At long last, my six weeks of travel have come to an end. I'm freakin' tired! At least my last week was an enjoyable one. I was in Charlotte, NC for an internal firm meeting. The meetings were very good, but the real treat was getting to see my family that lives there.
I got to see my cousins Jeff, Judy, Gloria and Celia. Jeff and I are kindred spirits when it comes to road food and we went to the Penguin - a Charlotte landmark that I have never had the opportunity to visit previously. We dined on the house specialties of fried dill pickles (with ranch dressing for dipping), fried bologna sandwiches, Brunswick stew and PBR tall-boys. Okay, maybe "dining" is not quite the right word . . .
Also had good BBQ at Mert's - a southern food establishment in uptown Charlotte, which is actually downtown Charlotte, though they call their downtown uptown which gets very confusing. The BBQ was quite good, though it was western NC BBQ (red sauce) and I prefer eastern NC BBQ (vinegar-based).
Also had an outstanding meal at Blue which is a chic and trendy downtown (sorry, uptown) restaurant that is not full of itself. I had wild boar which was excellent.
And so ends my six straight weeks of travel. It's good to be home for a while. One more trip out to California in December and I'm done for the year. I guess I'll have to think up some other fun things to write about.
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