Here's the 12th installment of Tuesday Trivia, which we'll be running all summer.
What a coincidence! I happen to be typing the 12th installment while at Big 12 Media Days. I thought about asking you to name Waco athletes who have played a sport at each Big 12 school. If you want to do that anyway, we might have a special prize for you. Anyway, we've been tying trivia to new music releases since that happens on Tuesdays, so you would have some framework for my question's origin. We'll continue that today.
Folks can say what they want about Waco. I'm not sure what all that is these days, but I tell you what you can't say about Waco now or pretty much anytime I've lived here (and that includes a lot of years).
You can't say nothing ever happens here.
Here's the 11th installment of Tuesday Trivia, which we'll be running all summer.
We've been tying trivia to new music releases since that happens on Tuesdays, so you would have some framework for my question's origin. But this week the pickings are a little slim, so we're going to tie it to the opening of the way-overexposed movie R.I.P.D. The soundtrack includes a song from one of the movie's stars, Jeff Bridges, so we think it still kind of counts as a music question.
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.
So much for breezing through the middle of July, waiting for the hot summer to go by and keeping a low profile. There are new things happening on the Waco restaurant scene almost daily, so there's work to be done.
In the last three weeks we've had no fewer than seven news items to report, including new restaurants in Outlaw BBQ and Fuzzy's Taco Shop, In-N-Out getting a step closer to Waco and Mama Fu's opening its doors. There's more today as the WacoFork wire alerted us to Nizza Pizza preparing to open a Waco location.
The cool part about this WacoFork gig for me is that I feel obligated to get around the state and try restaurants that either might be headed our way or just demand to be written about in this space.
To that end, since my sister, Calley Durant, had a baby in Fort Worth on Tuesday, I NEEDED to drive up to Cowtown a day early in order to refamiliarize myself with Fuzzy's Taco Shop. I'm pleased to report that I dined on tasty crawfish and shredded beef tacos (pictured), which along with an iced tea cost just $5 and change.
Here's the 10th installment of Tuesday Trivia, which we'll be running all summer.
We're tying trivia to new music releases since that happens on Tuesdays, so you'll have some framework for my question's origin. Actually, today's question has a little bit to do with a new book release, but you get the idea. I've been trying pretty hard to form the questions in such a way that the answer can't just be Googled. Earlier this week, good WacoFork friend Sarah Picken told me they are growing more difficult to Google, so I'll take that as a sign that I'm succeeding.
Mama Fu's is open!
It's the first in a series of restaurant opening which will take place during the next few months in the Aldi shopping center on Valley Mills Drive. Smashburger will be next, probably in September
Last week, I made a list of new things coming to our town that have my attention. I left something off the list because I was unsure of its status.
The Lone Mammoth was that thing. I'm relieved to tell you it's still on the way.
Here's the ninth installment of Tuesday Trivia, which we'll be running all summer.
We're tying trivia to new music releases since that happens on Tuesdays, so you'll have some framework for my question's origin. But I'm not going to frame the question so that you'll just be able to look up new releases and find the answer. I can hopefully make it a bit trickier than that.
