Random Roanoke Notes

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• Great country song - Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That by Dolly Parton.
• After almost two weeks here, I can say that I like Roanoke, Virginia. The traffic is good, there is something of a downtown night life scene, lots of great restaurants, friendly people with a great Southern attitude, and the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains everywhere around.
• Here is a list of all the four letter words with three syllables that I could think of - Idea, Ohio, Ikea, Oreo, and Area.
• Remember how people kept used, empty liquor bottles in college? Like they would stack Captain Morgain and Absolut bottles on the wall or above the cupboards? What if smokers did that with packs and cartons of cigarettes.
• You can still smoke cigarettes in the Waffle Houses here. Seems like a few people come in every morning to my Roanoke local WaHo and just order a coffee and smoke their cigarettes.
• More about why I like this American town in Virginia... The industrial areas are familiar to me. I can guess where a road ends or turns, and I know what a family-owned restaurant looks like.

Back to Atlanta tomorrow night. A special Thank You to my blog reader Mary who pointed me towards The HomePlace Restaurant a few miles outside of Roanoke. I went there tonight and had a full Southern meal of unlimited fried chicken, green beans, pinto beans, and cinnamon apples for just $13. It was truly delicious and a great setting.