{"id":1597,"date":"2011-03-09T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2011-03-09T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T04:01:15","slug":"fojol-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=1597","title":{"rendered":"Fojol Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One day last week after another hungry morning and meager lunch, I decided to go to Subway for a sandwich.\u00a0 I was glad to see a familiar, colorful truck parked nearby: the Fojol Bros were back in the neighborhood.\u00a0 I&#8217;d rather patronize those spunky guys in their carnival lunch truck, than spend money at a chain restaurant any day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1632\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-21.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1632\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1632\" title=\"Fojol Bros Truck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-21-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-21-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-21.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A colorful welcome sight<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today the line was long: at least thirty people in line over the fifteen or twenty minutes I was there.\u00a0 As people were served, new customers replaced them in line.\u00a0 I was glad business was brisk for the Fojols.\u00a0 Today, they weren&#8217;t speaking falsetto but in gravelly, gruff voices, as if they&#8217;d each smoked a couple packs a day for the last forty years, though no Fojol seems over thirty.\u00a0 Two wore turbans as before, but one sported a bright, green bowler and matching mustache.\u00a0 Another wore a cute, two-piece number: bright yellow top with shiny gold pants, as if genie-like he had popped out of some lamp.\u00a0 I ate tasty lentils (dal) and curried cauliflower and potatoes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1633\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-11.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1633\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1633\" title=\"Fojol Bros Truck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-11-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Fojol-11.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Splash of color in a monotone city<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Fojol Bros\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=1272\">Original Fojol Bros Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day last week after another hungry morning and meager lunch, I decided to go to Subway for a sandwich.\u00a0 I was glad to see a familiar, colorful truck parked nearby: the Fojol Bros were back in the neighborhood.\u00a0 I&#8217;d &hellip; 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