I’ve had a few moments on this blog where I’ve writ­ten about things and then seen them appear in major media, and it’s hap­pened again. This time, I’m 4 years ahead! On June 23rd, 2006, I wrote the fol­low­ing arti­cle on my addic­tion to break­fast tacos as well as reviews of my favorite local taco places. Read the orig­i­nal here:

http://lovemonkeystudios.com/blog/?p=78

And then, just yes­ter­day (March 9th, 2010) The New York times pub­lishes their arti­cle on Break­fast tacos, as if they just dis­cov­ered them! Not only that, they men­tioned TacoDeli, which not only did I men­tion in my review, but I’ve actu­ally been going to since it opened in 1999. I’ll admit that it was purely luck, because the orig­i­nal TacoDeli is located at the base of the apart­ment com­plex I lived in when I first moved to Austin. But still.

The Times men­tioned one I really should of writ­ten up. Donut Taco Palace II does have excel­lent Tacos, and the funny part is that my first teach­ing job in Austin was next door to Donut Taco Palace 1. I used to get tacos there all the time! I had stopped work­ing there when I wrote my orig­i­nal review, so it slipped my mind. Also, I wrote up Juan in a Mil­lion, specif­i­cally their Don Juan taco. Juan in a Mil­lion was recently fea­tured on my favorite new eat­ing show, Man Vs. Food. I men­tioned how huge the Don Juan taco was, and the guy on Man Vs. Food tried to set the record for eat­ing these tacos. The cur­rent record is eight, and Man vs. Food guy ate four and one half. And this is a dude who can fin­ish a 72-once steak. I couldn’t believe he could eat two, much less four. And who ate eight? Did Big­foot stop in for a taco? Nuts.