San Diego and Supercross


The past month was all about action: covering an action sports trade show in San Diego, hanging out with Miguelito everywhere and going to a Supercross race in Anaheim. It's tiring to be immersed in all that busy-ness. Sometimes, I just want to eat room service food on my bed, as I did one night when I stayed at the swank Ivy Hotel in San Diego.

The lobster club sandwich I ordered came with sweet potato fries. The toasted bread became cold and hard pretty quickly. I had to dump the bread and pick at the lobster and avocado with a fork.

The nice thing about staying at the Ivy was that I could stop by the Pannikin Coffee, Tea & Spices shop on my walk to the convention center where the trade show was held. For three days straight, I ordered a tea au lait, or tea steeped in steamed soy milk. I tried Earl Grey tea one morning, Indian chai on another and rooibos when I felt mellow.

Tea was not on the menu for the Supercross competition I saw in Anaheim. Diesel and dirt don't mix well with the hot elixir as they do with ice-cold whiskey and Coke.

I did warm myself up before the race with a steaming cup of champurrado at Yuca's annex on Hollywood Boulevard. It's hot Mexican chocolate thickened with masa.

The champurrado was so filling that I almost didn't have enough room for my two tacos. But there was no way I was going to relinquish my taco stuffed with cochinita pibil, the stewed pork that won Yuca's first restaurant a James Beard Award. I made room!

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