Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
We rolled out of Newport this morning after some more good eats from Gracie's breakfast and sandwich shop across the street. She even managed to get us a shout out from the DJ on the Worldwide Bluegrass radio station she was streaming into the PA at the restaurant. On I-75 heading up the west side of Ohio, we were fueled by delicious paninis (aptly labeled "Delicious" on the bag) from Angelina's, an Italian sub shop inside historic Findlay Market in Cincinnati. We also saw the largest statue of Jesus I've ever seen in my life. Nothing but torso: toga, beard, tremendous. Arms outstretched. Must have been almost three stories high, set into the ground before some church. Did we get a picture? No! So we learned a valuable lesson. Always have the camera ready to shoot at any second. America will cough up its quirky landmarks right quick like that, and we'll have to be ready to document at the drop of a hat.
We made it to Jenny's parents' house outside Flint, MI,
sometime around six p.m. I proceeded to make up a marinade for the beautiful gulf shrimp we got from Heitz Fish Market (also inside Findlay Market). It was definitely a "little bit of that, little bit of this" concoction; it consisted of some soy, almond oil, minced fresh ginger, cumin, red and black pepper, onion, and love. And I'm not too proud to admit that I found the initial basic recipe in an issue of Esquire on grilling secrets (for Dudes, of course). We skewered and fired up the shrimp on the grill, along with some steak, and proceeded to do what we do best at the Basa house: eat eat eat. Then Jenny's sister Chrissy showed us how to fold down the seats in the minivan (something we were NOT able to figure out) so that we can turn it into a mobile hotel (sans hot tub) at a rest stop if need be. After that, it was one last bout of suburban domestic comfort - laundry, TV, etc. - before the big bad road trip really kicks off tomorrow.
JN
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