Out of Town

It has been a wild week and a half in our household. The town was rocked (in places) by the earthquake along the East coast. I had no idea that was possible anywhere but California (sorry Cali and the world for my little bit of blissful ignorance). I felt it at work, but a friend not far from me didn't feel it at all. Aftershocks were felt at my house, but not at work (where I still was).

After the earthquake rolled through, Hurricane Irene decided to take a hit along the coast. Obviously the hurricane was not aware that we had planned our summer getaway to the beach for last weekend. All reports looked like the hurricane would miss our location so we bit the bullet and went anyway.

This little getaway caused us to miss the Roanoke Wings Fest.

Wing vendors for 2011 included:

Awful Arthurs
Blues BBQ Co.
Bull & Bones Brewhaus
Corned Beef and Co.
Kroger
Rick’s BBQ & Catering
The Village Grill
Martins
Thelma’s Chicken & Waffles
& more! (the list keeps growing)

I wish I could tell you which vendor had the best wings, but I missed out on tasting any of them. That is not a complaint because time at the beach with family is a great way to spend a weekend too.

It was raining this evening, or we would have gone to check out the Drive-In. Instead, we improvised with dinner at The Home Place. There is nothing better than spending $14.00 per person (adults) and $8.00 per kid for a delicious buffet of fried chicken and roast beef (our choices since we aren't country ham people), biscuits, mashed potatoes, gravy, coleslaw, green beans, corn, and peach cobbler for dessert. Plus, the view from the restaurant is absolutely amazing. We watched the storm makes it way towards us. I have pictures of some of the events to post, but my computer was out of commission for the past week.