What’s king in your neighborhood?

Auntie KiKi here from Duffy Brown’s Consignment Shop mysteries. 

We all love summer, no doubt about it but now it’s fall and things are changing big. Fact is, they’re getting downright weird and with me living in Savannah all my life I hardly notice. It’s sort of like when you were a kid you didn’t know how quirky your family was until you started going to sleepovers at friends’ houses and saw how “normal” they are.

That’s what’s happening in Savannah right now. After the Chick-fil-A Football Kickoffs things happen here on Saturdays that just don’t take place at other times of the year, or in other parts of the country. Oh there are still golf crazies out there hitting those little white balls all over the place but even they take time off for king football and here’s how you know…

 

1. It’s a cliché, but it’s true: The malls and shopping centers are vacant. And there’s no traffic on Abercorn for a change.

2. The few folks who are out shopping (who aren’t Yankees) are wearing team colors and logos. And they’re driving cars with flags and magnets.

3. The chip aisle of Krogers and Winn Dixie are reminiscent of the bread aisle during a January snow threat.

4. Churches and country clubs are shuttered and quiet: no Saturday weddings this time of year. If an enthusiastic bride dares to break this code of conduct, she risks reducing not only her guest list by at least half—but the bridal party as well.

5. 10 a.m. liquor store lines are as long as the ones at Wal-Mart on Black Friday.

6. Every third house in any given neighborhood has a TV on the porch. And there’s at least one projection screen on a block.

7. It’s not unusual to smell barbecue at 7 a.m.

8. You can watch college football while getting a mani-pedi. At a salon. In a fancy neighborhood.

9. It’s easy to get a reservation at the most popular restaurants—and even the finest ones have a TV in the bar.

10. If you don’t want to be labeled a foreigner (or worse, a Big 10 fan), for heaven’s sake don’t EVER ask who’s playing!

So that’s the fall news from here in Savannah where all the men drink bourbon, the women have big hair and the kids say yes ma’am and yes sir if they know what’s good for ‘em.

So what’s going on in your neck of the woods? I’ll giveaway on of my new Lethal In Old Lace totes from the answers. 

Hugs from Auntie KiKi