GUADALUPE FAIR TACO-ING

Seasoned pork! Cilantro! Onion! Tomato!… now three of them! ACK the wrapper is too hot. Wait—“dos” orders of “tres” tacos? With my elementary Spanish knowledge failing me, it’s no wonder I was relocated to the back of the stall to work. No customer interaction was needed there. Families and groups streamed by oblivious to my…

JILLIAN’S CLIMB

Witness my childhood friend-turned-monkey tackle the difficult carnival task of climbing a wobbly ladder for the mere satisfaction of winning a plushy. Alas, three tries was not enough, but it made for some memorable moments… and begged a group of young guys to stop and watch the cute Jillian make an equally cute fall. Another…

MY TACO-FILLED TIME

After the turkey has turned into turd and I’ve worked it off by chasing after-Thanksgiving deals, I always have one last tradition during my Thanksgiving break… making tacos in Immokalee. For more than five years, the Couples for Christ families of Immokalee have clumped together to run many of the food stands at the church’s annual…