On the left is a movie prop painting of Ashley Judd painted by an artist from Canton, MS and used in the film “A Time To Kill”.
Key phrases and thoughts from this Mississippi trip thus far: Lima beans in every dish, slinky flounce tops on home shopping network, networking in a conference room next to a giant bowl of mayonnaise, one-on-one historical & film tours with Jana, hotel billing f-ups, and O brother where art thou.
I asked the hotel clerk/concierge if there was a grocery store nearby and he said “oh yes – there is a Kroger right there” and he pointed to the corner of the lobby. I assumed he meant it was out-of-doors across the parking lot.
“Great,” I said, “Do they sell wine? I need to get a bottle for an important business gift [to myself]”
“Oh no, but they sell beer. You can get beer there.”
“I’d like to purchase some wine.”
“There’s no place around here that sells wine. No.”
“No place – ANYWHERE?”
“No, but the restaurants serve liquor.”
“Well great then, I will have them put liquor in this large plastic McDonalds cup sitting on top of the tall ashtray near the door here and I’ll tell myself it’s wine. What a great hospitable solution you have offered. How does it feel to excel at your job to such a degree that it is confusing me?”
“This actually used to be a dry county.”
“Wha?” Technically, the whole country used to be dry for a good while back in the day – I’ve seen Boardwalk Empire…I don’t see what that has to do with anything, “So there is NO PLACE to go – even if I get in my car, head out on the road and drive back toward Memphis – I won’t see a single place that sells wine?”
“Oh well down the street a few miles…you can buy wine.”
“Is this your first time to Logan’s Road House?”
“Yes.”
“Well you can just throw the peanut shells on the floor.”
I shoulda brought some mayonnaise. Here …can you fill this giant plastic cup up….
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