First Methodist Church in Hurst, TX has a book group! Who knew? And, despite a few of the... shall We say... questionable words in QUEEN OF THE ROAD, these ladies of impeccable taste, decided to discuss it, anyway.

Although they didn't drink martinis (it was in the early afternoon, people - give them a break), I think this group has the right idea: Meet at a fabulous restaurant first (no wonder they call themselves, "Food for Thought") then return to a church meeting room to discuss the book. When the food is Tai and the book is QUEEN OF THE ROAD, how could they go wrong?

Some of the ladies apparently thought the food a bit spicy. As the book group leader said, "I should have told them about your website!" (Speaking of which: Do you know - well, how could you, I'm only revealing this now - that my local AAA chapter declined to recommend or otherwise promote QUEEN because we went to a nudist RV park AND because I had martini recipes in the book. They didn't want to promote drinking and driving - or driving naked, I suppose. I really must cancel my membership.)

So, thank you, Clara, Lorraine, Nancy, Sarah, Phyllis, Carrie, Nancy, Roseann, Bobbie, Barbara, Clarita and Peggy (and especially to Nancy Nelson for setting this up). I would wonder if your questions were so thoughtful precisely because yours is a pre-happy hour book group. But frankly, I have no desire to be thoughtful enought to ponder the implications of that.

What I have pondered and decided is, next time I'm in Hurst, Tai is on me, ladies!