Just when I think this country cannot surprise me any more, it somehow manages to do so. This morning on the news whilst listening/watching intently to the tornado warnings, a headline flashes across the bottom of the screen: "USA suffers National Clown Shortage". What the????? This breaking news disclosed that apparently the numbers are down on recruits to Clown School. *insert a raised eyebrow here* I am fairly tempted to contact the television station to suggest that they approach the Australian Parliament because there are ample suitors there. Good grief.
So we are out of the heavy snow now, but as I said above, we are now experiencing tornado warnings. Interesting. I am wondering what sort of weather event we can expect to hear of next. The snow storms are still raging up north so I am really glad we got out of there. I am not sure that I would be particularly keen on being somewhere where there is a tornado, despite the fact that I have a small fascination with them. I am wondering if I should shoot out and buy some red glittered shoes (or in Nashville, red glittered boots) so that I can click my heels three times and say "There is no place like home" should the need arise. This being said, I can honestly say that I know that there is no place like home.
Driving around Nashville today we were glad to see the sunshine. Second Avenue in the city is the happening place here, which has the infamous saloons like Coyote Ugly and Dicks Last Resort. We saw another number of strangely named places, such as a restaurant up the road called "Cock on the Walk". Yep ....okey dokey. I wonder how they answer the phone there? Interestingly, ALL of the restaurants and saloons here display signs saying that "Guns are not permitted" and "no soliciting". That really must put a dampener on their fun! You can get shot in a Walmart....but not in a pub! The scary thing here is that the signs are serious. Guns play such a prominent part of life here, I guess the warnings have to be put in place.
Finally we are southern enough where I can have my grits. I do LOVE grits although the locals look at me a bit funny because I have brown sugar on them. Apparently the usual is to have cheese or butter on them. What are grits you might ask? It is basically ground corn (sort of small broken bits of corn) where the kernels are prepared in different ways. This is then is cooked like porridge and would have the consistency of porridge that has been set (like jelly). They are typically not eaten sweet. Just as their names suggests they are gritty but not in an unpleasant way. They can be cooked in milk and butter, or can be sliced and cooked on the broiler. I have not had them that way as yet, although I would love to try. I might seek them out as we travel further south.
We are off to Memphis tomorrow. Hopefully I am feeling somewhat better so that my blog can be a little more interesting!
So we are out of the heavy snow now, but as I said above, we are now experiencing tornado warnings. Interesting. I am wondering what sort of weather event we can expect to hear of next. The snow storms are still raging up north so I am really glad we got out of there. I am not sure that I would be particularly keen on being somewhere where there is a tornado, despite the fact that I have a small fascination with them. I am wondering if I should shoot out and buy some red glittered shoes (or in Nashville, red glittered boots) so that I can click my heels three times and say "There is no place like home" should the need arise. This being said, I can honestly say that I know that there is no place like home.
Driving around Nashville today we were glad to see the sunshine. Second Avenue in the city is the happening place here, which has the infamous saloons like Coyote Ugly and Dicks Last Resort. We saw another number of strangely named places, such as a restaurant up the road called "Cock on the Walk". Yep ....okey dokey. I wonder how they answer the phone there? Interestingly, ALL of the restaurants and saloons here display signs saying that "Guns are not permitted" and "no soliciting". That really must put a dampener on their fun! You can get shot in a Walmart....but not in a pub! The scary thing here is that the signs are serious. Guns play such a prominent part of life here, I guess the warnings have to be put in place.
Finally we are southern enough where I can have my grits. I do LOVE grits although the locals look at me a bit funny because I have brown sugar on them. Apparently the usual is to have cheese or butter on them. What are grits you might ask? It is basically ground corn (sort of small broken bits of corn) where the kernels are prepared in different ways. This is then is cooked like porridge and would have the consistency of porridge that has been set (like jelly). They are typically not eaten sweet. Just as their names suggests they are gritty but not in an unpleasant way. They can be cooked in milk and butter, or can be sliced and cooked on the broiler. I have not had them that way as yet, although I would love to try. I might seek them out as we travel further south.
We are off to Memphis tomorrow. Hopefully I am feeling somewhat better so that my blog can be a little more interesting!
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