We walked through the door of Dairy Queen and into another world. It was a small-town Sunday evening. The sheriff was in and sporting his cowboy hat and boots. A table of old timers in their overalls stopped conversation at the sight of strangers. They needn't have bothered. I'm not a native drawl speaker and while I happily incorporate y'all into my current vocabulary, I was nowhere near such proficiency at the time. All in all, it felt as if we'd managed to step onto a film set for an old-school western or family feature. I can mark that occasion as the evening I started to fall for Texas, a state which has now laid claim to a serious portion of my heart. This song, in fact, was discovered for me by a MI roommate who might have heard about TX a time or two...
Singer-Songwriter and San Antonio native, Edith Frost from her album "Wonder Wonder."
The reason for this reminiscing? A weekend roadtrip and concert in Corpus Christi with the ever-fabulous MS and C(M)M! We hit that inevitable bathroom-break point of the trip, and lo and behold...there it was. The ever-present DQ. Clearly with the fates smiling on us, more than a bathroom break was in order. Note from the following picture who opted for the MINI Blizzard and feel free to hold it against HIM on future occasion.
Yet another trip to store away in the Texan corner of my heart.
Michael chickened out on the real deal eh? You can give him a hard time from mj.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of my first trip to Waffle House, just over the Georgia border on my way down to visit Jess (http://opticwalrus.blogspot.com/2010/03/sst-name-that-food.html). It was like stepping into another world.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I just about died laughing when I saw the photo and realized what TSS refers to. Awesomeness. Sorry if I'm weirding you out, I have a Google Alert set up for egotistical reasons. I show up and scare people sometimes.
ReplyDeletep.s. if that's been their tag-line for the last 10 years, please excuse my ignorance of pop culture. It was a new one on me, so funny.
ReplyDeleteEdith Frost! Do NOT even apologize! I'm thrilled google alerts led you here!!! I've personally adopted cars and parties as my theme song since converting to a Texan. Happy to have provided some entertainment in return. :) Hope all is going well for you!
ReplyDeletemini blizzards? Really? I thought we were family...not to mention this article being about Texas...aren't you guys all about big? Come on Dee, support!
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