The Great Plotnik

Monday, February 16, 2009

Barbecue and In and Out


Absolute crack of black predawn and the cab calls. He's out in front of the house, a few minutes early, and Plot and Duck have only been out of bed fifteen minutes but they're ready too. A lightning fast trip down the empty 101 to the airport, followed by a too-slow check-in-line, then another lightning fast trip on a comfy 757 to Atlanta.

Plot has already consulted with Chef Pickle on where to eat in Atlanta this time. Tonight it's dinner at the renowned Watershed. "Have the Shrimp Grits," Pickle says, so shrimp grits is what it's gonna be, but you can't just eat shrimp grits without a proper warmup. So JJ-aka-PP takes Plot and Duck to Daddy Z's Barbecue for the pre-dinner snack.

Man, this is good stuff. The sauce is unique -- smooth and closer to a brown sauce than a classic barbecue sauce, though vinegary and sweet enough. Collards, slaw and a corn muffin round it out.



The waitress at Daddy Z's is from Grenada. So now Plotnik knows the sound he'll be hearing for the next few weeks -- he knew she was from the English speaking Caribbean but not Jamaica. She's easy to understand, but she' s been in Atlanta for 17 years so maybe that's the reason. We'll know in a few days.



Dance-Nik, Plotnik read and loved The Old In and Out on the plane. It didn't take too long too read -- how long is the show? (NotThaTLucas would wonder where are the car chases in this play?)

The idea of a woman looking for her father's eyes in those of her various lovers intrigues him. Very wonderfully done and you both have very different styles of writing, but they're quite complementary. And the book looks great. Plot'll write you soon when he has more time.

4 Comments:

At 3:19 PM, Blogger notthatlucas said...

It doesn't have to have car chases. Trucks work too.

That food looks great and I LOVE the idea of a pre-dinner snack like that. Are there any of those in the play? Is there a weight limit on the boat?

 
At 6:43 AM, Blogger mary ann said...

Oh, I didn't expect to hear/see from you so soon ~ this is terrific. Have a great time and love to you both!
You are missing LOTS of rain.

 
At 6:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Um, as you all can plainly see, it was Daddy D's. I'll blame the Z error on the fact the Plottie was ready for a nap and indeed caught several Zzz's right after posting, therefore making room for the shrimp grits and...oh, well, I'll let him fill you in!

Oh, and PD, Daddy D's made us think of you and Zan at Big Daddy's....fond memory!

 
At 6:19 AM, Blogger Karen said...

So you have your computer with you, but no WiFi out there at sea?

 

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