Has anyone out there every been to Historic Roswell Georgia? It is a beautiful little town full of old homes that have been renovated into art galleries, restaurants, antique shops and boutiques that would force any shopping addict into a frenzy. Most boutiques are filled with hand made jewelry, purses, clothing, home decor and much more.
Rice in Historic Roswell GaHal, Natalie and I arrived at 5:00pm, hungry and ready to eat. Hal had already done some research via the Internet on restaurants and had found something that he thought would be fun. Rice Thai Food was the name, I was open to anything at that point. It was located in an old home with several tables set up in the front yard for outdoor dining. We chose to sit inside because it was still hot out and the cool air sounded much better than trying to keep sweat drops from landing in our food. A tiny Asian woman seated us in one of the rooms of the home. I noticed as we came in that the house had a fireplace in every room. Nice...
The food was wonderful, we got different dishes so that we could taste each others. I would tell you what they were but I have no clue. Very good though. We left and walked the main street down several blocks to another old home renovated into a dessert shop. The Clay Cafe' was its name. Right before my eyes was the most beautiful Coconut Cake that I have ever seen. We did indulge!! I estimated it to be 5,000 calories....lots of stadiums would need to be in our future. Through the last several years I have concluded that life is to short to say no to your favorite dessert EVER on the face of this earth. Words cannot describe the first bite sensation that went through my body. Oh my....
Me and Nat on the porch of the Clay Cafe'After much shopping and a wonderful meal we headed over to the Roswell Cultural Arts Center to see Mac McAnally in concert. His biography goes like this.
"If Mac McAnally never sang or played another note of music, his place in music history is more than assured. And yet an almost inevitable momentum seems to be taking his career and carrying it to places it has never been. The fact that two of country music's biggest stars have given McAnally an almost reverential nod speaks to just how much energy the celebrated songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and producer is developing as a recording artist."
He is the most talented story teller I have ever heard. Anyone that can come to stage with only himself, a piano, guitar and mandolin and sound studio perfect, is truly talented. He had his song list written on a piece of yellow legal size paper folded up deep in his blue jean pocket. It had been sufficiently wrinkled because his day started early in Nashville, then on to Bonaroo for a impromptu with The Jimmy Buffet Band, then to Roswell. I could imagine Mac writing his song list as he drove, just like he writes his songs while driving with his knee and playing the Mandolin. He tells stories through song about the place and people of Belmont Mississippi, a one four way stop town that has many characters living within.
Hal has a wonderful talent of finding exciting things for us to do. He did not disappoint this weekend when we went to Roswell Georgia!
