Another rare double post--a park, a casino and a review of The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint!

Our primary mission this morning was a scouting mission to the The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint. They have been written up on the Food Network and won numerous awards for their BBQ.  They also are known for their weekend blues bands--so we wanted to see if they are worth a Saturday night trip.

Well!  The story goes that the Shed was started by dumpster-diving Brad Orrison--a trash collector and lover of BBQ. He decided to build a BBQ joint out of all the trash he had collected.  Family members were impressed and joined in the venture--developing award-winning BBQ and adding the stage and music as time went on.

We found the place, though we were a bit tentative walking in the front door.

It turns out that the Shed is actually a real shed (expanded a zillion times, for sure). It is built out of real junk and trash--not faux decorations like in some national restaurant chains. This is slap-your-knee-by-gosh-and-golly....junk!

We sat at the bar for lunch, got the pulled pork (a "speciality") and were wowed. The beans are great and the coleslaw is too.  That's as far as we got. Our server, Sara, told us that this Saturday a blues/funk band called Fort Bayou Slim would be playing--and said thay are consistently great. When I asked about reservations, she looked amused. Silly me to think that the Shed would have reservations! We'll plan to be there when the band starts at 7.

We also stopped in at the IP Casino in Biloxi and won a very nice jackpot.  We had forgotten about the banks of keno and video poker machines on the second floor.

A couple of days ago (in balmier weather) Bud was walking Maggie and ran into some other dog owners out for a stroll.  They recommended a park just a block away--it's not a dog park, per se, but is fenced and has lovely sitting areas and even a tennis court.  We took Maggie there for some serious play--all based on chasing her favorite green ball, weird-looking though it is.

Go Maggie!