I took a break from my vacation in Alabama to drive up and visit our Louisville office. As always, I had an enjoyable visit. The people who work there are great. The bar-b-q at Mark’s Feed Store was awesome as always. Last, but not least, I got to drink a can of Big Red.

Big Red is hard to describe. It’s a bit like liquid cotton candy, and I’ve only ever seen it in Louisville. I wouldn’t recommend it for regular drinking, but the occasional one is delicious! If you are interested in learning more about Big Red, here’s a link to their web site.

For dinner I had half of a veggie burrito from the taco truck. It was extremely spicy, and damn good.

According to my sources, they also have tripe burritos

I ate a Chipotle barbacoa burrito for lunch. It wasn’t that good. Way too salty (as were the accompanying chips). Moreover, they are incapable of wrapping a burrito.

I have had Chipotle burritos several times before, and they all fall apart and leak. Plus, they gave me lettuce after I said no lettuce. If I wasn’t such a burrito addict, I would never eat one again. But, you know I will.

and, boy are my arms tired (Sorry, couldn’t resist). Here’s all the places I visited:

• The Post House
• Club Macanudo
• Carlton Hotel

Why all these places have to use Flash on their web sites, I don’t know. I heartily recommend two out of three of them. I also ate at a great sushi place (called 28 Asian Cuisine) on 28th Street across from the Ziff Davis building. I can’t find a web site, but they’re easy to find.

Articles like this one in the New York Times continue to make me nervous about where the food I eat is coming from. It’s like an Asian version of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The real problem I face in avoiding food like this, though, is when I eat at cheap restaurants. The workers often have no idea where the food comes from, but you can be sure it is somewhere cheap. It’s almost enough to start making me bring lunch to work.