So today I had an amazing experience. I had lunch with some folks from First at a place called Compton's. This is over in West Columbia, very close to Triangle City, as it was pointed out to me. I had never been but I heard that it was the place to be. We walk in, and it mostly senior citizens that were getting their fill on the South's finest: fried chicken, fried pork chops, country fried steak and things like that. (note the use of fried in every food mentioned) All the waitresses knew the people in our group as well as most of the other people eating at the restaurant. As I found out later, everyone was a regular and had been coming to this place since 1974.
Going to this place made me think about other hole in the wall type restaurants. These are the restaurants that look all run down and make you wonder why anyone would ever eat there. Then you go in and wonder why anyone wouldn't eat there. This places are so much better than McDonald's, Burger King, or Arby's. It is phenominal food at a phenominal place. Yes you might have to wait a little longer than 15 seconds for your food, but in the end it is very worth the wait.
Some other great restaurants I have experienced in my life that come to mind are from back where I was raised in Albany. The first place that comes to mind is The Quickie. It is named that because it comes and goes very quickly. I would go there every Friday morning during high school for prayer breakfast and be greeted by "the usual?" from the amazing Ms Pat, who never gave out menues or had a consistant price.
Another place is Carter's Grill which is also in Albany. This place has some of the best soul food that I have ever had. That's right, soul food. Fried chicken, collards, mac and cheese, cornbread, and a big ole' glass of sweet tea. This was my first meal back in the States after getting back from Australia. The entire place is covered with pictures of famous people that have come in such as Steve Harvey, Deion Branch, and even Bill Clinton.
The point I'm trying to make is, next time you are looking for a place to eat and turn some place down because it looks "rundown," just give it a chance. These places might not be around forever. They are usually family run and they really hope that you are eating a quality product. When ever I eat at a place like that I feel like I am in a part of history, or a part of a story. Can you say that happens at your standardized, no personality, fast food joint?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Saved by the Bell
So I learned today something that stirs up memories from my childhood. Going off of a link from Facebook to youtube there is a video of from the Jimmy Fallon show where he is interviewing Zack Morris. Yes. Zack Morris. Not Mark Paul Gosselaar, but Zack Morris. There were the familiar rolled up jeans, time outs, pictures of Kelly, and yes the Zack Morris cellular phone.
Little did I know before the interview, Jimmy Fallon had started a push to get the entire cast to have a reunion on the show. Mr. Belding, Liza Turtle, AC Slater, Jessi Spano, and now Zack Morris have all agreed to do a reunion. The only two that haven't agreed yet are Kelly Kapowski, and Screech. I am hopeful that both of them will come back to what started there acting careers but I doubt that Screech will.
Thinking about Saved by the Bell made me go back to my childhood. While I was just a babe when the show originally aired, I distinctly remember watching the show every morning on TBS before I went to school. I was also a huge fan of tNBC. tNBC was NBC's Saturday morning lineup. It was real actors and not cartoons. It had shows like California Dreaming, Hang Time, City Guys, Saved by the Bell: the New Class, and One World. These shows were geared more towards teens and were, simply put, awesome.
They were all pretty much the exact same show, but they were all great in their own different, cheesy ways. They were all set in a high school setting and involved problems of a "typical" high schooler. I look back at these shows and realize how cheesy they were but how awesome they were at the time. It makes me think about kids now and the shows that they watch and how they will view them in ten years or so.
So for you fans of the early morning TV, hears to living in the past and hoping that Saved by the Bell will soon grace us with a reunion on the Jimmy Fallon Show. Come on Kelly and Screech
Little did I know before the interview, Jimmy Fallon had started a push to get the entire cast to have a reunion on the show. Mr. Belding, Liza Turtle, AC Slater, Jessi Spano, and now Zack Morris have all agreed to do a reunion. The only two that haven't agreed yet are Kelly Kapowski, and Screech. I am hopeful that both of them will come back to what started there acting careers but I doubt that Screech will.
Thinking about Saved by the Bell made me go back to my childhood. While I was just a babe when the show originally aired, I distinctly remember watching the show every morning on TBS before I went to school. I was also a huge fan of tNBC. tNBC was NBC's Saturday morning lineup. It was real actors and not cartoons. It had shows like California Dreaming, Hang Time, City Guys, Saved by the Bell: the New Class, and One World. These shows were geared more towards teens and were, simply put, awesome.
They were all pretty much the exact same show, but they were all great in their own different, cheesy ways. They were all set in a high school setting and involved problems of a "typical" high schooler. I look back at these shows and realize how cheesy they were but how awesome they were at the time. It makes me think about kids now and the shows that they watch and how they will view them in ten years or so.
So for you fans of the early morning TV, hears to living in the past and hoping that Saved by the Bell will soon grace us with a reunion on the Jimmy Fallon Show. Come on Kelly and Screech
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