BARBECUE,PICTURE HATS AND COOL MINT JULEPS-My mom used to say that this is the print she sells most to the 'snowbirds', our friends from Iowa and Minnesota who come in the winter to play golf and eat our oysters and shrimp. Barbecue means different things to people from different parts of the country, but barbeque, in this print, refers to the Memphis definition, a sandwich on a hamburger bun overflowing with pulled barbeque pork and topped off with cold slaw and a sweet barbecue sauce. Picture hats were the topic of one of Mom's funny stories. Her mother's favorite picture hat was left on the bed in preparation for a function later one night when my mom was about 12 years old. My mom said she almost got in trouble on this occasion, for laughing when her mother discovered that the cat had licked all the color off the artificial grapes on her picture hat. Every time my mom told this story, I could hear a special chuckle of enjoyment in her voice. My mom and her mom had a difficult relationship and telling this story would bring a secret little smile of satisfaction to my mom's face, even at age 94. I don't think my mom ever had a mint julep,or knew much about them, but Barbeque, Picture Hats and Mint Juleps as a title, does have a ring to it.PLEASE FORGIVE THE POOR PICTURE. A REPLACEMENT IS ON THE WAY.
