We showed up at Paula Deen's restaurant, The Lady and Sons, around 9:30 am and discovered that there was already a line of people that went to the end of the block. We decided to wait to be put on the seating list and it was well worth it. The food was incredible. We both had the buffet because we wanted to eat everything, and eat everything we did.
After we had stuffed ourselves full of fried chicken, mac and cheese, and other southern specialties, we fought off a food coma and got back on the road. We drove north through the Appalachian Mountains and finally arrived at our next stop- Pittsburgh. We had to take a few detours because of road construction and got a little bit lost in the suburbs south of Pittsburgh, but eventually we found ourselves on top of a hill with the lights of the bridges and skyscrapers gleaming down below. My first views of Pittsburgh were very impressive. I wish I had taken a picture, but after 12 hours of driving and being lost I just wanted to get to the hotel and go to bed. The next day we rode the Monongahela Incline- a tram that has been transporting people to the top of Mt. Washington since 1870. It was fun and the view from the top was nearly as impressive during the day as it had been the night before.
On top of Mt. Washington we found a barber shop/tattoo parlor and Napoleon decided to get his hair cut. It was a one of a kind place- tattoo parlor in the front, barber shop in the back, and an alligator in an aquarium to top it all off. While I was sitting there waiting for Napoleon, I kept thinking that something seemed a little off about the place. Then I realized that we were listening to elevator music. It was so weird. There was an alligator in a tank ten feet away from me and tattoo art on the walls around me and Kenny G was being pumped through the speakers.
Napoleon did get a very good haircut though.
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