Cry havoc and let slip the war over the dog....

I met Todd and Pete for lunch on Saturday over at Taqueria Veracruzana on Washington Avenue. To me its just like the food you get in any Taco stand in Zihuatenejo (except they have walls- most restaurants I have been to in Mexico are open to the air on at least one or two sides) The food is cheap, fresh and plentiful. You won't find any of those horrible "crunchy" taco shells here- just fresh tortillas. We haven't all hung out together lately because of various Summer vacations and other obligations (them, not me)

When we get to spend some time together our conversations tend to flow back and forth between small details we remember from 25 years ago to what went on last week. We usually end up with a few recurring themes and this time around Pete and I decided to settle on berating Todd about the name he and Laura have tenatively chosen for their new dog which hasn't arrived yet (he has a picture of it on his Blog, I think its a Snickerdoodle or a cockerbull or something)

Any way, he proudly announces that they are going to name the poor thing after a relatively obscure political slogan from 1848 or so- "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" and so the dog would probably be called "Tippy". What? First of all, "Tippy" makes me immediately think of Tippy's Taco house. Tippy's was around the corner from where me and Todd both grew up (its still there on Pine st. - now just called "Taco House") He claims not to remember the place.
Second, What? A political slogan?? "Tippecanoe and Tyler too?"
They have no personal connection to William Henry Harrison or John Tyler. Harrison (Tippecanoe) is most famous for killing lots of Indians and then dying of pneumonia after forgetting his hat at his inaugural. Actually the most interesting thing about him was that he was the Whig candidate. I think "Whig" would be a better name for a dog than "Tippy"
We think that all the other dogs in Lower Merion will beat their dog up if they call it that. They might as well call the dog "Kick Me". I think the best bet is to wait and see what the pup's personality is and then name accordingly. Or they could it name it after something or someplace that means something to them.

As usual we also talked about Todd's wife's cousins and which ones of them we believe actually exist and which are figments of his imagination.
But less on that later. We also bought socks, went bowling, drank wine at Pete's house and then went to N. 3rd for dinner with Petes girlfriend Jen. Very good beer there at N. 3rd - DogFishHead 90 minute IPA on tap! A very good company out of Delaware.

But it was mostly about the poor dog.