GILLESPIE: RETURNING TO HIS WRITING ROOTS This column originally appeared on Wicked Local . My wife and I sat across from each other at Sombrero’s in South Weymouth, the new Mexican restaurant that is taking the place of the old Mexican restaurant - La Paloma (for those of you who are old enough to remember). My educated guess tells me that if you are reading this or any other newspaper, you are old enough to remember La Paloma and for that matter you might be old enough to vividly remember the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. My wife suggested that we enroll our 2 year-old yellow labrador retriever in doggie daycare . I responded with an emphatic no way , then was overtaken by a sinking feeling in my lower back (that’s actually where I get it) that this subject would probably come up at least five more times before I was able to finish the new restaurant’s “signature” dish. I was right. She brought it up again, and my lower back began to scream for a