STRUMPDATE
Blogging from me will be sporadic today: I'm with Ridley at the booksellers convention in New York, where we're strumpeting in Full Trollop Mode for our new book. So far I have nothing to report except that last night we ate at a restaurant called Wildwood Barbeque, where I got a T-shirt that says, "You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park."
We'll look forward to your return visit to Andersons! Will there be (merciful) swordfights? Will you be wearing your BBQ-stained Wildwood t-shirts?
Posted by: danceswithslittedtowels | May 29, 2009 at 07:20 AM
Will I be *first*? Will you save $100 at Curves from the banner ad? Will I remember to change my fake name?
Posted by: danceswithvowels | May 29, 2009 at 07:22 AM
And congratulations of the 4th Peter book! Will there be a 5th to round out the trilogy?
Posted by: danceswithvowels | May 29, 2009 at 07:23 AM
carefully removes espresso big gulp from dances clenched fingers.
finds it odd that dave goes all the way to ny for a wildwood t-shirt.
Posted by: crossgirl | May 29, 2009 at 07:31 AM
The shirt reminds me of a joke:
What has 10 teeth and 100 eyes?
The front row of a Willie Nelson concert.
Posted by: pannus | May 29, 2009 at 07:43 AM
Thanks, cg, I needed thzzzzzzzz1zzz ...
Posted by: danceswithvowels | May 29, 2009 at 07:46 AM
Sword of Mercy.
Healing hands of certain death.
Huh?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | May 29, 2009 at 08:16 AM
Never heard of the restaurant but it sounds diatetic.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 29, 2009 at 08:32 AM
Is it just me, or would Peter and the Sword of Mercy BAGNFAPM?
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | May 29, 2009 at 08:58 AM
Not even out for another 4½ months, and already it's 32% off. I think maybe Dave just likes dressing up like a pirate.
Posted by: oneblankspace | May 29, 2009 at 09:16 AM
The fabulous t-shirt notwithstanding (although I really have no idea what "notwithstanding" actually means), why on Earth would you go to a BBQ place in New York City? Sacrilege.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | May 29, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Happy Strumpeting, Dave & Ridley!
Posted by: Siouxie | May 29, 2009 at 09:21 AM
mayhap cspan's book tv will cover the fest... they advertised that some segments will be covered. hope yours is!
Posted by: queensbee | May 29, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Wildwood weed grew wild on the farm
We never knowed what it was called...
Posted by: ScottMGS | May 29, 2009 at 09:37 AM
He's worried about it breaking wind? If that hound lifts its leg we'll never hear from either of them again.
Posted by: Martinishark | May 29, 2009 at 09:49 AM
Please, trailer parks...New York? pfffft!
Posted by: snif | May 29, 2009 at 09:49 AM
Notwithstanding means had a few too many at Wildwood BBQ and Trailer Park,
Posted by: ron | May 29, 2009 at 09:50 AM
Have a good strumpeting!
Posted by: Margaritaville | May 29, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Why is there no image available in the ad?
Posted by: billinbossier | May 29, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I almost bought the one that said "Girls Gone Wildwood." You know, irony and all that.
Here's a pic of the trailer park t-shirt I saw.
Posted by: Jeff Tompkins | May 29, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Barbecue in New York? You bet! If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
Posted by: Lairbo | May 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Scott, mebe you otta post a geezer alert on that one.
Posted by: NotSherly, chewin on a weed | May 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM
If you're ever in my neck of the woods this is the place to eat Barbecue. I only live a few miles from here and I can smell the hickory smoke in the mornings. It's heavenly.
http://www.roadfood.com/Reviews/Overview.aspx?RefID=192
Sorry I don't know how to do the linkie thing.
Posted by: nursecindy | May 29, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Hey, Dave! Hope you have fun in my city :) If you need a recommendation for dinner, I'd be happy to take you some place (and put it on your expense account ;).
Posted by: Liz in the City | May 29, 2009 at 12:08 PM
You're not gonna let Robin Williams ruin this one too, are you?
Posted by: Steve Haller | May 29, 2009 at 02:02 PM
Having just looked over the "product description" of the new book on Amazon...I'm curious what Dave and Ridley were drinking/smoking when they conjured it up.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | May 29, 2009 at 02:57 PM
nursecindy's link. My folks live just a bit North of Hickory, and this is almost on the way from Charlotte Airport...
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | May 29, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Richard, next time stop and try them out. No kidding it is the best. They are closed on Mondays.
It's very old fashioned,in fact you feel like you've stepped back into a 40's or 50's diner when you go in. It was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on FoodNetwork. If you're coming that way during breakfast time go to the Shelby Cafe. It was also featured on the same show.
Posted by: nursecindy | May 29, 2009 at 08:50 PM
nursecindy, did you ever happen to try Melton's in Rocky Mount? It's been years since my last stop, but I hope it's still trucking. Man!
In NYC there was once, back in the mid-Jurassic, actually a fairly decent hickory-smoke BBQ joint somewhere like 24th and 8th Ave. Long gone, of course.
This Wildwoods thing Dave mentions is at Union Square, about two blocks from my old domicile. I have to say that, as much as I respect Dave, going to NYC to eat BBQ is like going to Rocky Mount to eat sushi or to Kansas City for the stone crab or to New Orleans for the moose steaks.
Posted by: whitebeach | May 29, 2009 at 11:49 PM