we just got back from visiting family in california. we went from a wet 2 degrees up to a solid 70 with sunshine. it was glorious. for maybe the first time my loyalty to the PNW wavered just a bit. especially once i bit into the juiciest, sweetest grapefruit fresh from a tree. yuuuummmm. i could live life down there.

a group of us ventured out to universal studios and fulfilled our lifelong dream of visiting hogwarts! just for a well balanced day, i faced my *worst* nightmares going through the walking dead attraction. they actually make you walk through and it is terrifying, but not as terrifying as when you get fake attacked by someone in your own group once you think you’re safe. i scream loud.

all in all it was good fun and then we went out for tacos.

there is a little taco place near the fam’s place that everyone is obsessed with. that taco place, they PILE on the guacamole and they are just overflowing with all the meat and salsa. in a totally uncharacteristic move, i didn’t take any pictures!

when we got back home i couldn’t get tacos out of my head! i found the recipe for pork adovada from The Food Lab. i used two versions of dried new mexico chilies (normal? and spicy) because that’s what i could find at the store. this makes a super saucy pot of spicy, fall apart pork. perfect in a corn tortilla, or on a pile of greens.

minimal taco.

 

overstuffed taco.