There’s certain flair, a special mindset that’s required to properly enjoy certain food groups, like, say, a basket of tacos.
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[/style]Perhaps a little al fresco dining? Perhaps a choice in hot sauce or, “something hotter,” as it was termed by the server? Maybe it’s the smell of bleach on the floor, at closing time, or the lazy way the attendant help seem to pace themselves?
Or maybe it’s a washing machine, on sidewalk, out front, with a sign, “FREE please TAKE.”
I’m wondering, is this a localized phenomena, is this something that only happens in South Austin?
I was going to get a picture of the place’s sign, but there’s a big logo underneath it, and I’m less interested in plugging that logo. However, the sign itself advertises “San Antonio Tamales,” and that’s here. Not in San Antonio.
I’ve stopped a number of times at this place. Food’s good. But the afternoon that I saw the washing machine on the sidewalk? Just made me ever so much more grateful to live in a neighborhood where such things can wind up in front of the place where I like to dine.
Doesn’t hurt, either that the tamales are good. Or that the daily lunch special is usually a couple of tacos. The ice tea comes in the requisite quart-sized glass, and the hot sauce has two flavors, hot and hotter.
If I had to tell the truth though, it’s right on the way to the grocery store and a client’s place.
The food was so good-looking, to me, I shot a ten-second video clip of it. I’ll use that in a week or two, for the weekly ‘cast.
San Antonio Tamales, between the lawyer office and boot-maker’s place – just off Congress Avenue. Lower Congress.
One more thing (or What You Will):
I realized I missed one comment from the play’s review, the guy who played the duke. He got it right. So did Sir Toby Belch. And Sir Andrew, rather well-played. Excellent, even.
Apple’s Care:
I’m a long-time proponent of Apple’s extended care policies. I’ve had three out of the last four pieces of equipment have to go in for extensive surgery long after the year-long warranty had expired. That’s the good news. Austin has an Apple store, and although I’ve made purchases there, until Thursday afternoon, I’d found that the Austin Apple Store was kind of snotty, in a very non-South Austin way. I’ve visited – and made purchases – at the stores in Oakland (CA), Dallas (2), Austin, San Antonio, Soho (London – UK), and for a the last couple of years, it’s been a personal running gag to get picture of me in front of the Genius Bar sign.
Now, I wasn’t even returning any of my own equipment, no, this was a service call for a client. The air in her Airport Base Station wasn’t airing right. Or it was erring.
So I make an appointment online with the stupid little retail website thing, show up a few minutes early, and I anticipated more snotty responses. Instead, the wandering help was actually helpful, made some educated guesses at solutions, gave me something to work with, and continuously checked the queue to assure me that I would be attended to momentarily.
The Taurus at the service desk, the Genius at the Genius Bar – was very helpful. I felt like such an end-user, too, as I was thoroughly unprepared. I had a piece of equipment that didn’t work, plus the hope that it was covered by the extended warranty I’d suggested, maybe a year or two ago.
I took a guess at a phone number, name on the sales receipt, mother’s maiden name, all of that. Just guessing as I’ve got two clients with numbers so similar, I can easily get confused. But the plucky Taurus spent minutes furiously pounding the keyboard, eventually came up with a very satisfactory solution, and I left the hardware behind, departing with a promise of phone call, and another working unit in a matter of days.
Plus tips: perhaps way to streamline the video message each week. What’s nice? It was all handled in a relaxed yet economical fashion – unlike previous experiences.
What was weird? Their T-shirts. “Blah Blah Blog.”
Unrelated collections:
I was going to save it for this weekend, but a couple of useless links?
Phone tree guide – to talk to a real person. I think most of them respond to “jab zero many times.”
John Bonham
which member of led zeppelin r u? (with pics always)
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Why I live like a monk.
Is it me? Or is this, like, you know, horribly retro?
WSJ on Amazon and a suggest Amazon wants part of the digital music pie.
Ten best fictional Science Fiction movies. Or what wasn’t made.
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