I had succotash last night.
It’s a real thing, not just a Looney Tunes catch phrase.
It’s a bowl-ed bed of corn, butter beans, snow peas, tomatoes and bacon with a fried chicken breast on top.
In-freakin-credible!
She ordered her standard shrimp n grits for probably the 5th trip here.
It’s the 2nd October meal of succotash in my lifetime. I had it for lunch one October day last year at the same restaurant, Acme Low Country Kitchen. (Again, no Looney Tunes joke coming—it’s really called Acme. Google it.)
It’s a real thing, not just a Looney Tunes catch phrase.
It’s a bowl-ed bed of corn, butter beans, snow peas, tomatoes and bacon with a fried chicken breast on top.
In-freakin-credible!
She ordered her standard shrimp n grits for probably the 5th trip here.
It’s the 2nd October meal of succotash in my lifetime. I had it for lunch one October day last year at the same restaurant, Acme Low Country Kitchen. (Again, no Looney Tunes joke coming—it’s really called Acme. Google it.)
The Same meal,
At the Same restaurant,
With the Same companion and lover,
In the Same vacation spot (even the same condo structure, though different apartment),
During the same week of the calendar year as last year.
At the Same restaurant,
With the Same companion and lover,
In the Same vacation spot (even the same condo structure, though different apartment),
During the same week of the calendar year as last year.
Me and the Mrs talked about our now instantaneous ability to relax the moment we arrive simply because of the Same-ness. We know where everything we need or want is located, including Acme.
There’s something dawning on my inner man about the need for steadiness of life brought about with same-ness, which, even on vacation, could be thought of as a rooted-ness. There’s nothing wrong with adventure, exploration and new challenges. It’s just that those trips are not relaxing; they’re invigorating. When I go some place new, I feel like I’m missing out on all-there-is-to-see-and-do when I kick back to relax. I’ve got to go, go, go and see it all, do it all, sleep later. Example? Currently I’m making plans to visit/assist some missionary amigos next year in East Africa and I am completely ready to go to a place I’ve not yet seen! But, again, that falls under the Adventure category; Eyes wide open and charging ahead.
After another year of work criss-crossing the American expanse doing what I do for yet another strong year and after I wing it to the African Continent and after another round of holidays and birthdays and the 27th anniversary of she-is-mine, I’m looking forward to taking the same lady, to the same pile of sand during the same calendar season to look at the same menu long enough to see all the local brews and catches. I’ll wink at her, she’ll nod approvingly and she’ll order some version of shrimp n grits and I’ll order the same succotash, again. And I’ll probably not be able to finish that bowl full either. It’s seriously filling.
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