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Limo is the way to go on Prom Night
M Sneed
Apr 26, 2008

Everywhere you looked Saturday, it was obvious it was Prom Day in Culpeper.
Note to self: Don’t go to get a haircut on prom day. I dropped in Fantastic Sams to get a clip and it was wall to wall with girls getting prom dos. They were good enough to work me in quickly, but it was so cool to see them and hear them talk about their plans.
I saw limos drop off wedding cake perfect couple at downtown restaurants and it brought back memories.
I should have taken a limo to the prom, too.
I had a wreck on the way to my prom.
Yep, it happened.
Dressed in a white tux that made me look like the Good Humor man, I started through an intersection on Peachtree Street in Atlanta with my date Amy Parrish in the passenger seat. A guy ran the light and hit my 1967 Buick in the fender.
Have you ever tried to survey accident damage in a tux? Not the ideal attire.
No blood, and no bad damage. They don’t make cars like that anymore. I didn’t even get grease on my monkey suit.
We made it through the night, had a great meal and got our picture taken. Isn’t that what it’s all about?
Memories….
MEAL DEAL: You find some of the best deals at yard sales and Saturday I found proof of that again.
After hitting four or five sales Saturday morning, I stopped in at an indoor sale on Sperryville Pike.
There were the yard sale usuals—computer gear, exercise equipment, nicknacks and clothes.
But there was something more. As good as the bargains were, Joyce Manning’s food was better.
Manning was cooking up fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, meat balls, green beans, potato salad and all kinds of cases, pies and cookies. For a few dollars, she dished up a dinner plate of a meat and two vegetables that would make your mouth water.
The chicken was moist and tender and the outside was crispy and made you want more. You can’t beat yard sales for unexpected treasures.