Don't Miss This, and What They Said
Two nights in a row I was in one of my favorite restaurants, a place I haven't been in a long time. Then twice. El Quixote on 23rd. It smells absolutely wonderful. Like Paella in Valencia.Old blue tile walls, and the feeling of restaurant red. It's 80 years old. There are no people in the entire place who make impossible food requests of the waiters. People are alone or in groups. It doesn't matter. The restaurant is like a good party anywhere in Spain.
Louis Gomez, my friend Kathleen sat next to him at the bar and they became friends she photographed his beautiful hands (I'd put them here but my attempts were unsuccessful) Kathleen introduced Louis Gomez to Larry and me and he invited us to his 90th birthday party October 11 all of us even you who read my poems. He's a Basque man who told us to order the paella
The second night after an art show with a bigger group of friends I returned to El Quixote and walked by Louis Gomez because every single day 365 days of the year he eats his dinner at El Quioxte not always paella last night he had chicken. Sometimes, he said, people take him to other Spanish restaurants but they're never as good and he returns quickly. I asked him for advice. Stay right where you are if you're happy said Louis Gomez.