{"id":12496,"date":"2012-04-20T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2012-04-24T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:33:01","slug":"fourth-of-six-dinners-with-ron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/20\/fourth-of-six-dinners-with-ron\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Of Six Dinners with Ron"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the few hours we spent walking around at the Zoo my friend Ron and I headed a bit north, back to Old Town, to once again enjoy some great Mexican food. Our first choice was to try Fred’s across from Caf\u00e9 Coyote since neither of us had ever eaten there. Because we arrived at dinner-time on a Friday night we couldn’t find any parking close by. So our second choice was Casa de Reyes because we both liked their food very much. Unfortunately we couldn’t find parking close enough to it either. Not even at my normal, less known spot. So we drove over to the Bazaar del Mundo and parked across the street in the Caltrans lot and just walked across the street to eat at choice number three, Casa Guadalajara. Turned out to be a half hour wait. Since it was already getting late in the evening, and Ron being on east coast time, he thought that might be getting too late for him.<\/p>\n

That’s when I had my Willow “Aha!” moment. Next door to Casa Guadalajara can be found another Mexican restaurant called La Pi\u00f1ata that I’d been fortunate enough to have eaten at once before with my Whedonverse friend, Lisa (shout out!), and her family. A bit more low-keyed and simpler than Guadalajara but with food that is just as good and the wait staff is extremely nice. Best thing was there was absolutely no wait for outdoor seating. Fourth choice turned out to be the charm.<\/p>\n

Ron, being married to a Colombian beauty, had a nice conversation in Spanish with Christian, the wandering balladeer. He must have also enjoyed our friendliness because he started to play and sing (both very well) the Spanish classic, “Guantanamera.” He told us that the song was about a women from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Who knew? Well, we do now. And so do you.<\/p>\n

I was having some dental issues so I didn’t want to order anything too crispy for dinner, so I ordered the shrimp enchiladas with white sauce. I was not sorry. It was fantastic.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s the Negra Modelo talking, but the whole afternoon and evening turned out to be a pretty great adventure.<\/p>\n

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After the few hours we spent walking around at the Zoo my friend Ron and I headed a bit north, back to Old Town, to once again enjoy some great Mexican food. Our first choice was to try Fred’s across from Caf\u00e9 Coyote since neither of us had ever eaten there. Because we arrived at … <\/p>\n

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