Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

Supporting local business is always a good thing. When we get take-out for dinner it is always local and never a national chain unless my son orders Dominos Pizza. Not good, but way better than it used to be.

Got the KJ started for jerk chicken. Half is set low for a high temp direct sear and half is indirect and high to finish it off.

 

Don't go for the What the Cluck. The Hot is hot enough and I like Thai hot.

If you have time take the RCA Studio tour. When I took it the guide asked what artist us tour goers wanted to hear the most about. Elvis was #1 followed by Dolly Parton. I said Chet Atkins. RCA built the place for him. Great guitar player.

My wife and I went to Nashville for a weekend with free Southwest tickets we got from being bumped from a flight. Got to see the Gators play the Dores in their weird gym. Just before Covid got serious. Good seats behind the bench. LOL.

 

Making clam linguini tonight. Simple and a crowd pleaser.

 

If anyone can pull it off it is you.

 

One time through Nashville I tried to go to Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, but they were closed. They are the original.

 

Austin, Texas and Athens, Georgia have great music scenes but nothing like Nashville. I love the Loving Spoonful song Nashville Cats.

Chicago used to have a fantastic live blues scene back when I was a kid. After that it was "folky" things like John Prine and Steve Goodman. And some woman singer that was great and I can't remember her name.

Just remembered her name: Bonnie Koloc, if I spelled it correctly. Great, great, great and never got any national exposure.

 

Tonight we are making shrimp and grits.

 

Some day we will do this.

I used to do lots of work for Eglin AFB but those days are long gone.

 

Maybe on a road trip to Omaha.

Drive to New Orleans and take the City of New Orleans to Chicago and then take Amtrak to Omaha. Maybe an overnight in Chicago with my family.

 

Going to a friend's house for grilled pizza tonight. Bringing two bottles of good wine.

Spent part of the day inventorying our rental house after renters moved out. LOTS of crap left over and dog damage to doors and woodwork.That is hard to fix. Our cleaner thinks he can take much of the leftover stuff to Goodwill or his church for a rummage sale. Lots of kitchenware and even a coffee maker.

It was pristine when they rented it and it is a pit now.

It would take me six weeks to take it back to where it was even after it is cleaned.

The $1000 damage deposit won't cover anywhere near at all.

I am going to ask my wife if we should fix it up and sell it instead of renting it out again.

I am getting tired of this.