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my tongue hurts. it has been a bit swollen on the left side for a couple days now. i don't know what i did to it, but it seems to bump my bottom left teeth when i stick it out. guess it's time for a trip to the acupuncturist... she just got back from a three week trip back home in Kunming, which is SW China. isn't it Boulder's Chinese sister city?

went out tonight with our friend, Regina. she's so cool...we simply adore her.

we had dinner at El Trapiche, a Colombian/Venezuelan restaurant that's way out east...on Colfax and Chambers. we luu-uuv their food! it's just a simple hole in the wall place...in a non-descript strip mall. it's owned by two couples. the two men who run the dining room are from Cali and Medellin. i know the lady who does most the cooking is Venezuelan and is married to the guy from Medellin, who totally reminds me of the Spanish professor i had for Advanced Composition in college. he was Cuban though ;) really, if you gave him a slightly deeper voice and a pair o' glasses, he'd be the spittin' image...

anyway, lois had pork chops (chuleta de cerdo)...i had the creole style skirt steak (sobrebarriga a la criolla) and regina had the pabellon criollo (which is the national dish of Venezuela; shredded beef, black beans, rice, fried plantain, and an arepa). man, it was so mouthwatering good! this was the first time that i had the sobrebarriga (funny, in spanish, this translates to 'over the bellybutton'). although it was really tender (the meat is the same as the pabellon...you just get more) and filling, i think i'll stick to the Bandeja Paisa. it's the national dish of Colombia and consists of red beans, rice, avocado, plantain, chicharron, chorizo, a fried egg, and the same shredded beef. i could easily OD on this dish ;) i don't see how this resembles the national flag (bandeja paisa) of Colombia at all though. maybe that's what the food would look like if i OD'd on it and barfed it out :P

it was an international night. not only did we have cuisine from two countries, we had beer from three ;) lois had a Club Colombia...i had some Cerveza Pilsener (think Ecuadorean Budweiser)...and regina had a Polar (Venezuelan). thank god for different beers! although i think Corona commercials are cute, i can't stand American brewed Corona...bleah. Mexican brewed Corona tastes better. hell, i can think of ten or twelve Mexican brands that are WAY better than Corona. go get a six pack of Bohemia or Sol and tell me what you think ;) if you like dark beer, see if you can find Noche Buena ('poinsettia' in spanish)...mmmm. i know the Great American Beer Store on west alameda carried it a few years ago. ooh, Indio is really good too...but you can only get it in the Bajio states of Mexico (Guanajuato, Michoacan, Aguascalientes, Jalisco).

yawn...well, maybe a boring post is better than no post at all. maybe.