California Tortilla

Things are turning out well lately; I've been getting a ton of compliments at work which is going to puff up my ego and it's also been great weather. Today while walking up Connecticut Ave I had to take off my coat because it was so warm. Then, I unbuttoned my jacket and dress shirt! Wild! Even though it's basketball night Steve said there was no one checking in so I have a free night to watch a lot of seventh season Simpsons.

I went to the tastiest Mexican place yesterday called California Tortilla. It was right by the Chinatown Metro stop and I've seen it before but never went in. I picked the taco salad since that's my default Mexican standby and I was about to say "but no beans and no rice" when I read the ingredient list and there were no beans nor rice! It had lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, corn, salsa, guacamole, and tortilla chip strips - all tasty things. I requested a cup of ranch dressing and the salad was perfect. Travis ordered a burrito and he got to spin a wheel of fortune because apparently on Monday night you can do that when you order a burrito. He got $1.25 off his meal. They also had the funniest newsletter - from Wikipedia:

There is a fun, perky newsletter that gets published online & in print monthly called Taco Talk, written by Pam Felix, who purchased the original franchising rights and name to California Tortilla, and whose picture appears (with her partner, Alan Cohen) on all the paper goods and signature sauce bottles in every restaurant. If it's your birthday or you win/redeem a free burrito coupon, you will most certainly get a crazy, loud "YEE-HA!" from the staff and management. It's all part of the fun.

Here is the newsletter in all of it's fun, perky glory. If you sign up for it you get a free taco.

Oh yeah, and good news at work is that my supervisor thinks I'm doing a good job and is going to rewrite my contract so that I can work more hours. YEE-HA! I'm diverting funds from other worthy causes.

I saw this crazy lady at the library yesterday. This was the best kind of crazy lady because she was right on the edge - she certainly wasn't acting normal, but she wasn't just yelling and streaking through the stacks. Instead, she was very upset and berating the poor check-out guy to get rid of this woman in one of the bathrooms who she claimed was harassing her because at one point she tried to give this homeless bathroom woman career advice. It got weirder - crazy lady was like, "and this woman in the bathroom, she convulses and is possessed and practices satanism and is demonic and I don't like to talk about myself very much but she stares at me and looks evil!" Really? Evil? The check-out guy was like, crazypants, don't talk to me, go to security. She said, "but every time I go up there with security the woman is hiding! She knows when we're coming!" Of course she does. She's got Satan on her side.