I love me some "Fried Up Chicken"

...whoa.

...just... whoa.

A brand new restaurant opened up in in town, and this place is amazing.

Kentucky ain't got NOTHIN on this dude.

It's a little ghetto, but the food is amazing.  Besides, I'm kinda ghetto myself.

This place is called "Fried Up Chicken & Scones."  It's on a busy street, and can easily be missed.  When you park, the only signage is window-marker lettering on the windows.  It's new, and quickly thrown together.

You walk in, and one dude was working there.  He was a tall, skinny black dude with kind of a southern drawl.  He was the cashier, the server, the host, and the cook.  The menu is kind of sad-looking.  It's a science-project posterboard, with cheap lettering glued onto it, and prices written with a Sharpie.

My girlfriend and I kind of looked at each other, wondering how the food was gonna be.  We ordered, and he told us to sit tight while he cooks up the chicken.

Soul music playing on a $15 Walmart portable stereo.  Made me chuckle a little.

The food takes a while to cook, but that's because he preps, breads and fries everything to order.

And this stuff was WORTH THE WAIT.  This guy can seriously fry up a chicken.

Plenty of sides to choose from too, but since this place is called "Fried Up Chicken & Scones," we wanted to try his fried up chicken, and his scones.

Ho. Lee. Crap.  Those scones.  They were like an orgasm for your mouth.  I'm glad we ordered extra.  They're huge, but you can't have just one.  You could easily devour 6, and forget all about the chicken.

So yes.  It's kind of sad looking on the outside, and kind of sad looking on the inside.  But the food.  OMG THE FOOD... it more than makes up for everything.  This is some serious southern food.

Next time I go, I'm getting the catfish & okra.  Damn.... just damn....

I'm tempted to talk to this guy and go "Look.  Dude.  Hook me up with some free lunches, and let me design you a to-go menu.  Maybe even a proper sign."  You know, help him get his business rollin.  We'll see.  Until then, I'm just gonna tell ALL my friends, coworkers etc up here to go and check it out.

Week in Review

Ho-lee-fudge people.

This has definitely been a rollercoaster week of ups and downs.  I'll try to make this brief, because I have an ANIMAL demanding my attention.

(Gah, puppies.  Who know?  Oh yeah.  Everyone.)

Girlfriend has been on-and-off icky feeling all week, so our time together has been 'meh' at best.  Hoping this weekend is different.

Work has been productive at some points, teeth-pulling during other times.  I have my first major presentation to a hospital forum in a few weeks, and preparation for this event is just plain fun.  Not.

Looking for some side-work, to get a little extra income going.  A local radio station is looking for freelance graphic design, so I sent them my portfolio.  Hope something comes from it.

Thursday morning, I wake up to an email from adsense.  "We think your site has potential for fraud, so we're shutting you down as a precaution."  Wha-what?  I'm appealing, and hopefully I get reinstated, but this made me grumpy.  It's not like I'm making millions of dollars by having these ads on my site, but hey.  Beer money.  I like beer money...

Oh yeah, and I got a dog.  A very loving, energetic, "ooh, cats!  Let's play!" kind of dog.  A 'whine through the night because I'm in a crate and not in your bed' kind of dog.

He will get better.  I know.  But sheesh.

Friday is here, and I'm stoked.  Almost enough to sing Rebecca Black songs while eating cereal.

Almost.  Still not gonna happen.

Tonight I'm gonna shoot some pool with work friends, and I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend where I can recharge my batteries.

Without the bewbs.  You get the point.

Oh wait, I need to build a dog house.

...crud.