04/17/10 – Irvine Park
So these are purple sage plants. They’re actually a pretty rare site, but they are flowering right now and there is quite an abundance of these in the park. I did some exploring out in Blair Witch and some of the best parts are still under water from the rains. I rode several of the short up and down trails in Irvine Park and checked out the Nature Center.
I went down to Carnitas Los Reyes afterward. There was a line out the door, which is typical on the weekends. OK, it’s a dirty little taco joint with a “don’t ask, don’t tell” kind of kitchen, but it is the best place I know for cheap, great Mexican food. This is all I have to say about that place:
Dear chicharron burrito (fried pork rinds),
Thank you for being so awesome. Your beans, cheese, salsa, and grease-dripping meat put me in a food coma. I long for the day I will return to eat more of your ancestors.
Love, Brad
p.s. I admired the velvet painting of the bandito with the caption “Fue borracho parrandor y jugador muy huebon el cabron”, which loosely translated means “He was drunk and looking very much like an asshole”.
