Abraham Lincoln turned 200 years old on February 12, 2009 so we took him out for his birthday to the
Mission Cantina on Sunset Boulevard. I couldn't really find the correlation between Lincoln and Mexican food, but once David finds a restaurant he likes, he likes to go there repeatedly until he gets sickened by the thought of it. We went there for the first time Friday night after a screening of Baader-Meinhof. 1970s German terrorism and Mexican food have no connection either, but we wanted to try something new and it turned out that the Cantina has good soft tacos and gaucomole, although the drinks are a little strong for our taste. We had these soft, pillowy churros and chocolate sauce for dessert th
at were a far cry from the too-stiff, sharp edged variety you get from a stand at a street fair. Much has happened in the world in the past 200 years since Mr. Lincoln was born in his log cabin. 1809 is a little more 'vintage' than my historical area of expertise. Los Angeles wasn't much of anything that long ago. Lincoln was a big deal when I was growing up, but how big is he today? Were there Lincoln's Birthday events around town I didn't hear about? I propped Lincoln up on some menus and at one point the bus boy started to clear them off the table, but when Lincoln fell he respectfully murmered, "Sorry Mr. Lincoln." Then driving past Sonrisa on the way home we saw Lincoln's image silkscreened a la Andy Warhol arranged with some Obama art in a patriotic window display. If Lincoln had faded from memory in recent years, he seems to be making a pop culture comeback today alongside Obama (wasn't there a November
Newsweek cover depicting them both?). Come to think of it, my "Abe" was given to me as a gift in 2008. Someone thought they could make a buck selling Abraham Lincoln dolls in the 21st century.
Abraham Lincoln turned 200 years old on February 12, 2009 so we took him out for his birthday to the Mission Cantina on Sunset Boulevard. I couldn't really find the correlation between Lincoln and Mexican food, but once David finds a restaurant he likes, he likes to go there repeatedly until he gets sickened by the thought of it. We went there for the first time Friday night after a screening of Baader-Meinhof. 1970s German terrorism and Mexican food have no connection either, but we wanted to try something new and it turned out that the Cantina has good soft tacos and gaucomole, although the drinks are a little strong for our taste. We had these soft, pillowy churros and chocolate sauce for dessert th
at were a far cry from the too-stiff, sharp edged variety you get from a stand at a street fair. Much has happened in the world in the past 200 years since Mr. Lincoln was born in his log cabin. 1809 is a little more 'vintage' than my historical area of expertise. Los Angeles wasn't much of anything that long ago. Lincoln was a big deal when I was growing up, but how big is he today? Were there Lincoln's Birthday events around town I didn't hear about? I propped Lincoln up on some menus and at one point the bus boy started to clear them off the table, but when Lincoln fell he respectfully murmered, "Sorry Mr. Lincoln." Then driving past Sonrisa on the way home we saw Lincoln's image silkscreened a la Andy Warhol arranged with some Obama art in a patriotic window display. If Lincoln had faded from memory in recent years, he seems to be making a pop culture comeback today alongside Obama (wasn't there a November Newsweek cover depicting them both?). Come to think of it, my "Abe" was given to me as a gift in 2008. Someone thought they could make a buck selling Abraham Lincoln dolls in the 21st century.
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