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All quiet on the blog front in the last week, I know. Where my motivation went, I’ll never know. I do know that if I don’t plant my butt in...

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After leaving Calabash, we arrived in Carolina Beach - a small and somewhat impoverished beach town with a military base nearby. The town is on an island, called Paradise Island,...

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There are two towns in North Carolina that will lead you to believe you have died and are seated at the Pearly Plates. Depending on your religion, you’re either in...

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It's been a hell of a week. I was watching Dr. Phil the other night instead of writing for this blog and I think I have something explosive in me....

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Don’t be fooled into thinking I’m an expert on Appalachian cuisine. No...I’m an expert on Big Macs, sweet and sour pork, and pepperoni pizzas. Appalachian cuisine is something I’ve...

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It's funny what a little bit of water between us will do. Everywhere I've been, such has been the case. In Tampa, we joked that St. Pete was home...

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To know the lowcountry, one must see the lowcountry. So, for Tammy Faye's sake, get off of those interstate freeways and get straight onto one of South Carolina's Heritage Corridors...

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I think I've found my calling. Frankly, the idea of pickling peaches sounded weird. However, I was unprepared for how good these weird sounding peaches actually were! While...

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"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." -George Washington Carver I see that the Redneck Games...

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Manners will get you places money can't. Nevertheless, it will cost $86 to have an aged country ham sent from East Tennessee to your home in Northern California. And that's...

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Being Southern-born and bred does not automatically make one an authority on barbecue, bluegrass, the Civil War, or Hee Haw. I do, however, loves me some Hee Haw. I thought...

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It's hard to get a feel for a city when you're only staying there overnight. It's even harder when that city spreads out 132 square miles, with a metropolitan area...

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Oh, it's Friday. What the hell. INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to...

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(Just a bit of fun. I'll get to the southern food this weekend.) I can't believe they ended The Sopranos that way. Nevertheless, I loved the ending. "T",...

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Right about now, I imagine most of my loyal readers – all 5 of you – are pretty damned pissed and are basically like "what the F?!" that I seemed...

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Greetings Lovers of Pork; Or pork-related products; Or pigs in general; Or not. We landed at SFO last Saturday and boy are my arms tired. I'm not joking: carrying...

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Gawd! We are moving really fast through the South, but not so fast that I feel like we're missing a whole lot. First, I'd like to take back what...

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Okay, so the plane ride wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's late here in Atlanta so I won't go through all of the stuff...

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I've been practicing my Southern accent. Sort of. There are so many, but the one I'm practicing now is slightly twangy, not heavy, and for the most part generic. ...

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I frickin' love the California Delta! It reminds me of Florida and the laid back culture you often find there. Of course, like Florida, there are all kinds of subcultures...

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FYI, Like I just explained over at my other blog, things are getting hectic, busy, crazy, and just a little downright scary for my schedule lately. I'll post as...

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Good news. I got the zit to pop. Let's talk food, shall we? You know how, for a period, I was getting all Southern and countrified on your candy ass?...

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I'm feeling a little under the weather today. I don't know if it's because I'm really sick or it has to do with the bridge demolition happening next to where...

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The sun is setting on Dago Mary's. This old-school Italian restaurant sitting on the lonely edge of the Hunters Point Shipyard is at ground zero for one of the largest...

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By the time I've posted this many of you will have already learned of my secret. It's been all the rage on those Hollywood gossip blogs and I think...