Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was spent in the Delta. If you don't know what that is (and I didn't prior to going) don't feel bad. It is a beautiful stretch of country that borders the Mississippi River Delta. A few highlights from our trip:
Dinner at Doe's Eat Place, which was an experience in and of itself. There are only three things on the menu: steak with fries, shrimp (boiled or fried) and hot tamales (a Delta specialty). Oh, also you can get a delicious vinegary side salad. It was just fantastic, such a fun experience!
Hot tamales
Hot tamales with saltines and ketchup (surprisingly tasty!)
Our steak
We stayed at the The Alluvian hotel in downtown Greenwood, Mississippi. Parts of The Help were filmed in Greenwood and it's full of beautiful old buildings. It's also home to the Viking Range Corporation and has a cooking school.
Our weekend motto, best expressed on this banner at Delta Bistro
View from the top of The Alluvian
And of course the wedding itself was just beautiful in such a lovely setting.
Cotton fields just outside the rehearsal dinner venue
Entrance to the rehearsal dinner
The beautiful bride and happy groom
At the wedding reception
And yet, even after the trip some things about the Delta remain a mystery to me. For instance, there was no hand sanitizer at this convenience store today, but there were two kinds of boiled peanuts. Gotta love the South!
xo,
The Canary Diaries
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