I knew that it would come to this.

When I inquired with the city of Grapevine (Texas) about the status of the deal being worked out with Salt Lick Barbecue, they told me that Salt Lick was still in negotiations and a deal may eventually be worked out.

That was two years ago.

After Salt Lick had promised to build a location in Grapevine on a very fine piece of land that would have doubled its Driftwood capacity, I got the news from a Salt Lick...

As I mentioned in my previous chickenscratch (tailor-made for computers, of course ), your writer mentioned Round Rock and Austin. Well, yes, I had decided to take a brief road trip.

On the 4th of July, no less.

I had to resort to a local classical radio station if I wanted to get my fix of patriotic music; otherwise, I'd have had to hum it. The Arlington 4th of July Parade had been cancelled due to a recent spike in COVID cases in Tarrant County,...