Food Digest

I couldn’t get a single tennis-playing friend to pick up their racquet and hit the courts with me on a beautiful Memorial Day Monday like this. So I found a backboard at a north side park and headed off to practice my inconsistent, yet beloved, one-handed backhand. On the way home, I decided to stop at a Taco Bell to see what all the hubbub is around those Doritos Locos tacos they’ve been selling recently.

Even convinced the Missus to try one upon my return. Her verdict: Gross and too salty. Me? I think they’re fine, but nothing too special. It’s just a slightly gussied up Taco Bell taco. Regardless, I’m a Taco John’s man, myself. (At least when it comes to corporate chain Tex-Mex food, that is…)

Needed a little post-work snack, so I heated up this plate-sized pizza in the toaster oven. Not gonna lie — my love affair with these $1 discs is just about over. Seems like they taste worse every time I eat one.

My lunchless day was starting to get to me around 6:15 p.m., so I headed back to the break room and bought a Snickers bar to tide me over until the end of my shift. Wouldn’t you know it? The machine dropped two candy bars down for the price of one. Gave the other to my editor in hopes of purchasing a little goodwill… 

Workin’ on a Sunday. Missed lunch because I was out all day covering a story. Got back to the office and got a bag of these Salsitas tomato-and-avocado flavored chips and a Coca-Cola. Chomped and guzzled while typing out my notes.

I needed to file some copy, so I headed to the Panera Bread in north suburban Wilmette. Got an M&M cookie and a glass of Mountain Dew. Place was pretty dead. I guess people had better things to do on a gorgeous Friday afternoon than hang out in Panera. Not the gentleman in the background reading the paper. He’s a regular. I need to introduce myself to him one of these days. I think he and I may have a lot in common.

Granola on yogurt. Needed something to tide me over until dinner.