Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

Walking in the rain, with chili

The WalkAmerica walk for the March of Dimes turned out to be only seven miles, and the rain turned out to be only a heavy mist for most of it. Thank God for that, because I admit that my hips and knees are really sore...another mile and more water might have done me in.

Getting old sucks.

Hard Times, a local chili parlor, provided the post-walk lunch, which was very cool...or warming, as the case may be. I don't go there very often anymore (partly the health kick, partly because I no longer work just around the corner), but back in the day I knew Hard Times very well...Texas chili mac, wet, with cheddar cheese, chopped onion, and tomato, washed down with a Lone Star.

I took a Texan there for Frito Pie. Have you ever eaten with Texans outside Texas? Nothing is ever right. And even it nobody claimed the food was supposed to be Texas-like ("It's the Hunan Palace!") they find fault.

My Texan friend did like the Frito Pie, though.

Next week I have the Arthritis Walk. (I may be using the services of the Arthritis Foundation soon, the way I'm going.) And this walk is practically around the corner from Hard Times (and yes, my old office; different corner, though.) This might be a good new post-walk tradition: Chili and ibuprofen. Yum.

Posted by Nic at May 2, 2004 04:48 PM