Travel Blog

Yesterday I introduced Drew and Gary to Nacho Bizness, the excellent gourmet taco truck that parks at 1950 SW 1st Ave. Mondays through Thursdays.

For years now, the three of us have been having infrequent lunches. They started out at the usual spots, like Anthony's Coal-Fired Pizza, but over time the places have become more recherche, like the 11th Street Annex and the Tortilleria Mexicana on Old Dixie Highway.

"Are you all together?" the young woman in the truck asked us, which prompted Drew into a long monologue of our relationship, explaining that, while we were eating lunch together, we were not romantically involved, adding that, philosophically, he had nothing against men living together if that's what they chose to do. Drew is a professional comedian, and the crowd waiting for lunch constituted a decent-sized audience.

We grabbed our tacos - Korean spicy pork, grilled shrimp, grilled beef, mahi-mahi - and drove to a nearby park. A picnic table sat under a tree, with a car parked next to it. The driver of the car sat with the window down, eating her lunch while listening to Andrea Bocelli. Between bites we discussed the Golden Globes, movies, tennis, children (theirs), travel, restaurants - all to the sound of Italian arias.