nights in Chapel Hill

Last night I went out to a club on Franklin Street which is appropriately (and cleverly) named The Library. I went with Lucy and a group of other people and we had a great time. After they played the opening 10 seconds of "Bye, Bye, Bye" at 2 AM, we got shoved out the door by a Chapel Hill Police officer and commenced to roam Franklin Street. Immediately outside of the club, none other than Wayne Ellington (basketball player extraordinaire) runs up to Lucy and they start talking and walking off from the group. By this time I was like "what the heck?" because I'd never seen a basketball player of so much fame just come up to a girl like that and start talking to her. After they were finished talking, we decided to follow him across the street to a wrap restaurant called [B]-Skis. Inside the restaurant we saw Ty Lawson! Then outside on Franklin we saw former basketball player Quintin Thomas. This night couldn't get any better. And to make things clear on how much of a cocky person Wayne Ellington is, he was wearing a chain that said "Wayne's World." Ha ha. Nice one. So of course there are pictures on Facebook with Lucy and my friend Fiorda posing with Q and Wayne, and Ty with his hat pulled down over his face (classy Ty). What a great night. We finally hit the sack around 3:15 AM. I don't think I've ever had that much fun on a Saturday night here. This has to happen more often. Well, off to attempt to read Pride and Prejudice and start writing my paper on witchcraft. I can't believe it's the last week of class! Hallelujah!
Until next time...

el gigante

I'd like to take a moment to make a shameless plug:

Read The Biscuit

Go to this blog, especially if you're joining in from the Chapel Hill area. It's all about food in Chapel Hill and it's well written and interesting. I got this link from the owner of the blog, who just happens to be one of my Nature Writing classmates! It's awesome.

Basically all I did yesterday afternoon was to page through the blog. Upon doing so, I found a couple of posts mentioning the conquering of a "six pound burrito." Come to find out, this legendary burrito is available at a Mexican restaurant on Franklin Street called Bandidos. It's in a sketchy-looking alley where The Ramshead Rathskeller used to be, but location aside I've heard that it's really good. Over the weekend I might try to convince Chris to eat El Gigante!! I think he could do it, seeing as he is a human food vacuum. He'd have it down with no problem. The only thing is, I don't happen to have a bottle of Beano in the room, lol!

So, you may ask, what is in this six pound burrito? After watching a video about the fate of a group of guys trying to conquer El Gigante, I found out that it is "filled with the works: black beans, Spanish rice, onions, tomatoes, cheese, salsa verde, steak & chicken fajitas with grilled onions and bell peppers. Topped with salsa roja, more cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole." That sounds like a straight up gut ringer! If we do indeed venture to Bandidos, I'll make sure to post about it. Thanks Biscuit for the inspiration!