Embarked on a culinary adventure with my youngest son, Chris, at the beginning of the week. In the most unlikeliest of places.
The restaurant?
The Rusted Silo- Southern BBQ and Brew.
The surprise was this-
Today, it has been totally renovated inside. Sports a wall sized brick wood-fire box and rotisserie for beef, pork and chicken...and some of the best BBQ I have tasted since Texas.
I have tried BBQ across the United States...and none of it comes close to this...except maybe Texas.
Not sure what the seating is...very small...cozy.
The first thing you notice is the wonderful wood-smoke and roasted meat smell as soon as you open the door.
The next is the decor.
Rusted corrugated silo tin covers the walls. Mason jar lighting. Various 6-pack boxes hold bottles of BBQ sauces and napkins and the like. The bathroom is done with a huge rusty basin bowl (looks like there should be parts soaking in cleaner ala an auto shop) and various pipe-fittings for water and holders.
On the left in the main room is still a cold case filled with an assortment of good beer.
Also bottles of various sodas.
We opted for the Beef Brisket. Smoked and sliced and piled high on buttery toasted bakery buns.
Also a side of their baked beans.
"You have to try them, Mom! They're amazing"
And they were.
All topped off with an ice cold bottled Coke (with REAL sugar).
This is going to become a semi-regular destination!
But the day's adventure did not stop there.
"Are you up for a road-trip?"
Always.
both Chris (my TECH kid) and John (...my love...who puts Mr. Gadget to shame) have been telling me for a year.
This place has EVERYTHING.
We spent hours...just browsing.
Okay, and maybe a little buying.
Incredible.
What a perfect place to go Christmas Shopping later!
And also ordered my new dryer to be delivered TODAY!
Yes, today is DRYER DAY...followed closely by WASHING EVERYTHING EVENING.
No more cardboard jeans or crispy towels.
Three Words
FABRIC SOFTENER SHEETS.
Yeah, it truly is the little things.
James brought me a real RETRO microwave ( Woodgrain Panasonic) a few weeks back...and I am loving it...so I am with Microwave again.
(...I can't complain...that Samsung lasted nearly 30 years...I definitely got my money's worth...)
and Life is Good.
Diane made it back from Orlando and She, Brenda and I got together for a pitch in Mardi Gras Brunch this week.
Etoufee, Hurricanes, Shrimp Po' Boys, Black Beans and Rice with Green & Red Peppers...and this-
Fudge cake, Raspberry Sauce, Real Whipped Cream and Sprinkles.
What's not to love!!!!
And The Cat-Tree arrived from Chewy.Com.
In a large box.
In pieces.
Thankfully- with instructions and an Allen Wrench.
Or maybe I was CAT TV for the afternoon.
A Distinct Possibility.
But eventually it was together
"Mine...mine...mine!!!" -also Sofi
A soft sturdy fuzzy piece of cat furniture for under 30 dollars.
Check out The Frisco Cat Tree
from Chewy.com.
This Week's Movie:
Action packed, exciting film...fills in some loose ends in the Marvel World, too.
Want to REALLY know how Nick Fury (Sam Jackson) ended up with the eyepatch?
You'll have to see the film!
Excellent.
This Week's Book:
Some great family photos that I had never seen before of Lennon, but
unfortunately not the book I thought it was (or could be).
Connally spends most of the time hammering on the "bad boy" aspect of John's life...and fully one half of the book reads like an expose...too much *gasp* factor for it to be remotely enjoyable.
If you loved John Lennon, you might want to pass on this particular biography.
Just saying.
And lastly, the political mine-field.
You STILL know NONE of this is NORMAL...right????
(...just checking...)
Where the Stone...gag order...no, the other gag order...COC debacle has not yet been decided.
Where Manafort got sentenced again and now faces a 7.5 year prison sentence...
Where Trump got rebuffed by both The House and The Senate over his damned Declaring a National Emergency to Build The Wall...and so the very next day he VETOED their decision.
A Decision passed by his own party.
Nobody except your ignorant base is buying the bullshit.
What he doesn't appear to realize is that if they can garner 2/3rds support...Congress can override his VETO.
We're gonna need more popcorn....
More as it comes...
I have to get the dryer cubby cleaned out. Hell...it's been so long I may find Jimmy Hoffa back there!
"My beads..." -Shelby
And in reference to the Facebook Outtage
