Juliette

Looks like we ended up making the wrong decision.  We called the range and it was closed due to the holiday…DOH!!!  So we had a choice we could go to Juliette (where they filmed Fried Green Tomatoes) with M, or we could leave him home and he’d smoke ribs for us.  His sister-in-law instantly pipes in “smoked ribs” so obviously there’s no hesitation about where M’s skills lie..at least for us.

We head off in P’s Dodge Charger (with a Hemi) for our little field trip.  First stop in Juliette was the old grave yard.  Totally cool…I love looking at old headstones.  There’s so much history wrapped up in cemeteries but not everyone get’s to see it because the dead creeps them out.  It doesn’t bother me, and I’d like to think that if I was planted 6 feet under, that my headstone might be of interest to someone (no worries on that score peeps…still working toward the Viking funeral with the party afterward).

We then roll into town and park.  We head to some antique stores where the ladies score some serious finds for their cribs. My house theme is too earthy for the things found in these stores.  We had a good time laughing and having fun. We decide to actually have Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café and had a 20 minute wait out on the porch.  This was our opportunity to check our phones, etc and get some quick texting in.  I ended up having a nice revelation from my guy.  I spoke in terms of the future and us and he replied back that it made him extremely happy when I talk that way.  I asked if it didn’t scare him a little since he just got out of a long term relationship and now he’s kind of being cornered into a long distance relationship.  He set me straight and said that it was NOT a relationship and that and that he was very happy…”long distance, short distance, I’m a happy man and when you’re smiling, everything else is second to me!!”  WOW!!! You could not wipe the stupid, goofy, lovestruck smile from my face.

We go into the café and we’re seated at the exact same booth that was featured in the movie! We ordered the tomatoes, chicken planks, tea and lemonade.  OMG, fried food heaven! Those tomatoes were awesome and the lemonade was definitely fresh squeezed.  This was fun (Good thing I’ve been exercising every day…).

We head home and sample the ribs…Another OMG!  They fell off the bone and melted in your mouth.  M is a culinary GOD!  Afterward, we headed over to the neighbors and I got to meet them.  So cool, and again, they didn’t mind hanging with a cray-cray Brown-eyed Cali Girl!  We sat around for a couple of hours laughing then headed home. Once there, we opened up the garage, cranked on the music and Dance Fest 2013 commenced.  The neighbors walked over and we all drank, danced and had a hell of a time.  Around 11, I went in to call my guy but couldn’t reach him (he was busy entertaining his Mom), so I jumped in the shower.  When I was in the bathroom, M came looking for me.  He wasn’t sure what happened to me (although I did announce where I was going), but I thought it was the sweetest thing.  

Once again, I’m blessed to have a guy that is like my brother.  How lucky can I be???  I have my blood brother M, my brothers-from-another-mother R and M, and my work husband M (Ok, I know…too many brothers with the same name!).  I put on some clothes and came out and danced some more!  Soon it was time to go to bed because we knew we’re headed home the next day.  Darn it!