Tayari and the Two Nichelles, originally uploaded by kleopatrjones.

Since last Thursday, it’s been a busy week with a short respite at Martha’s Vineyard. Last Thursday, I went over to Housing Works where there was a special Southern Lit with ZZ Packer. I didn’t meet ZZ, but I did see the Other Nichelle, Author Tayari Jones (Untelling, Leaving Atlanta). It was good to see Marcy Dermansky (Twins) and her husband Jurgen was there, who I haven’t seen in over a year. Later that night, I went to Leo’s very Tumbly  birthday party. Tuesday at the Tech Meetup, Hermann told me that reads my tweets and vacations in Oak Bluffs. Wednesday, I ran into Laena at Little Branch, and tonight (Thursday) I met Lisa of Tasty Lacy at a birthday party for a publicist. Whew!

Pulled Pork Dinner, originally uploaded by nichellest.

While riding around Vineyard Haven on Saturday, RKB spotted a sign outside a Baptist church that advertised a pulled pork dinner for $12 from 5-7PM. So after an afternoon nap, the four of us (Rachel, her grandmother, Twanna and I) went over to the church around 6:30PM. There was plenty of food left, and we snagged four seats at the end of the table. Teenagers serve us lemonade with our delicious dinner of pulled pork, cole slaw and sweet potato fries. Rachel took pictures of cupcakes, but I had a nice slice of pecan pie. It was delicious! Who would have thought that the best Southern meal I have had outside of Atlanta this summer would be in New England?

Rachel, Twanna & Nichelle, originally uploaded by funkybrownchick.

Rachel invited Twanna and me to spend the weekend at her grandmother’s beach house in Martha’s Vineyard. Martha’s Vineyard is one of my favorite places ever, so I am happy to be here. Saturday, we posed for some crazy pictures in a sculpture garden, and made a new friend.:) Check out FunkyBrownChick’s  flickr set of our lovely and lazy Labor Day weekend.