Travel
—Dreamland BBQ— After leaving the doctor’s office today, I made my way over to my favorite place for BBQ Ribs—”Dreamland BBQ,”—”ain’t nothin’ like ’em nowhere.”The location I visited was off Highway 280. Right up from “Grandview Medical Center.” Dreamland’s “Southern Style” BBQ Sauce is Vinegar based and is the only sauce they serve.I’ll tell you…
Read MoreI visited Cullman, Alabama, tonight to watch the movie “Avatar” with my Brother and Nephew. Cullman is the town I grew up in.Sort of:My hometown is Fultondale, Alabama.Before moving to Cullman, I also lived in a few different areas of Harrisonburg, Virginia.In Cullman, I went from being a Child to an adult.Many birthdays, including my…
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—Last Stop——Ground Zero Blues Club— After seeing the Grave of Blues Legend “Robert Johnson,” going to “The Crossroads,” and learning more about “The Blues” than I ever knew, it was time to listen to some Blues. Real Blues. “Ground Zero,” located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is known World-Wide for its Blues Music.Ground Zero is Owned by…
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—Stop #3——Abes BBQ— My day had started at 5 am.We had driven over Four Hours and visited the Grave of Blues Legend “Robert Johnson” in Greenwood, Mississippi, and were now at “The Crossroads” in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and I was hungry for lunch. Abraham “Abe” Davis started his first business, “The Bungalow-Inn,” in 1924, where his…
Read MoreAnother successful Thanksgiving. Guess what? We didn’t eat my Pecan Pies!We just realized it. We thought we did, but we didn’t. See, it turns out that someone else also brought two Pecan Pies, and we all ate those thinking they were the ones I made.Including me. Tonight, after most everyone had left, we found my…
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