El Indio [Manchester Rd. in Rock Hill]

I am not sure what I think about El Indio. The first time was nice. The food was tasty and the service was excellent. The guacamole was excellent and the rest was way above the bar. The next time was not so good. Part of it was my fault, I was in the mood for nachos with fajita and they were not at all good.

Lily's Mexican Restaurant [4601 S. Kingshighway near Devonshire/Landsdowne]

I like Lily's; my favorite so far. The food is tasty and authentic in a host of ways. The chile con queso was unique; very much like a queso flameado with roasted peppers. Mmmmmm..... I had the carne asada plate which was tasty; the sopes (can you believe it, sopes on a menu in Saint Louis???) were very good also. The gent making Margaritas in the blender was priceless (Mexican beers are also available); the organization of the restaurant is interesting. Walk in, stand in line to order, serve yourself sodas and salsas, chips are given to you after ordering, take a seat and wait for your food to arrive. The salsas were very good! The guacamole was tasty. Another high point was recognizing that they make abondigas on Thursdays and pozole on Saturdays. That has been marked on the calendar....

Instrumental Variables

Now that Thanksgiving break has started, I have a bit of time to read things that I have been meaning to read that are not directly related to work. Ha ha ha.... So I read a piece on instrumental variables in econometrics in the Economist. The piece gave me something to think about; I frequently find myself coming across odd data and thinking about the various uses for these odd data as instruments for things. Then I stop myself and get back to work ignoring endogeneity. Thank gosh I am not interested in causal inference......