Do people really recommend Taco Bell as a place to get good Mexican food? Dear God. I love Taco Bell, but it is its own genre - NOT actual Mexican food! I have had some disappointing Mexican food experiences since moving to the East Coast, but nothing that tragic. In New York, I kept getting all these mediocre places recommended to me. In Washington, I actually went to this place that was supposed to be great, and they served me canned rice. I ask you. Fortunately for us, now we have the Austin Grill, and I can get good Mexican when I want it. Figures that someone would have to move up here from Austin to open a decent Mexican restaurant. It makes me homesick every time I go there, because the inside is decorated with music posters from Antone's and Armadillo World Headquarters, and the decor is very Chuy's. They even serve Amy's Ice Cream for dessert. Some of the posters are even for shows I remember attending when I was in college
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Sounds like you timed your trip back to Texas just right, then. "Decent Mexican Food Prevents Stressed Mom from Going Postal." subtitle: "Postmaster looking into stress-relieving benefits of warm flour tortillas, salsa, beans..."
Mucomyst sounds yummy! How much Tylenol do I have to take to get me some?
I think Sahara is well on her way to being a CPA. Or the next Einstein, depending. Sahara does things in her own squirrely way that may seem peculiar to everyone else, but makes total sense to her....and that's okay. I have every confidence she'll read when she's quite ready. Then she'll probably blow doors on everyone else and do her first book report on "War and Peace."
You don't have to remove the paneling. Dark wood paneling can be PAINTED, dear, and it's quite pretty when it is, too. Stop whining already--you're not taking 10 years to remove grime from the Sistine Chapel, you just might need to do some redecorating.
Okay, the 10-y-o is trying to talk to me about some school friend's home-life drama. Must go now.
Dark wood or fake wood?azulacoMarch 31 2004, 06:23:25 UTC
Wood paneling can be painted, but what about fake wood? If it's truly 70s era, it's that nasty fake wood paneling, in which case I'm not sure it would take a coat of paint. Maybe it would, I've never tried it. Check on that, because Cheri is right - if you can paint over the nastiness, it's not a major flaw. Remember that for future house-hunting (sounds like you just didn't like this house anyway). Burnt-orange shag carpeting, on the other hand, might be a more serious problem - more expensive to fix.
We lived in a townhome a few years back in Woodbridge, VA that had the 70s era harvest-gold and dark wood kitchen. Blech. There's a commercial I see sometimes where the couple is standing in their kitchen, saying "I think it's time for a home equity loan," and their kitchen is a dead ringer for our kitchen in Woodbridge. Kind of funny.
Amy, you're right, the '70's homage to all-things-plastic often crossed the polyester-pants boundary and leapt into such brilliant things as chairs made in the shape of huge, molded plastic hands....or even sometimes the fake wood paneling of which you speak
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Mucomyst sounds yummy! How much Tylenol do I have to take to get me some?
I think Sahara is well on her way to being a CPA. Or the next Einstein, depending. Sahara does things in her own squirrely way that may seem peculiar to everyone else, but makes total sense to her....and that's okay. I have every confidence she'll read when she's quite ready. Then she'll probably blow doors on everyone else and do her first book report on "War and Peace."
You don't have to remove the paneling. Dark wood paneling can be PAINTED, dear, and it's quite pretty when it is, too. Stop whining already--you're not taking 10 years to remove grime from the Sistine Chapel, you just might need to do some redecorating.
Okay, the 10-y-o is trying to talk to me about some school friend's home-life drama. Must go now.
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We lived in a townhome a few years back in Woodbridge, VA that had the 70s era harvest-gold and dark wood kitchen. Blech. There's a commercial I see sometimes where the couple is standing in their kitchen, saying "I think it's time for a home equity loan," and their kitchen is a dead ringer for our kitchen in Woodbridge. Kind of funny.
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