{"id":21747,"date":"2014-09-09T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=21747"},"modified":"2014-09-09T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T08:00:50","slug":"tuesday-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=21747","title":{"rendered":"Pick 'em: Blue Iguana, Guy's Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choosing where to eat out is not always easy for us.<\/p>\n

One of us likes \u2014 no, loves \u2014 Mexican food. She would have it every day. Every meal. It must have started the day, many moons ago, that her husband said she was his “little chiquita.” She’s even bilingual, sort of, because her Spanish vocabulary includes all the \"Freedom-Iguana\"<\/a>important words\u2026enchiladas, tacos, tortillas, carne, huevos, salsa, tequila\u2026you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Her better half is, well, kind of meat-and-potatoes. Or hamburgers and French fries. Calories aren’t among the things he counts in life as critical. His major concession is “Diet” Coke. It’s not that he doesn’t like Mexican, but how many times a week (or day) can you enjoy rice and beans?<\/p>\n

The Carnival Freedom<\/a> made it easy\u2026as simple as pushing “9” on the elevator for the Lido Deck<\/i>.<\/p>\n

On the right, you have Blue Iguana<\/i>. She was in her element. Freshly made tortillas for lunch (or breakfast) waiting to be stuffed with Mexican sausages, heuvos or chiles. Top it off with a choice of 10 sales ranging from wimpy-mild to screaming hot. Burritos or tacos with a huge assortment of fillings of meat, cheese, guacamole, veggies and sauces. Seldom a line-up. Always fresh. Always hot.<\/p>\n

On the left, mere steps away, you have Guy’s Burger Joint.<\/i> Her husband never watches the Food Network<\/a> but he knows Guy Fieri <\/a>is the cook with bleach-blond electric hair and a \"Freedom-Fieri\"<\/a>shape that is, if not admirable at least acceptable. Not everybody needs a six-pack, right? His customers build their own burgers and, like Blue Iguana<\/i>\u2026always fresh, always hot. You don’t have to eat junk food to only live once, but since you only live once, junk food is okay\u2026and, anyway, who’s going to tell Fieri to his face that his food is junk?<\/p>\n

So, with our plates of personal preferences and with no cuisine compromising, we sat together and enjoyed what, for each, was the perfect meal. Can it get any better!<\/p>\n

Today at\u00a0portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: Cruise news and views you can use<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>7 nights
\nOctober 4, 2014
\nFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): Cozumel<\/a>, Grand Cayman<\/a>, Princess Cays<\/a>, Roatan<\/a>
\nInside: $399
\nCost per day: $57
\n<\/strong><\/span>www.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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