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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
1957 is when diego rivera fied so I indeed stand corrected...imagine...all my life I thought one of those murals was his LOL
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San Diego has always been too conservative for Diego's Proletariate Propaganda.
Now....L.A.?? That would have been different.
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Gypsy Jan
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Diego Rivera, Artist
Has always been controversial. Here is an excerpt from his biography in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera
"His mural Man at the Crossroads, begun in 1933 for the Rockefeller Center in New York City, was removed after a furor erupted in the press over a
portrait of Vladimir Lenin it contained. The American poet Archibald MacLeish wrote six "irony-laden" poems about the mural. The New Yorker magazine
published E. B. White's poem "I paint what I see: A ballad of artistic integrity". As a result of the negative publicity, a further commission was
canceled to paint a mural for an exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair. Rivera issued a statement that with the money left over from the commission
of the mural at Rockefeller Center (he was paid in full though the mural was supposedly destroyed. Rumors have floated that the mural was actually
covered over rather than brought down and destroyed.), he would repaint the same mural over and over wherever he was asked until the money ran out."
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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DENNIS
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Bug-eyed, womanizer, commie slob. One of my favorites.
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Gypsy Jan
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I Have Always Been Partial
To those who stir the soup. 
GJ
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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tripledigitken
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Glad to have been the catalyst for some interesting topics.
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Kalypso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
kalypso  - unless the standard has gone way down in the last 5 years -
I loved eating at LAS 4 MILPAS - which as far as I know is the only restaurant in the area which made fresh tortillas to go AND had a full blown
simple yet delicious menu to boot. This is not a 5 star restaurant but just a simple eatery ... since I ran my own bakeries and since I shopped at
the RESTAURANT DEPOT only a couple blocks away from there, I used to sneak over there and eat whenever I could...
do I miss those days...NOPE ... but I did enjoy the comida mexicana. |
My opinion of LCM is the minority position. I've never understood what the allure of their gut-bomb grease tacos is to the point people will wait in
line for them. 
Freshly made masa and tortillas are not that hard to find in SD any more. Tortillaria Lily in City Heights is nixtamalizing corn and their masa is
wonderful to work with. I also like the masa I can get from Pancho Villa market. Gilbertos in (I think) National City makes some delicious tortillas,
as does Northgate market. I have many friends that like the masa (especially for tamales) and tortillas from LCM, I haven't been wowed by them. I
think it's just simply a case of different strokes for different folks.
I think the other thing that colors my opinion is that I've had the very good fortune to eat all over the Repbulic of Mexico and I've had some pretty
amazing food. And after that, LCM just doesn't measure up. When I hear people call it the best Mexican SD I just kinda have to scratch my head, to me
it's mediocre to average Mexican at best. 
I do, however, have immense admiration for the family that started and still owns LCM. Tacos have been good to them, they now own the entire block in
which their property is located. Given the (re)development that's starting to happen, that's a pretty valuable block now 
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The squarecircle
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Tacos El Paisa
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Thanks, Diane.
Here's my favorite Mexican Restaurant in the area, less than 2 miles from Murals.
Tacos El Paisa
3096 National Ave
(between 30th St & 31st St)
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The squarecircle
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Greetings Ken:
Absolutely a zenith in that local! Good call, and thank you.
Regards,sq.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The squarecircle
Greetings Ken:
Absolutely a zenith in that local! Good call, and thank you.
Regards,sq. |
Roy,
Good to see you posting! I heard rumors you might be riding a M/C these days. How about a M/C ride down there for lunch next week?
Ken
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