Future Foodbloggers and Taco Ariza's

It's been very very very stressful at work these past couple of weeks. My room partner/grade-level chair/mentor/closest friend/mom/venting partner was sick in the hospital...so pretty much my life at school came crashing down last week. Oh God, and we also had a Spring Concert, Hispanic Heritage Month assembly and Family Science Night. What an emotional/professional mess! To make things worse, the end of the school year is the most busiest and tiring time for teachers. You think we'd be excited for our upcoming 10 weeks off. We can't be, not right now. Do you guys remember being in elementary school and knowing that school is almost over? I'm convinced that hot weather activates kids to rebel against their teachers in the classroom. The end of the year was fun when I was little, but having my own kids fooling around sucks now. What is even more stressful is making sure that all my Kinder babies will be ready to succeed in the first grade. My girls will be fine. It's the boys I'm worried about. Oh Lord. My baby boys can't even tie their shoes let alone "hold it" (their bladder) for more than an hour. 'Miss Oishii Eats...Miss Oishii Eats...Miss Oishii Eats.' Baaah...stop saying my name!

Yea, so I haven't been enjoying work lately. I really don't like feeling like this because I never want my profession to be just a job. I'm feeling burnt out and discouraged by all the stress and upcoming report cards. Baaaah!

Well, today, after a long weekend of food and food and food, I was well rested and ready to teach. After every weekend, I usually take 10-15 minutes to find out what the kids did over the weekend. Today I was really interested in what they ate over the weekend. My kids got really excited and all fought to share about their weekend bbq's and grandma's fried chicken. I thought to myself, "Wait a minute...this could be a great writing prompt."

Raising up the next generation of foodbloggers...

Before writing, we worked on using descriptive words. I told them, "Don't tell me 'It was good.' If you say that, then you're BORING." Haha. I heard a couple of my girls mumble, "I'm not gonna be boring." And our class started to think of better descriptive words. Tasty, delicious, yummy, and juicy were the most popular words. The class was ridiculously loud because everyone was telling friends Memorial Day meals and how or who cooked it. It was sooo cute. Miniature Foodbloggers dialoguing!

I ate hot dogs and spaghetti. It was yummy.

I ate Red Lobster. It was yummy and delicious.

I ate steak. It was delicious.
(haha...I love her bbq and all the smoke. Good Lord!)

So what did Miss Oishii Eats eat this weekend? My Memorial Day Weekend food highlight goes out to Taco Ariza in Echo Park. Dylan from EatDrink&BeMerry and I randomly stumbled upon this mobile taco heaven after finishing up some extensive hip hop moves at Soundlessons at The Echo.

I ate tacoz. It was dlishuss and joo-c!

Dylan collaged the pictures of our taco outing. (Thanks man.) I'll be reviewing Tacos Ariza's ala EDNBM style.
A. We Heart Tacos - Aside from the pixeled faces, can you feel the giddyness???

B. Ariza taco man hard at work.
C. Asadas and pastors for Oishii Eats - Some of the best asadas I've had in a really long time.
D. Dylan's never been in love before - For the first time, Dylan fell in love with al pastors.
E. Futurama girl - We both agree that this girl came from Back from the Future for Tacos Ariza's.
F. Futurama girl killing the tacos - Futurama girl and her DeLorean flew away quickly after the taco massacre.

Taco Ariza's
Parked on the SE corner of Logan St. and Sunset Blvd.
One block east of The Echo
Click here for map

Soundlessons
Last Saturday of every month
www.soundlessons.com

The Echo
1822 W. Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, Ca 90026
www.attheecho.com

Bow to your sensei! JK.