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I am planning for a quiet day today with family and friends. We started the day off right with the breakfast of champions at Taqueria Jalisco #12. There are a bunch of these Taqueria Jalisco restaurants in town. There's one on almost any corner. The food is great and the service is always good. You get plenty of food for a good price! I went to breakfast/lunch, OK let's call it brunch with my sister's Toni and Nina. Now, this is real Mexican food, not that crap from Taco Bell or Taco Time that people like to think is Mexican food. Now, don't get me wrong, I eat that crap too every once in a while but I never call it Mexican food! You have to know it isn't Mexican food! I prefer the real thing any chance I can get it. A couple of tacos and you can go the full day!
We had a good time just talking about all that's going on in the family and what's next. I had two of my favorite tacos, one carne guisada and one with beans, egg, and bacon. I actually have a recipe for carne guisada that I make on rare occasion. It is fantastic and you can use the toughest cuts of meat that end up falling apart on the fork. Since I live in Alaska, we also get to make it out of deer meat, which turns out great. My sisters, of course, had to eat lighter, too bad, so sad! Just another day it pays to be a heavy set guy from Alaska, I guess!
I didn't do too much today other than just hang out at home with my sisters and their husbands watching TV. Of course, this means we have to make smart ass remarks about everything on TV but hey, that’s us. Growing up in this family, you had to have thick skin because we make fun of each other all the time for laughs. If you aren’t poking fun at somebody you’re being poked fun at. It’s like I tell people, we play like a pack of wolves with a cat. Some days you are the wolf, and others, you are the cat! Evening came around and of course, I had to hit another of my must have food places. I think we are starting to see a pattern here with me and food! Maybe that explains why I need to diet?
Outback restaurant for a steak! I went out with my friends Mando and Norma and their twin sons. They aren’t big on Outback since they prefer better places but they know I love the steak here so that’s where they took me. It pays to have good friends! I had to drink a ton of sweet tea as the "feels like" temperature today was 111 degrees. Yep, that's one hot son of a gun! This might also explain why the bike spent the day in the shade! The seasoned steak and blooming onion were tasty!
So after dinner, we headed out to Mando and Norma's house. They live right outside the city limits, out in the boonies. Since Mando owns several heavy equipment pieces, he needs acreage to store them and be able to move about freely. They have a fairly large house that used to belong to his parents. Mando built a huge house a little back from this house and his parents live in that one. The house Mando and Norma live in used to be an army barracks in a former life and then became his parents' house. Mando and Norma have been renovating the house for years and are almost dome. This is quality renovations every step of the way which they have done themselves and which look very professional. I took a picture of them in the kitchen that they just finished and everything is top-notch stuff.
We hung out there for a while and I got to spend a little time with their twin sons, Anthony and Gabriel. These guys crack me up because they are really smart and funny. I have known them their entire lives and to this day, I can't keep it straight as to who is who! For this reason, I gave them nicknames. I call them you and hey you! Mando and Norma have another son older then these guys. His name is AJ but I didn't get to see him this trip. He lives downtown with his girlfriend and was too busy to get away. That kid is very talented and sings just like my older son Alejandro. As a matter of fact, on one of our trips down, they performed together at an open mike at a bar/restaurant we went to.
Nighttime came quick today for some reason so a quick ride back to the house with Mando and time to get ready for the next day!
Following is some detail on the pictures:
Pic 1 - La Taqueria: Breakfast of champions! Taqueria Jalisco, where they know tacos. I'm not talking Taco Bell tacos here. This is the real deal. Two tacos and you are powered for the day. Out with 2 of my sisters!
Pic 2 - Carne Guisada: One taco of Carne Guidada and one with beans, eggs, and bacon. Damn good! Now this is a Mexican style breakfast.
Pic 3 - Steak Time: The Outback, good steak and great company. A night out with my good friends, the Hinojosas. Drank a lot of sweet tea to rehydrate because the "feels like" temp today was 111 degrees!
Pic 4 - The Hinojosas: At home with Mando and Norma Hinojosa. Mando has been renovating the entire house by himself for quite a while. All the material and labor is top notch. The kitchen turned out awesome.
Pic 5 - The Hinojosa Twins: The Hinojosa twins Anthony and Gabriel. I still can't keep them straight so I just call them by the nicknames I gave them; you and hey you.
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