Monthly Archives: January 2013

There’s something about a ball of yarn…

Posted on January 20, 2013 by MaryJo

So many balls of yarn, so many stores… I had taught myself to knit the summer I was 12, but I didn’t have the staying power then to stick to a project and finish it. A year ago (and nearly … Continue reading →

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Chasin’ Tail, Falls Church

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MaryJo

Crawfish etouffee in Falls Church and some of the best fried green tomatoes I have had the luck to eat. You can also get a bucket of head-on shrimp, with a choice of three sauces and three degrees of hotness, … Continue reading →

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Maggie’s Menu, Corinth, MS

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MaryJo

Imagine feeding seven people for $44 bucks, of which 5 had a meat and threes, as it’s locally called in the South. Each platter was about $5.50–imagine a chicken-fried steak, coleslaw, potato salad, boiled cabbage, and a griddle corn cake … Continue reading →

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Coffee off the Natchez Trace in Collinwood, TN–Dragonfly

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MaryJo

Leaving ‘bama to go back to DC, so we decided to chase down a cache off the Trace which we didn’t get last year. Went to the Trace Visitor Center in Collinwood, and a sign caught my eye. Dragonfly. Hm. … Continue reading →

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Never again….food and places

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MaryJo

Gee, which one first? Burger King in Annandale, at John Marr and Columbia Pike. Chicken tenders to go were not fully cooked. T&A truck stop outside Knoxville. Don’t ever get the cheeseburger and the southern fried chicken sandwich in the … Continue reading →

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