Maggie's Farm

I dun had sum seafood stew down Beaufort,S.C. way, believe it be called Frogmore Stew. It had sum cloister in it 'long wit sum crawdaddy,a hunk o'coon (fer flavor) and sum tabaccie.
"twas gud.
Don't recon those gents ev'r had nune.

Skookumchuk,
i gots ta be honest like ols Huck Finn and as sincere as Lady MacBeth, I anin't go no idea. i dun reed sumwhere's that a fella is better off not watch'n some foods or legislat'n be'n cooked up.
i'm pretty tolerable on my breads and rolls watch'n, but when it come ta rodent additions, well I just go chop firewood.
Now I have had Brunswick stew and it is gud, although sun folks put too much salt in it. But in an apology way i need ta say, stay away from the Frgmore Stew. Down in the Sea Islands of S.Carolina, Hilton Head, Fripp,lady's Island it's a big get together dish. I ya get into a position where's ya can't get relief from hav'n sum take a big ladle full in yur bowl and head ta somewhere sparse of people....then chuck it away
Ya know it's down in that neck of the woods that they still (honest here) practice voodoo and talk a talk called Gullah. Ya kin look it up fer sure.
gud luk
BS. beaufort SC is a beautiful place with a ton of history and SOuthern Mansions lining the bay. They have a water festival in june-july that's worth going too if your within 10 miles of Beaufort that week.

In real life my wife went to Tuscany last summer on a tour of the vineyards. The gig was you rode horseback to the vineyards, ate and drank, talked with he other group members and the returned to the villa for the evening.
She and five of her friends had a great time.
They did the cloister,Rome,Napoli,Florence, the entire country basically
Now you're sating,"Why didn't he go?" Well "it was a girl thing" Six of 'em, and not a one wanted to go to the Ferrari Factory.
So I didn't go.
Instead I stayed home,except for the trip to Arlington to bury my father.

Skookumchuk,
I think your idea of removing the place stone by stone is a great one.
In the 1970's I use to go to a restaurant in San Francisco that was called "Ben Johnson's". The interior was St. Albans' Hall purchased by William Randolf Hearst in the 1920's, dismantled piece by piece nad stored for 42 years in a wearhouse.
I would take dates there and explain to the brunettes and redheads that Ben Johnson and William Shakespeare had actually sat in front of the same fireplace and had discussions. Usually they were impressed, which of coursed upped the chances of diligo quod magis diligo.
The blondes? I thought you'd ask. I told them it was where they filmed "The Streets of San Francisco" and that Michael Douglas had passed out in their very chair. They would like be, "oH WOW"

Skookumchuk,
Thanks. He earned it through three wars. First as a cavalry officer ,yes at the start of WWII there were still mounted soldiers, then a switch to the US Marine Corps and battleship duty assaulting the likes of Guadacanal,Tarawa, to flight training and aviation combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. As Buddy's heard me say. He was a man.

Apple Pie,
I left SFO in 1974 and moved to LA (job requirement).
I don't know what ever became of Ben Johnson's. Since it has great histroical value (the interior) I would certainly hope something good came of that magical place.
I can remember the first time going there, a youth in my early 20's and thinking about the proximity I was to William Shakespeare and other greats.
So then when I spray painted my name on the fireplace I knew I'd be remembered also.....dayglo yellow.......JOKE, JOKE.

I've been spam blocked....over on the Jefferson thread..ouch.

It's really Habu Washington Roosevelt Lincoln P-Diddy Mohammad, but my friends just call me Roy.

C,
You had me a bit off my game with ole L.B. Alberti until I remembered his association with Sigismondo Malatesta, then it all came rushing back.
What a pair they were!

CD's
Love music of all types, although I wouldn't want to listen to zydeco for more than, say, fifteen seconds.

Got lot's of blues,from way back to newer stuff. Like slide guitar of Bonnie Raitt and the late Allman brothers. Eric Clapton a fav, but I also like Bach,Mahler,Beethoven....Air on a G- string. Sultry 3am in the morning smoky bar piano music. Safe sax.
And of course John Phillips Sousa, Burl Ives and Slim Whitman.

C,
Went to MG while attending UF ,Go Gators, back in 1967 but no I've never been to Mamou.

I have been to Venice Beach,Ca for the freak shows. But here again that was in the 70's.

I know Fred's is the heartbeat. If I get all the way to my marrow, will I ever have another to-marrow?...ok strike that, it was lame.

I'll attach it to the list. But there are several prior must do's.
Drive the AlCan Highway
Go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England
Possibly go to Iraq to see the fuss
Go back to New Zealand and trek the South Island.

Well good folks, I'm in the middle of Huck Finn and I must get back to the Mississippi....it has been a joy and I look forward to more in the future.
Your obedient servant,
Habu