Mexicali Rose and Chabot Observatory

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:59:59 -800

Grandma's car was parked at Fruitvale BART. Steph was in Emeryville. For
those not in the know, this meant that I had to drive north on I-880 and I-80
in the middle of Friday rush hour. I can now say that I am master of the
multiple lane-change challenge, having gotten myself across five lanes of
15mph traffic on I-80 in a quarter of a mile! So I grab Steph from outside of
her conference, and we headed off to the Mexicali Rose, a restaurant
that I'd gone past many many times, yet never ate in. We got a booth and
ordered what turned out to be enormous plates of food! The dishes were pretty
much standard fare for Mexican combo-plates and quite good, though not as good
as a night out at Casa de Pico in San Diego.