From the Passenger Seat: Richmond

After eating great BBQ, we headed out to see the rest of the city. We walked through the fan district to view the great monuments erected to the leading Confederate leaders; Davis, Lee, Jackson and Stuart. It was great to see that the city has not hung its head in shame, but rather embraced the daring leaders who defied the Union army.

Afterwards we went to the Confederacy White House where Jefferson Davis resided. One of the interesting stories to come out of our tour was the "Starvation Parties" that use to take place in the House. Instead of a full feast like most wealthy politicians will have even during the hardest of times, The Davis' threw what was called "Starvation Parties" to show they sympathized with the southern soldiers. During the parties they offered mutton and capers, and for refreshments they had water drawn from the James River.

Can you imagine President Bush serving MRE's (Meals ready to eat) to dinner guest in support of our troops, or President elect Obama serving spam to all his Hollywood friends to embrace the middle class who are struggling during this bad economy? Yeah, me neither.

Afterwards we walked around the Shockoe District trying to find a bar and relax. There we found some friendly teenagers who told us of a rockin' club and offered to share with us their Vodka, they had poured into a soft drink cup. We politely said thanks, but no (see my palin reference there ;0)). After awhile of walking cobbled streets we found a nice little place where we could smoke our cigars and have a Guinness.

Overall, Richmond was way a great city to visit, like most of the cities we stopped in, I only wished I had more time to walk around.