A taste of Southern culture?
Miss the warm (but don’t miss the muggy) nights on the East coast. Sat with LoriBeth by her pool after the expo today until dinner time and then we went to the Flying Biscuit.
It’s in a really cool part of town. Very artsy. I had “herb crusted chicken” it was delicious. The salad before was especially delicious- lots of leafy greens and a really good dressing, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. Salad came with a big biscuit (which looks like one, but tastes like 3- sooo filling) and some cranberry apple butter (kinda spicy but delish).
Then the meal came - I forgot what it came with and couldn’t figure it out. There was a cube of about rice-crispie-treat-size in orangish color, my chicken and what looked like wilted romaine lettuce cut up? Then I remember it came with “grilled” mac&cheese. It tasted ok, but sat like a brick in me.. so I moved back to the chicken and salad. The wilted lettuce thing- that was “collard greens”, a Southern thing. It didn’t look remotely appetizing but I had to try it.. I paid for it after all. I tasted it with water ready… and it tasted about as appetizing as it looked. Tasted like canned (yea that gross preservative taste) green beans (I hate green beans) but of course texture of wilted lettuce. Yuck. I don’t recommend it unless any of my description sounded good. Rest of the food was pretty good though, very filling.
I wish I had photos of the food, because I know at least Amritz would appreciate it.
Car remote + your head = extended range!
I’ve never heard of this until Josh told me (he used to install car alarms). I’m kind enough to share this helplful information. When you’ve forgotten and you’re not quite close enough to lock your car via remote.. try holding it directly under your chin, chances are it will work. I do this all the time now (though Josh thinks it might cause brain cancer like cell phones). The idea is that your head acts as an antenna to extend the signal. A lot of places I see online say it’s a myth.. but it works for me. Perhaps mythbusters can explain it.
It also works to open the gate in my neighborhood from the street rather than waiting until I get up to it. Bonus!
Position remote like so…
