FIrst meal - Conley's Creek, Whittier, NC

My experience at the Persimmon Grille was quite pleasant, but what's not to like about sharing a meal with friends? I had fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. They were fried, but they weren't green. Instead they were kind of a yellow-red, kind of like a "stripey" tomato. Regardless they were good, especially with horseradish sauce and large thick slices of 'mater. As we ate I ran into an old friend who was sitting at the bar which was small but looked inviting. The grill is set on the Smokey Mountain golf course, so the windows allow for great views. But, getting back to supper - I ordered the chicken marsala, a nice brown-mushroom sauce that complimented the grilled chicken breast along with those fancy french green beans was quite tasty! But what really made the meal was the laughter and stories of friends Susan and Pam. Susan's husband Greg wasn't with us, so we took liberties at his expense of course, to talk about him and a trip he was taking to his homeland in Oklahoma.  He thought he was heading for a wedding, but we found out he might instead be heading to a funeral.  We just knew he had a biiiigggg surprise coming his way! Aren't families great sources of amusement - and grief - and fun - and pain - and joy - and anger - and...well, you know?