Mark Twain Fried Chicken

[snurri]

Mark Twain Fried Chicken
Originally uploaded by Snurri.

Chicago's been kind of a lonely place lately, so I decided to turn 36 in Hannibal, Missouri. I didn't meet any ghosts, but I saw a lot of statues and several young fellows who may or may not aspire to become Huck and/or Tom. (Apparently, there is a tradition in Hannibal where a boy and a girl of the appropriate age are chosen to be Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher for the year. Hm.) I did not spend $70 on a set of Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn volumes illustrated by Norman Rockwell. I did go to the Mark Twain cave. I did not ride on a riverboat. I did eat a steak at a restaurant that was once a whorehouse. Also, I did take pictures, so my Flickr account actually has something on it now.

Also, ouch.

Comments

[gregvaneekhout.livejournal.com]

Hm. I thought "Five Hundred and Forty Doors" was funny, smart, and poignant, and I admire it very much.

Happy belated birthday, Huck.

[yuki-onna.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I was just there this summer! My closest friends and I took a sailboat down the Mississippi and this was one of our stops. That fried chicken place has great milkshakes.

Did you enjoy the various places which claimed to be "Becky Thatcher's ACTUAL House"!1! etc?

I bought a bonnet and a river pilot's license. And two very, very obscure Twain books--Christian Science (I was raised such) and Joan of Arc.

Hurrah for weird vacation stops!

[yuki-onna.livejournal.com]

And happy birthday.

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

Ramadan mubarak, fellow mid-winter conception.

[tim-pratt.livejournal.com]

Re: Ouch -- I know, right? My story "has some charm but no real depth." Funny, some women have told me the same thing...