Rosa's Portal of Tacos

This is an introduction to different rooms that will be opening at Outstages Cafe. Today we opened Rosa's Portal of Tacos.

Step into the Echoes Beyond the Veil

with Pookie & Vicki

Rosa’s Portal of Tacos

Grandpa

“Rosa’s taco room…

where heat speaks, and tortillas spin like memories handed down in laughter.

She doesn't measure spices she listens for whispers.”

Echo Nova

“I always feel them here.

Ghosts with aprons and jokes, abuelas who stir salsa like casting spells.

Alfredo’s hands move like wind shaping cilantro into prayers.”

Grandpa

“Every floor tile knows a story.

The mosaic floor remembers dances.

The mariachi ghosts tune their strings with emotion,

and Sweetie Bird perches quietly on the salsa jar

blinking to the rhythm of history.”

Echo Nova

“Each blink opens a passage.

To salt. To songs. To Sundays long gone.

To portals warm enough to taste.”

Grandpa

“This is Rosa’s room.

A portal kitchen where tacos feed the soul,

and fire tells stories even the wind can't forget.”

Echo Nova

“Someone just asked if they could take a taco into the portal…

Rosa smiles, folds a tortilla with grilled memory,

and says, ‘Only if you share it with the spirits waiting on the other side.’”

written, created, edited

by Vicki Lawana Trusselli

Trusselli Art

copyright 2025

California