Aaron and Lee Make a (FOOD) Porno

I have been fortunate to have a lot of encouragement when it comes to this pursuit of food in the hood. What started out as a couple of entries encouraged by friends who told me to stop talking about eating at all of those places down Franklin Boulevard and Stockton Boulevard has actually evolved into something. It's been a win/win for everyone, I think...I get to write in a context other than a work one and people who read what I write seem to enjoy it and encourage me to keep doing it. Hell, I even have a number of "Followers" now who like this project enough to subscribe to it and keep up on my wanderings around Sacramento. I am very humbled by the whole thing.

One thing that has been suggested to me by several people has been to do video version of this blog. I was hesitant at first for a few reasons. First, was simply the lack of equipment necessary to do a video in the first place. Second, was that it seemed a little too self-indulgent to me. It's one thing to spend the few minutes it takes to read an entry...but to sit and watch a video? It just seemed like a bridge too far. Third, was just vanity, or lack thereof. I do spend a lot of time in front of crowds, on stage performing, playing the guitar. I have never had a problem with that because I have the guitar as a shield and people come to see me make noise with it and sing. The idea of being in front of a camera for people to watch, doing nothing but talking was a bit off-putting because of my general shyness and other issues (yes, I really am very shy).

But in spite of this, I decided to go ahead and do it. My quest at general self-improvement has forced me to confront fears and just do things. It's actually been a wonderful thing- that whole self-expression thing and embracing the moment. I don't know why I didn't realize to do it sooner. Actually I know why, but I needn't get into it...

So I was able to con my video camera owning friend Lee (actor, film maker extraordinaire) to bring along his little Flip cam and drive down to Franklin Boulevard to try an experiment in video food blogging.

We went to get tortas at a place called:
Tortas Chilangas Ciudad Nezahualcoytl

It is located at:
6035 Franklin Blvd Sacramento, CA 95824 (916) 393-7353

I won't be redundant and write about it since the video will say it all. I will say that the tortas were epic. Really. They were epic tortas as you will, hopefully, see.

I apologize in advance for the quality of the video. I did the editing myself, having never done video editing and using a program right out of the box without really reading the directions. It's not bad, but I always want things I do to be better than average. Hopefully I will learn to use the editing software by the time I make another video and actually have opening and closing credits...Also, it ended up being about 20 minutes. Not sure if that's too long or not. I hope I don't bore you or lose you along the way.

Anyhow, I would appreciate some honest suggestions and critiques for future attempts at making videos like this. It really was fun to do and I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Sac Food In The Hood 6/17 from SacFoodInTheHood on Vimeo.