A I R M A L I
LetterRip
We love letters.Maybe it’s because our grandmas always used to tape
a quarter to our birthday cardswhenwewere little, andwe nowhave
this Pavlovian thing going on. Regardless, wewant to hear from you.
Sing our praises, bust our chops, or just tell us what’s on yourmind.
Send your thoughts to
.
TACOTIME
SarahHepola’sApril 15article “TacoTown!”
inspiredme and a friend to take a “Tour de
Tacos” around Austin to sample the city’s
best taquerias. We stopped at three of the
establishments that were in the article,
La Mexicana Bakery, Tacodeli, and Taco
Xpress. LaMexicanaBakeryhas a full bak-
ery inside, sohadwenothadpastries inad-
dition tobreakfast tacos,weprobably could
haveaddedat least twomore stops.
As true Austinites, we rode our bikes to
each location. The routewe tookwasmore
or less a loop around South Austin that
included a ride through some of the city’s
most scenic areas, suchas theBartonCreek
Greenbelt (nearTacodeli) and theHikeand
BikeTrail aroundTownLake.The tourcon-
cluded at Taco Xpress at lunchtime, so we
changed ourmenu from breakfast tacos to
regular tacos.
My friend and I agreed that wemust do
an expanded route at some point. Combin-
ing two of Austin’s best things to do (bik-
ing and taco eating) is a formula for agreat
time. Itwasdifficult to limit our taco intake
toonlyoneper stop, but somehowweman-
aged. Thanks for making our “Tour de Ta-
cos2007” a success!
dAMOnOsbOuRnE, AusTIn, TExAs
dEAR dAMOn:
Wow! How cool that you used
our article as a road map to taco heaven.
All the talkof food in this column (see “Love
Food,WillTravel,” at right) has ourmouths
watering.What’s for lunch?
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ZOOMTOZuRICH
Thanks for your article on Zurich
[
“Out of
the Blue,” April 1
]
. I first went theremany
years agoand fell in lovewith this enigmat-
ic place, although, as with love, I couldnot
explain it. Several years ago, I suggested to
my wife that we visit as we returned from
a family trip to Eastern Europe. Whenmy
wife asked why, I said I couldn’t explain it
but that shewould like it. Shedid, andnow
