It's like a bad party trick.
I ask people questions like:
Do you believe in God?
And how do you pray?
And what does it feel like to be young?
And have you been in love?
And what does that feel like?
And how many people have you kissed?
And where do you find the best breakfast taco in Austin?
Because I have wanted to know the answers.
I wanted someone to explain God to me.
And I wanted to be shown how to pray because praying confuses me.
And I wanted to know what people thought youth was, so that I would understand my own lack of comprehension.
And I wanted to know love like it was a fact.And I wanted to know how many people you kissed because it's a fun question to ask.
And I wanted to know where to find the best breakfast taco because really that's the most important question of all.
I don't feel like asking these questions so much right now.
Because here is the thing.
I have been learning how to love the question itself.
Because these are blessed unknowns: God and prayer and youth and inexperience and love, it is all just a perpetual question mark.
There is no definite answer.
No finite conclusion to come to.
Maybe time is the only real answer.
I don't know.
That said.
There is one conclusion that I have come to.
One unalterable, finite, perfect truth: Austin, Texas is the best place in the world to eat a breakfast taco.
Without doubt.
Without question.
Below are some of my favorite tacos in this gorgeous city.
When it comes to this, there are no question marks.
Only full stops.
All my love,
m
Tamale House
5003 Airport Blvd
Austin, TX 78751 (512) 453-9842
Tacodeli
Austin, TX 78756 (512) 419-1900
Bouldin Creek Coffee House & Cafe
1900 S 1st St
Austin, TX 78704 (512) 416-1601
Counter Cafe
626 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78703 (512) 708-8800
Maria's Taco Xpress
2529 S Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-0261
Papalote Taco House
2803 S Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78704 (512) 804-2474
Torchy's Tacos
Austin, TX 78704 (512) 366-0537
Dan's Hamburgers
5602 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78751 (512) 459-3239
1 comment:
I invite you to make friends w/ Caroline Lunning. She cooks at Dinette in Seattle and has definite ideas about breakfast tacos.
--Ev
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