It's late on New Year's Day almost January 2, which as we know this year is the day when many college bowl games will take center stage.
So it's like Monday is New Year's Day 2.0.
Therefore, I'm choosing right now to write about food and football once again, specifically RG3 and the Baylor Bears and San Antonio Mexican food.
In other words, the Alamo Bowl.
It's a day for reflection, whether or not this makes any metaphysical sense.
I mean, ok, it's the end of a calendar year and tomorrow begins a new calendar year, which feels significant, mostly because we assign significance to it. But where does anything actually begin or end? Tomorrow the sun will probably rise just like it did today. Like Bono sang, "Nothing changes on New Year's Day" and while I'm not sure he was singing about the kind of existential ambiguity I'm describing here, it still applies.
I think this slideshow will do one of two things, maybe both. It includes many pictures of food from many Waco restaurants, so it might cause viewers to crave something. Also, it is pretty much chronological from the time we launched in April, so it's an interesting way to reflect on 2011. It was for me, anyway.
Hope you enjoy it.
Merry Christmas, friends.
Out and about today on WacoFork business, everyone seemed to have that laid-back, holiday easiness. Most of us have our Christmas shopping and wrapping done and now it's just a matter of coasting out the rest of the year.
Speaking of the rest of the year, I'm looking forward to writing a "Thank you, Lord, for Texas" blog from the Alamo Bowl next week.
Today's photo of the Amelia's/Sironia chicken salad sandwich and spinach salad comes from local photographer/WacoFork friend Katie Burch.
During the course of creating this WacoFork thing, we've been thrilled by the way people want to participate with us. Burch and I, who see each other at the coffee shop and the pub pretty often, spoke about food pictures. I encouraged her to snap photos and send them to me and I would use them in blogs.
And that's how I ended up lunching at Amelia's/Sironia for the first time today.
For those in WacoFork land who will be hosting this Christmas weekend, remember Waco has some attractive take-home dinner options.
There's no shame in calling on Secret Chef or Crav to fill out the Christmas Eve or Christmas Day menu. Only delicious food. Also, nobody has to know it didn't come from the host's oven.
My Christmas gift to myself today: chicken fried steak, eggs and hash browns for breakfast, neatly wrapped in gravy and Tabasco sauce at The Coffee Shop in McGregor.
Or maybe it was a stocking stuffer, if the stocking were my belly.
As of Thursday, there are TWO great reasons to drive to McGregor for lunch or dinner. Actually, there might be more than two reasons, but I'm focusing on the two dining options right next door to each other just down Highway 84.
Coach's opened this week to a full parking lot and lots of customers interested to try Central Texas' newest barbecue joint. Coach's is the new next-door neighbor of The Coffee Shop, which has long been one of the area's best options for good old country cooking.
News flash, people, we've arrived at the middle of December and our little town still has important football games ahead of it.
If you grew up a Midway Panther and went on to be a Baylor Bear, then your two football teams have a combined record of 21-5 this season as the Panthers prepare to play in the Class 4A Division I state championship game on Friday and the Bears look forward to meeting Washington in the Alamo Bowl.
Now that's a reason for happy hour.
Just a quick hit blog today with a couple of WacoFork reminders.
If you're out with friends and family doing some holiday dining, keep us in mind and write a review. Remember, we're giving away an iPad2 when we hit 1,000 reviews and we're getting closer every day. We're about 300 reviews from that goal and every review you write gives you another entry and a better chance at winning the big prize.
