It's Here! It's Here!

Cocooned in metal and plastic,

I ride to work in a vaguely somnambulistic haze.

The sounds of cars hum and beep around me.

The engines don't roar anymore;

they purr and whirr, almost silent.

It's their tires I hear, sticking and 

unsticking on the pavement.

In the gray haze, I see the colors of the lights 

denoting the corners on shapes,

others signaling the red, green, and yellow

of the intersections.

And yet -- and yet, I hear spring,

sneaking through the industrialized 

sound barrier -- robins chirping and singing

their own joy at the coming of another day.

P.S. A few days ago, I posted

some pictures from my visit to Nada,

a new restaurant in downtown Indy.

They liked the pictures and comments,

so treated me to dessert the other

night. Ahhh. I felt so spoiled.

NADA, As in No Worries

A new restaurant opened last week 

in downtown Indy. Called Nada, it bills itself 

as Modern Mexican.

The color and design of the place is wonderful, 

a contemporary balance of coral, yellow, and aqua 

with bright blue to balance it all. 

I was thoroughly taken in by the contemporary 

interior accented with more rustic touches

of texture and tiles. The seating is arranged in groups:

benches and tables along the sides, with banquettes

in the center and curtained booths along

one wall. It looks casual, but it definitely is not.

I loved my meal.

I had an appetizer of chips with salsa

and guacamole, dinner of grilled salmon, and

dessert of butterscotch flan. Yum.

I don't drink much, so only had a glass

of red wine. The food, while spicy, was not 

overwhelmed with heat nor drowned

in cilantro; I was able to enjoy

all the flavors and textures.

The service was excellent, 

almost embarrassingly so. I suppose that

was due to the place just having opened and/or

to my being by myself. I liked it.

I left Nada looking forward to my next visit,

wondering what I would choose for my next meal.

I saw people of all ages enjoying their first

visit to the dining room and a happy crowd 

as I walked through the bar.

I'm not much of a "foodie" but I know

what I like and I liked this place.