sadly, I think TX has our Mexican food beat
The reason is quite simple, really.
Di, you meant Wednesday the 16th, right? What's with the later mention of Friday?
Wednesday the 16th
Kim Jong-il's birthday!
55: I swear I saw Mr. Smearcase liveblogging at some point during the dinner, but I'm not sure where it ended up. Anyway, MSC was lovely company, as were SK and Heebies and Jammies and surprise guest Hokey Pokey!
56: Ah, THERE is is.
Pretty epic, if you ask me.
Was there a fight? It seems to have been called for in the liveblogging thread.
59: There was a fight, but only about how to pronounce your pseud.
We had a great time. Lovely night, all!
We agreed that it's the present tense of seafood.
60: it depends on what language track you pick for the DVD, clearly.