Sure, the Saints won the Super Bowl, but Tim took home two trophies. THAT is something America can rejoice in.
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- Kara with her Junior Guacs. As Seinfeld would say: “It’s a guac, it’s junior, it’s a junior guac!”
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- Julie with her Best Traditional Guac winner, “Thug Life (aka Tuguac Shakur)”
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- Ian and Maggie with their Chilled Guacpacho Soup. I think that’s the same frame as their entry two years ago.
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- Angela with her creation.
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- Rob drinking his creation.
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- Marta as a Lolli-Guac.
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- Lara posing with her entry.
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- Derek posing with his Jurassic discovery.
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- Brandon with his entry. Normally they don’t allow cameras in casinos, but he made an exception.
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- New Guac On the Block.
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- Kysa and Lauren passing out their drinkable guac, AvocaDaiquiris.
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- Julie, realizing she just won!
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- Accepting her trophy
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- Tim, come on down!
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- Tim getting his first trophy of the night. Don’t go too far, buddy, you’re coming back in a sec.
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- Basking in the glory.
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- Spikey!
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- Musical theater nerds might appreciate the song titles.
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- My “Little Guac of Horrors” entry, which came in second place for Presentation.
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- The guac had watermelon pieces in it, and the tongue was a watermelon chunk.
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- Audrey II’s head was made of a painted watermelon. The branches and leaves were papier mache.
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- A minimalist entry. Yes, the avocado was hard as a rock.
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- Angela’s “Nest of the elusive Ivory-billed Woodguacer,” with deviled eggs made with guac.
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- A topical movie entry, Alex’s “Hurt Guacker.”
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- Eating this guac wasn’t nearly as tense as watching the movie it was based on.
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- There’s the woodguacer! Not so elusive after all.
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- The nest hung above the table on a branch that came from outside the window.
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- Derek’s dino-themed entry.
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- One of two smoothie entries, Guacamoothies, by Zimmer, who apparently loves making drinkable guacs.
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- The sign even says “From the Makers of Gueer!” As if that’s something to brag about!
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- Brandon’s 21 Guacjack table, with dealer, cheese cards, and chip, uh, chips.
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- That’s Doug the dealer. Notice the sign in the background.
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- Kara’s “Junior Guacs,” little, minty chocolate-covered pieces of guac.
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- Craig’s “Don’t You Wish Your Guac-Friend Was Hot Like Me.” Made with roasted habaneros.
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- Guac-a-billy! Not just a musical style for hipsters anymore.
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- Matt and Marta’s Lolli-Guacs. Beautiful design on a hand-made box.
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- Lolli-Guacs had its own hat that turned you into a giant Lolli-Guac.
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- The Lolli-Guacs were hollowed tomatoes filled with guac, with homemade chip topping!
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- Guac Krispies, Emily B’s spin on Rice Krispies. Notice the box says, “Snap, Crackle, Guac.” Nice touch.
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- Sean’s “Can’t Stop Spin’ ‘n Guac,” a delicious spinach-dip guac that almost took Best Alternative.
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- The Golden Guacs — an elaborate, detailed entry from Julie Lofrano.
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- Each Golden Guac had its own hairstyle and unique guac to match her personality.
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- Gotta love their hats and shirts.
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- Greg and Michelle’s Icarus Award winner, GWARcamole.
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- Notice the details on the sign: tour dates including my house and Denver, Avocado.
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- GWARcamole had a pump that excreted guac from his mouthhole.
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- Christine presented her ironically-named “1st Place Guac” in her trophy from last year. Nice try!
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- “It’s a dark horse contender for Best Presentation.” Indeed.
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- Rob’s culinary delight, “Holy Guac-Cannoli!”, filled with a creamy, sweet guac. Better than they sound!
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- Details of each guac in this four-guac extravaganza.
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- Details
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- Side view.
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- Ian’s GuactoMom. Nadya Suleman as she was always meant to be: green and bumpy.
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- Lara’s “America’s Next Guac Model,” a tableau of beautiful avocados with eating disorders.
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- The contenders for Next Guac Model look a little coked-out to me.
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- With a mirror!
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- Rob and Emily’s guac-smoothie entry, Guaca Guice. The more corporate smoothie of the two.
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- Tim’s winning presentation, The Guacapellas, who sang their way into our hearts.
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- Tim hired the “USC Sirens” a-capella group to sing guac-related songs all day. Pretty amazing.
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- They even wore Golden Girls shirts to match their entry!
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- Ladies blending daiquiries in the laundry room.
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- Poor guacpecker.
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- Oh no! The guacpecker fell off his nest into the spinach dip!
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- Me with my newly-discovered cousin, David Pava.
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- Daiquiris never tasted so guacy.
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- Party peeps.
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- “Goo Dat?” Natalie and Nicole’s Saints-themed guac.
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- The Guacapellas doin’ their thing. By which I mean, voting for Tim’s guac.
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- The outside crew.
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- My bedroom isn’t usually filled with this many dudes.
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- The Romans
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- Jen and Micah, very close to my face.
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- She even passed out little cards to lobby for votes! Pretty crafty.
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- Catie looking happy.
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- He’s back for Number Two!
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- Greg and Michelle receiving their Icarus Award. Hey, it’s still has “award” in the name.
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- The proud couple.
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- Hold it high, Julie, you finally won.
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- Tim, recreating his pose from 2005, when he also won Best Presentation and Best Alternative.
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- Lightning struck twice!
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- Christine and Maggie, wearing their winner’s hoodies proudly.
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- They melted by the end of the party. But our memories will last forever.
