Posts Tagged ‘Tamale Guy’
Tamale love
While cruising the stats of my other website Spotd – the auto retweet service that runs the Tamale Tracker – I noticed some hits coming from the worldwide communications agency Leo Burnett. Over there they are talking about the media combined with late night eats which includes the famous Los Angeles taco truck and the Chicago tamale guy.
If you have a few seconds be sure to check out their website. Normally I’m not a big fan of flash sites but I really like the look and flow of this one. Leo Burnett.
The Inspiration Behind the Shirt
Last weekend I wore my new t-shirt out and was delighted to run into Claudio at Huttenbar in Lincoln Square. Our friend, who speaks Spanish, explained the t-shirt to him and he loved it. He even brought me around the bar with him to show everyone the shirt. Unfortunately, we didn’t have his shirt with us, so I’m hoping our paths will cross again soon.
The picture isn’t awesome, but you get the idea.
The inspiration behind the shirt
Hello.
Proudly sporting my new Scared Panda shirt
Hi, my name is Kate. I’m part of the Scared Panda team and thought I should introduce myself. I moved to Chicago about two years ago and absolutely fell in love with the city. I love the buildings, the people, the music, the parks. But most of all, I love the food (you’ll be hearing more about my food adventures in future posts, or you can check out some of the posts I’ve written for Gapers Block). I’m particularly excited about the Tamale! Tamale! shirt because I love, really love, those tamales – partly because they are delicious, but also because how happy Claudio’s presence makes everyone. When he enters a bar, everyone cheers, he offers smiles to every single person and the atmosphere in the place tends to get a little more energetic. Because no one ever knows where he’ll show up on a particular night, you get the sense that you won some contest when he enters the bar YOU chose to go to that night. You’re one of the chosen ones.
Happy Tamale searching, folks. If you happen to run into Claudio, let him know we’ve got a t-shirt for him.