Hoochie Mama: The Other White Meat
The final adventure of Tomato "Mad Dog" Rodriguez finds Lopez's heroine more hilarious and more bitter than ever before as she plots to wreak vengeance on "this roaring American party of computer programmers and venture capitalists" who are invading her world. Tomato "Mad Dog" Rodriguez returns from prison to discover that her once-bohemian Mission neighborhood has been overrun by khaki-clad, latter-drinking strangers talking on cell-phones. Rents have soared, the elderly, artists, and hippies have fled, and her best friend has been transformed into a real estate mogul. Tomato takes to the road on her motorcycle, intent on finding peace and quiet in the isolated flatlands of the California desert. What she encounters, however, is Tiki "Boom Boom" Ravelli, an old burlesque dancer and scam artist par excellence who christens her "Hoochie Mama." Inspired by "Boom Boom" and her clan of rebels, Tomato returns to San Francisco with her most elaborate scheme yet: reclaiming her old neighborhood by driving down property values. But her plot backfires horrendously and the yuppies invade the neighborhood in droves. Once again, in a pattern