I've had a hankering for tacos for a while now so this past Saturday evening we went out with friends to try Gallo Blanco. The restaurant resides in first floor of a retro styled hotel named the Clarendon in mid town Phoenix and unfortunately I think they've spent more time/effort on their style than their food or their staff hiring. Drinks were ok despite a difficult to track down bartender, and overall the food was good, not great but good. I'm pretty sure our presence was somehow inconveniencing the staff by the way they semi rushed us through the ordering processes and never once checked up on us. But enough complaining, we had a great night out with friends and despite Jonathan eating 3/4 of the fish taco I ordered, my taco craving was satiated.
Sunday it was back to work in the front yard where we spent a few hours constructing the Urbanite walkway. We managed to finish covering the drainage pipe last weekend (hooray!!) as well as install the pathway's metal edging and plant the walkway's Queen Victoria Agave accents. Having laid out some recycled concrete blocks last week, just to check out the eventual finished product, we had all the supplies we needed to start the hardest part of the job, leveling and placement. Before each massive chunk of concrete can be placed we have to dig about 2-4 inches of the hardest, rockiest dirt imaginable. Pick axe, then shovel then occasionally refill makes for slow going progress. To add to the joy, not all of the blocks have the same thickness.
After placing quiet a few blocks we poured in a few bags of sand/cement/grout between the spaces, added water and ta-da!! we have the start of our walkway. We certainly have a long way to go, but with our new confidence and established construction pattern, the completion of the next 11/12ths will move right along.
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