Day 55: The Blue Light

Is there anything better than kick ball? A spectacular game from my youth that has translated to my more "mature" years, kick ball never fails to produce a great reason to get together with friends and drink some beers outdoors in beautiful San Francisco!. An e-mail from Court at 9:26am promoting a civilized kick ball match this evening was all it took to to get me thinking about how great a post-sporting taco outing could be. With the temperature above 80 in the city today, it was easy for Court to entiice numerous fans of The Daily Taco to meet at Fort Mason after a long day of work. A few Bud Lights and an aborted kick ball game later, it was time to head for The Blue Light for "Taco Tueaday." With tacos priced at $1 American, it was no surprise that we quickly ran through three plates of them (to the tune of 30 American tacos) along with an equal number of $2 Coronas. Beef, chicken, and fish (no veggie! That prompted a pizza run for the non-meat eater in our group.), these small yet delicious tacos were the perfect thing for our post almost kick balling nutritional needs. They were so good, in fact, that we will be returning to the blue light for a "thedailytaco.com" taco eating extravaganza on the Tuesday before thanks giving pitting yours truly against Douggie, the Maltasauraus, the executive producer, and whoever else thinks they can hang (20 taco minimum to qualify). Second bar of the evening was the Bus Stop. No tacos there, but $10 buckets of Pabst in a can made up for it! I was wearing my Senor Salty gear which prompted the girl at the next table to ask "Why do you have a giant taco with arms, legs, and a face on your shirt?" Predictably, my response was "Why do you not have a giant taco with arms, legs, and a face on your shirt?" It turned out she grew up in San Diego and loved Mexican food. The conversation centered on her plan to open a Cotixan (a taqueria in S.D. that got the vast majority of its business between the hours of 1 and 4 AM) .in the Marina because there was no place to get good late-night tacos (rolled tacos in particular; a San Diego taco phenomenon consisting of oversized taquitos covered in guacamole and cheese. Mmmmmmm, rolled tacos!) in that part of the city. Brilliant! I assured her that The Daily Taco would frequent her establishment if she followed through on her ambitious plan. Not bad for a Tuesday night!