Welcome to the Parrot

3/30 - Noticed Motorcycles Control Room sign at one of the stations. It should have read Train Control or Station Control or something. Something got lost in the translation. Marat "liberated" for me. Went to the Parrot for dinner. Nice place. The guy I took for the owner is actually the head chef or as his card says, "Food & Beverage Director". Mike Dority is his name. Originally from NC but lived in TX and Alaska as well. He's having a pig roast on Friday night. I can't wait. I asked the only obvious question "Carolina or Texas style?" (Those are 2 of the 4 major BBQ styles in the U.S. for you uninitiated.) He laughed and explained it to me something like this. When he first did a pig roast about 6-8 months ago, he went on the web to do some research. He took some ideas from the Cubans and some from the Alabama rednecks. He calls it a Cuban Redneck Chinese pig roast. I'm salivating already.