[cherry]

but it was nice while it lasted to think that among the black population there was this nice,warm, kind grandmotherly figure who provided for her family with loving tenderness....

I mean, what race wants THAT kind of description anyway...

[Jamestown1630]

I heard Virginia Ali, the owner of Ben’s Chili Bowl (a beloved longtime institution in DC) on the radio this morning.

She’s a gracious and very thoughtful lady; and is one of the very few old folks who still speak with my Grandmother’s same Virginia accent. I loved listening to her.

https://www.halfsmokes.com/collections/bens-specialty-food-items/products/virginias-favorite-banana-pudding