Who the hell turned the heat up in L.A. today? After walking around town under the broiling sun, I was looking forward to that Happy Hour ice cold margarita on the rocks at Acapulco this afternoon.
I arrived at 3:45 PM with “Ultramarine”, a collection of Raymond Carver poetry, in tow. I like Carver’s poetry; a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Acapulco Cantina’
"Ultramarine" at the Acapulco Restaurant and Cantina
April 13, 2006Posted in L.A. Stories | Tags: Acapulco Cantina, Glendale, Los Angeles, Raymond Carver, Ultramarine, Writers, Writing | 8 Comments »
Swimming to Acapulco
April 6, 20063:45 on a mild Thursday afternoon and Acapulco was beckoning me (the chain restaurant, not the actual Mexican resort, which I have never been to but this story isn’t about my travels around the globe, albeit I have been around the globe) so into my briefcase went the research file on my new magazine assignment [...]
Posted in L.A. Stories, Short Stories | Tags: Acapulco Cantina, Glendale, John Cheever, John Cheever short stories, Los Angeles, Los Angeles wrters, The Swimmer, Writers, Writing | 4 Comments »
Tuesday Afternoon at the Acapulco Cantina in Glendale
April 5, 2006I’ve developed a new and relaxing habit of late. Come 3:45 in the afternoon I pack a good book in my battered briefcase and head down the street two blocks for Happy Hour at the Glendale Acapulco Restuarant and Cantina.
Happy Hour at the Glendale Acapulco is rarely busy, so I sip a margarita or a [...]
Posted in L.A. Stories | Tags: Acapulco Cantina, Glendale, Joan Didion, Los Angeles, Rodger Jacobs, The Year of Magical Thinking, Writers, Writing | 7 Comments »
