Mount Airy, North Carolina

Tuesday July 28, 2009

Mount Airy is the childhood home of Andy Griffith. And, if you are a US Citizen, you know Andy as the sheriff of Mayberry – the quintessential television small town of 50’s. If you are not a US citizen and want to become one, be sure to study up on this important facet of Americana. It will be on the test.
Mount Airy is pretty much like any other small town in North Carolina except that downtown is a dedication to a television show. The whistling theme song meanders forth from stores hawking Mayberry merchandise, Don Knott’s face peers out from windows and sneers at you as he loads his gun with his one bullet.

We had lunch at the Snappy Lunch counter whose tenuous claim to fame is a single mention on a single show. That and the fact that Andy Griffith would have eaten there when he was a kid. This is one of the few places where Mary-Jeanine completely lets her nutritional guard down. Eggs, Biscuit, and Gravy. Mmmmmmm.