the harland sanders cafe & museum is located in the building where the colonel first hawked his fried chicken. consider ‘cafe’ and ‘museum’ to be used liberally in this case, as all it really is is a working kfc with a few artifacts on the wall. and a really long line.
corbin, ky., sept. 2, 2011
in most of the south, Big Boy is known as Shoney’s and doesn’t have the awesome mascot. venture a bit north and you get the real thing (as it turns out, it’s not very good).
richmond, ky., sept. 1, 2011
i noticed a few confederate battle flags on my drive through the backwoods of kentucky today. i realize the commonwealth was a slave state and a confederate sympathizer, but for pete’s sake, kentucky remained in the union.
sept. 25, 2011, middlesboro, ky.
june 23, 2011, from the sky bar atop the guinness storehouse, dublin, ireland
whenever i’m on the road for work i stay in a hampton inn. the prices are decent, there’s free albeit crappy breakfast and each room in every hotel is furnished exactly the same, which means you know exactly what you’re going to get. as part of the standard room furnishings there’s a clock radio that has buttons labeled ‘talk,’ ‘rock,’ ‘oldies,’ and ‘pop’ that are programmed to the corresponding local radio station. last night in london, ky., i turned on the radio to ease the loneliness only to find every button led to a different country music station.
aug. 16, 2011, london, ky.
rocking chairs and free wifi make airport delays not so bad. kudos, mcghee-tyson.
july 15, 2011, knoxville, tenn., en route to chicago, ill.
if a pub in ireland has american beer on tap - and the ones in the bigger towns always do - it’s bud heavy followed by coors light and miller genuine draft. the bar bands LOVE johnny cash too. we’ve heard ‘folsom prison blues’ at least three times.
june 27, 2011, dingle, county kerry, ireland
whenever my next really horrible day of work comes, or God forbid, the hubby and i have a marital spat, i hope to remember just how peaceful and happy i am at this moment.
june 26, 2011, from our private balcony at the greenmount house, dingle, co. kerry, ireland
