Sat, Feb 12
02.12.05
We left Dave’s house around noon and headed over to Llewellyn’s Pub for lunch. We learned that unlike O’Connells, the food had changed and was not what Harlan remembered (although they now have Double Dragon on tap, and that tasted the same). Specifically, “Mrs. Llewellyn’s Chicken Sandwich” was slightly renamed, and the fried onion strings are now breaded and not as crisp, they don’t make their chips to order anymore (they make them in larger batches and “do something” to them when they need to be served). Sigh.
After lunch we strolled around the neighborhood, visiting Dressel’s Pub (where we learned that the awesome grilled pork sandwich was off the menu except as a rare special item, and sometimes for early lunch on Wednesday as the Tuesday night special is pork loin).
We also visited Left Bank Books, which does not have the Pinkwater collection it used to have (although Harlan found a used copy of “Wallpaper from Space” to add to his collection).
Form there we gassed the car and headed over to Ted Drewes, which was closed for the season. So it was on to the site of Triple H farms to see if they were still selling their frozen custard. Alas, their small shopping center was still there, but both their butcher store and the neighboring frozen custard store have been gone for at least 5 years or so (we learned this from the folks at BJ’s Crystal Rock shop, which has been there for over 25 years).
Heading back north we picked up the developed slides and went back to Dave’s place, expecting Dave to be off to the theatre. Unfortunately, he was feeling a bit under the weather and stayed home. We chatted and were forced to order more food from Mai Lee, which meant we got to try another of their excellent soups, along with shrimp wrapped around sugar cane (and then grilled) and their crispy whole fish (I believe we had the Tilapia). Major yum.
More chats, then folks started falling asleep.
In the morning we plan to have breakfast at a Waffle House, then come back and pack up the car and head out. If we’re lucky, we’ll find the mile high pie place just outside of town and then head toward Nashville.
Oh, we have the slides uploaded and almost ready to be posted; Harlan wants to see if he can get the film type added to the picture information so it’s easier to figure out what type of film to use in the future.