10. Huntsville has quite a large population of engineers and the airport there is like a NASA gift shop.
9. Birmingham has a beautiful landscape of rolling hills and green ivy.
8. Sweet tea is far too sweet for me.
7. Southern wedding receptions don't require assigned seating (yay!).
6. I'm not the only one who has noticed Luke's ability to consume HALF HIS BODY WEIGHT in food. Sounds like this is something he adopted back in the military.
5. On average, about half of the people you meet in the South actually go by their middle names.
4. Little old ladies with their hair set in rollers really do say, "Well, bless his heart."
3. There really is a Red Hat Society. They hold their meetings at Alexa's Cafe on Calvert Street in Birmingham. They really wear red hats.
2. Barbecue is heaven.
And the number one thing I learned while in Alabama last weekend:
1. Luke looks really cute in a tux. :)
Do the Red Hat Ladies where red boas too? Because if they do, I'm so joining when I get old.
ReplyDeleteNo - they wear purple boas. Not kidding.
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