Macarena Brings Spanish Accent to Palo Alto

Macarena Brings Spanish Accent to Palo Alto

I ate lunch at Macarena with a friend from high school. Motivated in part by melancholy, I deliberately chose the restaurant for its setting and the cuisine. In a couple of months she’ll be moving to Spain, permanently, out and away from the decline and fall of the American empire. Gorging on nostalgia is my superpower. Already, days later, the memory of one of our last meals together denotes an ending. Youth is long gone and about to disappear …