Breakfasts

I no longer have the luxury of being able to take off for an hour or so on Fridays to go have lunch so the last couple of weeks I have gone out to breakfast on Saturday. Last week it was Black Bear diner and this morning it was 5 and Diner. Of the two I think Black Bear was better, but not by much. Both places seem to be afraid to introduce any form of taste in their food. And I should have expected that this morning as, at 56, I think I was the youngest person in the place. Both places were ok and nothing was really wrong with either the food or the service. I think I'll try Mimi's next week.

Rain

We very seldom get real winter storms here. The kind that make the cold damp just take over your body and give forth never ending rain for hours that varies from sprinkles to heavy showers. This week we had two such storms, they had lost considerable power by the time they made it to Arizona from the coast but were still pretty good. On Tuesday we had one that hit mid-afternoon and rained until about bedtime and on Thursday we had one that started about 3AM and was still sprinkling when I went to bed about 9. Total was over 2" for the week. It has rapidly raised the levels in lakes and added more snow in Northern Arizona. The last time we had a major series of winter storms was in 93 just before I moved here. As much as I really enjoy the heat I also love listening to the rain fall. Thursday I was out driving in it which wasn't much fun though. The streets around here do not shed water quickly so there were some streets under water from curb to curb.

Like Water for Chocolate

1992, R, steamy romance, Spanish

This movie came up in a food blog because it has a lot of really nice food served. Filmed in Mexico. It has been dubbed over in English but you need to make that selection as you set it up. The time frame is the late 1800s, early 1900s. Not surprisingly a good part of the film takes place in the kitchen. I rather enjoyed the movie. It definitely takes some odd turns.

Take my butt to jail

A Virginia State trooper pulled a car over on I-64 about 2 miles south of
the Virginia/West Virginia line. When the trooper asked the driver why he
was speeding, the driver said he was a Magician and Juggler and was on his
way to Beckley WV to do a show at the Shrine Circus. He didn't want to be
late.

The trooper told the driver he was fascinated by juggling and said if the
driver would do a little juggling for him then he wouldn't give him a
ticket. He told the trooper he had sent his equipment ahead and didn't
have anything to juggle.

The State trooper said he had some flares in the trunk and asked if he could
juggle them. The juggler said he could, so the trooper got 5 flares, lit
them and handed them to him.

While the man was juggling, a car pulled in behind the patrol car.. A
drunken good old boy from West Virginia got out, watched the performance,
then went over to the patrol car, opened the rear door and got in. The
trooper observed him and went over to the patrol car, opened the door
asking the drunk what he thought he was doing.

The drunk replied, "You might as well take my ass to jail, cause there
ain't no way I can pass that test."

Fajardo's cafe

6706 N 58th Dr, Glendale, AZ

Now the holidays are over I can get back to going out to lunch on Fridays.

For over thirty years this place was known as Lily's. In 2006 the original owner died and it reopened in 2008 by a cook and his wife who had worked there for 28 years. It is grandfathered in to the residential neighborhood it sets in. Hard to find and maybe not a place I would like to be after dark. The food was well prepared without being amazing. I had 2 chicken and spinach enchiladas with beans and rice and a Horchata. The family takes good care of it's customers and the place was almost full for a Friday lunch.