The Beginning....

The Beginning....
When William Least Heat-Moon toured the country many years ago, his steed, if you will, was a van that he named Ghost Dancing. His journey of America was 13,000 miles. His book is Blue Highways, A Journey Into America. My steed will be a Subaru WRX (traded for an XV Crosstrek). My travels will be, what in the past were called, the blue highways of Virginia. Years ago, maps showed secondary roads in blue. Yes, the ones less traveled.

Friday, May 9, 2014

No Frill Grill....Dinner With Mr. Charlie..........


Sage Jennings, 21, helped us with our orders. Did a great job. Sage has been working at the No Frill Grill in Virginia Beach (there's a No Frill in Norfolk) since he was 15! He's presently taking acting lessons and hopes to one day....well, be an actor. He also has an interest in stand-up comedy. A nice young fellow.

As you can see, tonight is a black and white night. I used the original GR digital, that most people call GRI. The snaps are either ASA 400 or 800 with little post processing.

For the past couple of years we've been meeting at the No Frill Grill in Virginia Beach.







Mr. Charlie? Mr. Charlie and I met 20-plus years ago at Virginia Beach Emergency Services. Some of the clients had trouble pronouncing Charlie's last name and referred to him as, yes, Mr. Charlie. Over the years we've met for lunch or dinner. For a time once a week....and, now I guess every few months. It's always great to see Charlie.

Charlie had fish tacos and I had flounder. My snap of the flounder wasn't all that good....so, here's my flounder with Charlie's tacos.

We both enjoyed our meals and as mentioned above Sage provided great attentive service.


Though we rarely get desert, for some reason we split a brownie topped with ice cream and whipped cream. Yes, it was pretty good.



 A great evening......

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