Shawarma!!!!!!!

Since The Avengers, I've always wanted to try Shawarma but it's not the easiest thing to get a hold of. Then, I found this place:


It's right by University Mall! Unfortunately, they had no vegetarian Shawarma and while they had salads and vegetarian options for other things, my mom opted to bring her own sandwiches from home.
Now, I'm not sure how "authentic" my Shawarma was but this is what happened...

I was given the option of chicken or steak which already sounded very different from the Food Network's representation. However, since I can be very picky about my meat, I went for the chicken option. Then, he asked what I wanted on it. The selection looked very similar to Subway but I told him I had never had Shawarma before and wanted it how it was supposed to be. Thus, he gave me lettuce, tomatoes, onions, garlic and pickled turnips. Why garlic? He said, "This is what makes it Heaven." I can't argue with that. Also, my mom is right. Anything tastes better in pickled form, including turnips.

We headed for the University Mall Food Court.



I know, I should have been drinking power-c instead of glow to keep with the theme. The important part is the Shawarma and it was...SO FREAKING DELICIOUS!!!!!



You had the chicken and it was kind of chewy in parts but it had the spices and the flavor and you just wanted to keep going. Ambrosia, utterly, completely, I have tasted few things this good that weren't sugar laden. It was so good and so big that I couldn't finish it. I took it home for dinner the following night.



It kind of blew up a bit in the microwave. It still tasted good though.

The Lone Ranger Nostalgia

This is my aunt Evelyn's bracelet. I know it just looks like a cheap souvenir but there's more to it than that. When my mom and aunt were growing up, westerns ruled especially The Lone Ranger. Their parents took them on a trip out west where they each got this bracelet.

A couple of weeks ago, my mom bought a beaded stone bracelet, told me how it reminded her of the bracelets she and Evelyn had on their trip out west, how it was all entangled with The Lone Ranger and how the movie was making her remember things. She also spoke of both bracelets being long gone because she'd forgotten that her mom had given me Evelyn's bracelet when I was a girl.

I took it with me when we saw the movie. I didn't wear it for fear of losing it; a sixty year old family heirloom but I had it in my iPod wallet.

I'm not sure what my aunt would have thought of the film. As my mom has said, "The film was VERY different than the original show."