Sunday, August 31, 2008

A Rural Southern Experience

We went out to dinner the other night with a friend who was visiting from Detroit. The restaurant we went to was recommended as a local favorite. That means barbecue. Which, here in North Carolina, means shredded pork. The best part of the meal was the deep-fried cornbread sticks shaped like ears of corn. Yum.



The best part of the experience was the ambiance. Adara's favorite decoration was the pig by the bathrooms. I think, with a little imagination, the store manager could have found a more hygienic place for an obvious children's attraction.





Just a short way form the restaurant was a well-decorated house that we just had to take a picture of. This is just a small percentage of the masterpiece.


Here's Jon with Adara and our friend Kathy at the ice cream parlor. And, finally, we went to Wal-mart, where Adara showed us her true self. As soon as she could get her hands on these t-shirts, she wouldn't let go. And thus ended a beautiful day in rural America.

1 comment:

Carolyn Hoefer said...

Perhaps the pig is for children whose mommies and daddies want to use the potty without a child present. Maybe the manager was being thoughtful, giving children something interesting to do so they wouldn't wander off while their parents took care of business.

But really, I agree that there COULD have been - MUST have been - a more hygienic location for the pig.