Gordita Beach, real and imagined

[Bekah]

Thanks Mark,

I've got some photos around here of the house that OBA was supposed to  
have lived in in Manhattan Beach.   It's small,  two-story (garage on  
bottom)  on a hill up from the beach a few blocks,  sand colored,   
lots of close neighbors.

http://theaesthetic.com/NewFiles/pynchon.html

A "gordita" is a taco kind of thing with a fat tortilla.  They're  
very, very good with a filling of huevos y chorizo if you get a  
chance.  They have what they call "gorditas" in plastic bags in the  
stores now - yuk.   The name literally means  "little chubby woman"  
-   "Gordo" is fat,  "ita" is small and  feminine.    This makes me  
think that perhaps with IV,  "the fat lady is singing."  (Just a  
thought - Pynchon is so fun.)

Bekah
http://web.mac.com/bekker2/

On Aug 10, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

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