just call me horchata

I was surprised to see these guys hanging around the McDonald's in Bristol, Virginia. According to local residents, they have been hanging around for years. People joke that they won't go near the KFC next door.

It was a wonderful McDonald's. Immaculate, comfortable, and pretty inside. The food was fresh and good, though I didn't have the chicken.

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All she does is sleep.

I'm staying in the lovely and cheap Microtel Inn on I-85 near Greenville, South Carolina for two days this week as I complete a couple of jobs in the area. The Microtel has some good wifi, yay! There is an On The Border Mexican Restaurant almost next door, so that's where I went for lunch. Reedplayernc and I love these places and hope they open one near where we live, soon. The food they serve is of the style "Tex-Mex", which is more or less "Amercianized", or "gringo-ized", Mexican food. People often complain that it's not authentic, but we love it! "On The Border" reminds me of the old Chi-Chi's restaurant chain that was popular during the 1980's. It just ain't a real meal if it doesn't come with chips and salsa first.

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Image #1: The entrance. The entire building is gawdy and fun, inside and out.


Image #2: The food server suggested the current special, the $8.99 "endless enchiladas." You can have as many as you can eat. They come in beef, chicken, or cheese and onion.


Image #3: My "endless enchiladas" arrive looking like the picture in the menu. I had one chicken and one cheese and onion enchilada....two times! I'm back in the hotel now feeling bloated. They were really good.

...under electric candlelight

L-O-L-A

lalalaLOLA

Coca-Cola
c-o-l-a cola

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola

It was a good snow, rather rare for this area. The trees are quite pretty.

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