After years of wanting to stop for some Native American food at Arizona Native Frybread, we finally made the long drive to 1437 E. Main Street in Mesa, Arizona. The food was good, not great, but that has as much to do with me wanting to eat mutton and them serving lamb. Of course, lamb is more tolerable for the majority of non-Native American customers who might visit but for those of us who have had the real thing, mutton is the only way to go. Caroline was going to abstain from eating as she wasn’t really hungry until she had a bite of my frybread, also known to Caroline as “crack”. She was hooked immediately and had to get herself a Navajo Taco. Well, we must have been here at the exact right moment for my order, because it came up in 5 minutes, her taco took nearly 20 minutes before it was delivered. So, besides some mildly slow service, this place was well worth the long drive – yummers!
Hey, My Ears Are Sunburned
Not only are these dogs’ ears sunburned, but the guy on the right, his nose is fading off. Some people put bumper stickers on their cars, others put a fish with some smart Darwinistic slant or simply praise for their belief in the car. Today’s kids need street glow or stickers showing what might be under the hood, but for our neighbor here, she has stuffed animals and compared to some of the rude stuff I’ve been reading from other neighbors, this doesn’t seem all that bad.
All Threat, No Delivery
Other parts of the valley of the sun are getting rain, only we don’t. Threatening heavy clouds glide by and are soon gone without dropping even a fine mist. Early in the evening, we hear some thunder but nothing else materializes. By morning we read about flooding in areas surrounding Phoenix, but for us – nothing.
Souvia
Found a new tea shop not far from home, it is called Souvia and while they don’t have BoBa tea, they carry just about every other gourmet type of tea known to humankind. I had a green tea if for no other reason I love watching the leaves unfurl, expand, and float in their liquid space. The shop is a nice addition to a rather boring side of Phoenix.
Monsoon Is Upon Us
Yeah, the humidity goes way up, occasionally the electricity will go out with a nearby lightning strike, and even a bit of flooding comes with the onset of the Monsoon season – but the skies – the skies are brilliant. From the middle of July to the end of August I could post sky pictures every day. The best views are at sunset when billowing white thunderheads crawl up into the sky while a low sun paints the bottom of the clouds with hot pinks, oranges, and reds. But even on these days when miserable grey skies loom overhead threatening torrential rains, the sky can look amazing.
TV Must Be Broke
Jeez, there’s got to be something better than this on TV? Besides reflections, images are rarely seen on our quickly becoming archaic TV, we are still in possession of an old picture tube-based television. Due to the fact we have not had cable, satellite, or even rabbit ears on our TV for years, we are not the best candidates to upgrade to plasma, LCD, DLP, projection, HD, or any other means of TV viewing. Sure we watch movies, they come to us via Netflix and we watch them in a small window on our computer monitor. Quickly we have become social rejects as our vocabulary regarding Lost, Survivor, Friends, the Sopranos, or any other hit show is crippled. No, we don’t watch sports, no broadcast news, no sitcoms, nothing, nada. Instead, we travel, visit friends, cook, read, listen to music, do stuff. Currently listening to The Sea from Morcheeba after the Thai song Duay Nam Ta from the Num & Ning CD Love and Dream, with the TV still off.