2,000 Miles for a Taco

I had a great time last week speaking to the Harvard Business School Alumni Chapter in Orange County. Perfect weather in SoCal and lots of great food finds, too.

Upon landing at LAX, I received this Tweet on my phone on the way to the rental car van:

NO LINE ALERT: LADERA HEIGHTS, where you AT? Your tacos are getting lonesome. And uneaten. @5640 S. Fairfax tiL 3PM!less than a minute ago via webkogibbq
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It was on! Less than fifteen minutes from the airport (with some help from Google Navigation) and I was face-to-face with the Korean Tacos of my dreams.

Pioneers of LA's tweet-and-follow food scene, Kogi BBQ runs its lunch trucks throughout greater LA and keeps a devoted group of followers hip to the day's locations via their web site and Twitter.


I went for a trio of pork, chicken and tofu tacos. The flavors were amazing - zesty and spicy proteins with a juxtaposition of the familiar corn tortilla and a drenching of Asian toppings.

I left my place on the park bench across from the van with a trail of taco juice from wrist to elbow of my left arm. A perfect welcome to California!

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Uncle Tupelo for You

Poking around the web this week I found a great sounding, pre-pissed off, Uncle Tupelo show on Megaupload. Check out this soundboard from 10/15/ 1993 at the Vic Theater in Chicago.

Thanks to St. Louis, Mississippi Nights, and the Blue Note in Columbia for Uncle Tupelo and big love to Stephen Usery for sharing his advance copy of March 16-20, 1992 with me way back when.

Danny Barnes in Atlanta May 8!

Don't miss Danny's show this Saturday at the Earl opening for the Legendary Shack Shakers.

If you can't make the scene, check out Pizza Box and share the love with your friends.