Welcome to the Original Dixie...

My friend and fellow sound designer/engineer Amy Altadonna is in Montgomery working for me on Menopause the Musical. Amy joined us at ASF for Beehive a few summers ago. When she was here before, the time went by so quickly that I didn't really show her much of Montgomery or the area and this time, I told her I was going to give her a proper introduction to the South.

Amy - a.k.a. Annie Oakly

True to my promise, her second day in town, I took her out in the country for "guns and grilling" with Jess, (another ASF coworker) Jeff, and our friends Layne and Tracy, as well as some of their friends. Amy fired a gun for the first time in her life - and wasn't a bad shot, either!

Jess and Layne sparklein'.

After our bottle hunt was over, we headed to Layne's house for boiled peanuts, chicken kabobs, some off the hook spinach dip, beer, and some pre-4th of July fireworks.  The hit of the evening were super sparklers!

Chicken 'n dressing and black
eyed peas!

I also took Amy for some BBQ, to a meat and three, and to the farmer's market. I also had her over for dinner. I may not be a born and bread southerner - but I do enjoy cooking like one. The plan for the evening was chicken and dressing, collard greens, black eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and peach cobbler. Sadly, we took too long at work and the store before hand, and I had to reduce the menu - leaving out the collard greens. Then I forgot to get the cobbler in the oven... SIGH. Another day!

The long and the short of it... welcome to the original Dixie Amy!