When I saw James Talarico celebrating his historic Senate victory at Whataburger, I had to laugh, because god knows my friends and I certainly spent half our lives there while in college back in Tempe -- shortly before he was even born.
Talarico, who became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Texas since 1988, stopped by the beloved burger chain in Austin early Wednesday morning, where he was joined by fellow election-night winner Gina Hinojosa, who had just unseated Governor Greg Abbott. The two toasted their victories with Whataburger's signature oversized orange-and-white drink cups as campaign staff and supporters packed the restaurant and passing motorists honked their horns.
Talarico even posted about the visit, writing: "First stop post-win: Whataburger."
There's no word on what he got to eat, but the whole scene brought back memories of countless late nights spent at the fast-food favorite with Greg and Chantal, where we apparently had nowhere better to be and never seemed to get tired of going.
Upon texting the now-iconic photo of the Texans to Greg, he had the same thought I did:
But did he order a Whatachicken? That's what I need to know!
P.S. I wonder if he knows what ever became of Lillian, that girl who was part of our friend group before vanishing into the night at her family's motel in Apache Junction ...
One thing I'm not nostalgic about is being constantly broke!
Scouting out a location in Tucson, where Greg transferred his junior year!
