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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

We took a day trip to the town of Juliette, GA where the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed in 1991.  Juliette was one of several filming locations for the movie, specifically the church and the now famous restaurant.  Other locations such as the house, nursing home and hilarious Winn Dixie parking lot scene were filmed near me, […]

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Day 2 of Athens

Day 2 of Athens

Best start to the day is a bagel from the Athens Bagel Company.  They are made on site and are the perfect bagel. Chewy, fresh, and lightly toasted. More conference speakers and another delicious lunch ended our time in Athens. Our weather today was unseasonably warm and broke all records for March 15 in Atlanta […]

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Back to the Classic City

Back to the Classic City

I am fortunate to be in Athens, GA for a gifted conference.  I’m having a great time at the conference and with my niece, Elyse.  My day started with the drive from Atlanta and I arrived in time to check in the hotel and head to the conference.  I was selected to give a workshop […]

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This and That

This and That

Okay…..where have I been?  I haven’t posted anything in weeks!    Mostly I’ve just been hanging around doing the usual — cooking, cleaning, and working. Same old. Same old.  If you look at my posts I haven’t been a consistent blogger here since January 24.  Why does that date stick in my mind? Mostly because I was […]

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Greensboro, GA

Greensboro, GA

President’s Day dawned beautiful and sunny so my mom, daughter and I went to eat in Greensboro, GA. HA! You know I love my Photoshop!!!   Actually it was my mom, sister-in-law Diane, and I who went to eat lunch but I didn’t Photoshop them into the booth. They were  a little camera-shy so I respected their exclusionary […]

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Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

I have lived within 30 miles of the Red Oak Creek covered bridge for the past 25 years and didn’t know it was there until last Sunday.  We went back to Warm Springs to eat at The Bulloch House. We got to eat upstairs this time.  As a point of clarification, this isn’t the original Bulloch […]

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Basketball Game

Basketball Game

Olivia needed her big, strong brother to help her rearrange her room at college.  We headed up for an afternoon of manual labor followed by a Berry basketball game. Olivia’s bed was lofted really, really high over her desk and dresser with NO GUARD RAIL.  As a mom, I considered it just too high!!!!! Olivia wanted […]

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New Year's Eve

New Year’s Eve

We had a day of shopping today since the rain finally let up. We went to  Houston’s first for lunch. We hadn’t been to Houston’s in quite a while so we were pleased that the food and service were both as excellent as we remembered. I had chicken and my mom and Olivia had fish.  All […]

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Bacon Basket

Bacon Basket

I’ve shown bacon baskets on the blog before but can you ever really have enough bacon? Most people would say no. I like bacon although I am trying to eat less of it.  You certainly don’t find it on any 10 most healthful foods list.  But when you grow up eating bacon, or any food […]

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Pine Mountain and Practice Crackers

Pine Mountain and Practice Crackers

After lunch in Warm Springs we headed over to Pine Mountain.  It is the home of Callaway Gardens.  Usually we zoom into Pine Mountain to see the Fantasy in Lights show at Callaway Gardens and don’t stop at the stores along the way.  This time we did the opposite and shopped at the stores without […]

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