Yesterday I asked myself the question "am I as fat as that guy?"
The gentleman, whom I don't know, had a rather protruding belly, but my gut tends to lead the way as well, unfortunately. It's a difficult question to answer, and I realize that even asking it isn't all that healthy. The guy was also wearing flip flops in a professional environment, so I gave myself a mark in the plus column for not matching him in that way.
A few weeks ago, a good WacoFork friend, Kara Fisher, stopped me at The Dancing Bear's birthday party and told me about a hot dog joint she visited in Cleveland called Happy Dog. She kept a menu from Happy Dog to share with us, which made us happy.
I've been holding on to the menu for a day like today when i didn't know quite what to blog. We have a new hot dog joint headed our way with plans for The Lone Mammoth underway. I've been told The Lone Mammoth won't arrive until 2014, but it's going to be gourmet franks and sausages and definitely worth looking forward to its opening.
Anybody who gripes that there's nothing to do in Waco isn't looking hard enough.
I will personally be consuming football at gluttonous levels, but that's just one way to go. As such, what follows is our recommendations for a fun weekend here in our humble burg.
I do not understand weight loss. It's an absolute mystery to me.
For starters, when you lose weight, where does it go? And how do you make it go there? And don't tell me about counting calories and burning calories and all of that because it all seems so arbitrary. I know that diet is probably more essential than exercise because if I work out and it makes me want and feel justified to eat a burrito, then my net gain is zilch. That much I understand.
We had the privilege of taking an inside look at one of if not the most exciting things happening in our town these days: the building of the new Baylor Stadium.
Of course, we're going to pass along the scoop to you, our WacoFork friends. Here's a short video complete with Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw speaking about the things that excite him about the new football stadium.
Roughly once a month, I write about the Cafe Homestead special dinners in this space. Cafe Homestead isn't usually open for dinner, but every now and then (again, roughly once a month) they prepare a menu and open up two seatings.
So I reveal the menu here in an effort to entice our readers to sign up for the dinner. I don't know how effective the practice is, but I hope some of you see those emails and sign up for the dinners.
On the surface, this picture is pretty mundane. Is it worth a thousand words? Actually, yeah, but I'm not going to spend that many on it. Maybe 450.
First, the main action of the photo is the gentleman spraying the brick. That's significant for a couple of reasons. The brick in question is the newly placed brick on the exterior of the coming Dichotomy coffee bar on Austin Avenue. Specifically, it's in the 500 block. We're looking forward to this place opening, which looks like it might happen sometime in September.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline came and went on Wednesday without any life-altering news in my world of sports. But I still sort of sympathized with baseball teams who either lost or gained players.
(In case you're thinking that maybe I'm accidentally posting this on the wrong blog because it fits better on my sports essay venue, just hang with me for a minute and it will make sense.)
A Quest For Brisket, by Sarah Picken
Recently, my friend Monica, from back home in Chicago flew into Texas and we embarked on a 1,700 mile road trip through West Texas visiting Big Bend, Marfa, and Balmorhea Springs among other places. While I was excited to show her the beauty that is West Texas, I was also thrilled to introduce her to Texas food staples. I couldn’t wait until the tail end of our trip when we would be able to indulge in some of my favorite Tex-Mex and barbecue joints in the Central Texas area.
