I'll come ! Buy my plane tickets of course...

Oops. "Plane tickets" was supposed to be in the list of things you need to bring.

Sorry. Pylorns

...I'll run it by the Wife.. we're only about 140 miles away... it would be a nice evening... that is, of course, if you're really serious..

TGD is out of town next weekend, so count me in!

I'd just love love love to drive down from CT to GA for the shindig! But, alas, I wont. But if yer ever in New England lemme know! We up here like to have Munuvian get-togethers.

Aww, shucks...sounds like a great time, but the trip from East Texas to Georgia would be a killer.......hmmm...maybe Pylorns could drive through and pick us up on the way..lol. Sounds like a plan to me...

Darn. You know what the worst thing is.... not the 4191 miles I have to travel to get there, not the jetlag and IDL disorientation I'd suffer but this ... I've already got a party on the 24th. Damn Damn Damn. I'll catch you at the next one!

Sure I'm serious, Eric! I never joke about grilling.

Destructions...er...directions sent to Eric & Trey. Hey, maybe this could be the Atlanta summer blogmeet...

I'll virtually show up,, which makes it easier for you to kasher a grill a get me some fish (during the 9 days we don't eat meat.) I'll bring make some red cabbage salad and bring it to the computer..

You just have to trust me that it taste great.

Oh, I am so jealous!! Jim and Trey in the same place at the same time! I dream of being able to meet two such amazingly rational minds. Damn the luck of living in Kansas City!!! Wish I could join you. Find a way to live blog this! Please?!!!?

I really hope we get live blogging of the event for those of us unable to attend.

I could actually be there. I'll be in a disguise though. See if you can work out which one is me.

mitzi, somehow i don't see myself making that big of a road trip just for some bbq. I mean we all know REAL bbq is in Texas.... not Georgia..

Them's fightin' words, Pylorns. Except that there isn't going to be any barbeque there. Hot dogs and burgers are grillin', not barbeque.

I hate to have to correct such an amateurish error out in public like this but we've got to stamp out such profanity with extreme prejudice; know what I mean?

Wait wait.. what type of grill is it?

A big-ass grill.

wait for it... a bbq grill...

How far is that from Washington?

I see we have a basic terminology problem here. It's only a barbeque when you have barbeque cooking. Burgers and dogs aren't barbeque. Pulled pork is barbeque. Ribs are barbeque. Chicken can be barbeque.

Barbeque is slow cooking with sauce. It takes an investment in time and faith. Time because it takes a while to cook. Faith because if you muff it after barbequing for 4 hours you are going to be praying to somebody when the hungry people start in on you.

I'm not doing barbeque for this party due to a lack of time and faith.

Oh, and I knew what Pylorns was asking: Do you have a macho charcoal grill, or a girlie-man propane grill?

Victor - From DC it's about 600 miles. 10 hours or so if you drive Southern. From Washington state it's 2400 miles, give or take.

I'm still willing to bet that grill has the word "bbq" somewhere on it.

bar·be·cue ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bärb-ky)
n.
A grill, pit, or outdoor fireplace for roasting meat.

A whole animal carcass or section thereof roasted or broiled over an open fire or on a spit.
A social gathering, usually held outdoors, at which food is cooked over an open flame.

tr.v. bar·be·cued, bar·be·cu·ing, bar·be·cues
To roast, broil, or grill (meat or seafood) over live coals or an open fire, often basting with a seasoned sauce.

(often but not always)

That's a Yankee definition. Remember I'm here in Georgia. In Georgia, barbeque means slow cooked pork with sauce. Only recently has chicken been even hesitantly accepted as barbeque.

ok i posted about this on my site.

Will you be sending a car for me? Please make sure the driver is cute and mute.
Oh, and only premium beer in the limo bar, please.

You two can argue. Everyone knows the best BBQ in the world is Australian. Everything else is just a pale imitation.

LeeAnn - I'm hurt that you would even feel the need to specify premium beer in the limo. Hurt to the core.

Did anybody else hear that? I could have sworn I heard some squeeky little voice talking about barbeque outside of the South. Weird...

Charcoal or propane, Jim?

(In other words, are you a man or a girlie-man?)

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me.

I will say this: For the first two years that I was in Georgia I was denied the use of charcoal. The only grill permitted at our apartment complex was the built-in natural gas one. For the past year I have been grilling on coals on a size challenged, oddly shaped, bought-at-Kroger grill. A couple weeks ago I got a free Coleman propane grill, size of monstrous, side burner, ceramic grates, etc. When cooking for 40-odd people size does matter.

I understand and agree with the apartment complex rules & regs concerning charcoal grills (I blogged about it last year, somewhere).

But it's obvious: Girlie-man. OTOH, at no money down and no monthly payment, I'd have taken it too.

Well it's not the first time that avarice has unmanned me. Remind me one day to tell you the story of The Reno Showgirl and the Unfortunate Bottle of Tequila.