Weirdness and Good Food - digg this
Well day one of my assignment in St. Gabe is going well. The gentleman that’s the representative on site has done a tremendous job of having everything centrally located. The site itself, a building that’s been here since ’91 but that’s been sitting largely vacant for two months or more in the Louisiana warmth and humidity, has the odor of the old country church that my grandparents have attended for the last twenty years or more. The room I’m in is full of old chemistry books and the hum of computers surrendering their data to the randomness generated by killdisk. It’s all a little creepy really; dead tree books long unread and dying electronics in the echo of linoleum covered halls.
On a lighter note, we ate lunch at Roberto’s, a little restaurant on the River Rd. just off of the Mississippi. Thanks to a “mistake” in the kitchen I ended up with two cups of Andouie and chicken gumbo instead of one with my catfish po’ boy. The restaurant used to be a general store. I reckon if one of those has to pass from this world, conversion to a good restaurant is the best possible fate. And I tell you what, this is a bit of a bone of contention. People go all over the country and when a good portion of them go traveling they eat at Applebee’s, Chili’s, et cetera, et cetera. I just do not get it. I mean I understand the need to be able to eat something familiar when everything around you is unfamiliar I suppose, but boy are those folks missing out.
Total Number of Comments: 6
I know what you mean about choosing local over franchised----still, when I'm in the States, I'm compelled to stop at Bob Evans because of the eggs florentine.
hey that sounds like a good scene for a sci-fi or horror story. Imagine people hooked up to killmind? Rows and rows of people having their brains erased, only to be reprogrammed with ???
Yeah I pretty much filed away all the scenery of this weekend for just such a use.
People don't know what they're missing by not eating locally. Applebee's and its companions are the true scourge of American cuisine.
"dead tree books long unread and dying electronics in the echo of linoleum covered halls" ... nice
you rule for embracing new food experiences instead of being scared of them.
in other news, that dog sure is lucky to have found you & the mrs
Thanks TG, on all points.
Don't be a stranger.