[CH] Home again
James Campbell (camkeep@bigfoot.com)
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 11:40:56 -0400
We made it back. Of course I'll be 'til a year from Tuesday catching up
with mail, and proper sequencing will difficult and not attempted in any
case.
To those of you who recommended restaurants in the Colo Spngs area, many
thanks. Since my daughter (see Rogues Gallery) is a C-H and a
foreigncuisinophile (I know it's not a word), we did Indian, Mexican, and
Thai -- with repeats. If I try to do this with your names, I'm sure to
goof, so please insert yourself at the proper place. Sorry, but the El
Herradero is closed, but we had eaten there before. La Marguerita was
wonderful. The Macaroni Grill as good as touted. Thai Orchid was good, as
always. I have to recommend (insert disclaimer)Thai Express, at 3117 S
Academy; it has the best, to me, Thai food (Chang Mai style) I've had since
my sojourn in SEA. They offer heat levels 1 thru 5, and if you call ahead,
they will hand-grind the peppers to give you "Thai Hot". We only found it
the day before we left, so I didn't get to go back. Next trip, first!!!
Our trip was fraught with disappointment; a pall hung over us (at least a
part of the time) because repeated attempts to see/meet the Only Original
Jim Campbell failed. Oh, he had excuses: working, going to college, weeding
the pepper patch, etc, but I'm deeply disappointed. There was, however,
such a delightful package of goodies on his front porch, that I have to
forgive him -- and thank him.
Jim's wonderful sauces and powders aside, we picked up an armful of sauces
for the 'brag' rack. Hope no-one ever tests me on some of them - or on
Jim's Backdraft either, for that matter.
Enough, at least until we e- again, JC