Who knows Southern?

Well, the past week has been usual. I was in and out of the office and back and forth from North Scottsdale (a 25 minute commute) to Shawn's place passing by the beautiful Camelback Mountian both ways. Shawn and I have been, as he calls it, "roomies" and have exemplified that by doing some running together and eating healthy meals together. Marie came in for two nights and I was demoted, as Shawn calls it, to "R3" or "roomie 3."

As for my project, I attended the Leadership Through Action class again on Tuesday, E-mailed all of the former Tillman Scholars on Wednesday and already set up 11 interviews with those who replied. I am still designing my assessment tools but will have that done soon and will start interviews at the end of next week.

Now, the purpose of this post is to answer the question of the title: Who knows Southern? The answer is Lo-Lo. Last night I met up with Liz G (who I couch surfed with on my second night) and her friends and headed down to south Phoenix. After a short search through a dark neighborhood, there it was - Lo-Lo's Fried Chicken and Waffles.



The group I was with are all from the valley (what they call this entire Phoenix Metro area) and kept commenting on the "health" issues that come with grubbing at a place like Lo-Lo's. They only plan to go there once every two or three months - this is the type of food I ate every Tuesday with Zachary at Your Mama's Good Food. When we got there and ordered some sugarlicious Kool-Aid I gulped it down and got right into ordering the SoulFood Platter with a piece of fried catfish (okay), a piece of fried chicken (down right delicious), some cheese grits (great), a piece of cornbread (sweet) and some mac and cheese (amazing). If you'd like to see what a plate looks like just go here - http://www.loloschickenandwaffles.com/index.php. After finishing up this plate and trying some of Liz's waffle, I got a refill with sweet tea and let the food settle.

Needless to say, Lo-Lo knows Southern.