When I started on faculty at Wake Forest University in 2001, one of the first advising appointments I had was with an undergraduate student named Byron Hoover. We had a great conversation about the field of education and the choice to be made about making it his major. Byron entered our teacher education program and went on to perform most impressively in his student teaching internship with Leslie Martin. After graduation, he took a position at Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Northwest School of the Arts. Now he and his wife Laura live in Fredericksburg, VA, with their two boys Noah and Jonah. He teaches and she is a guidance counselor in Stafford County, VA.
Last night's dinner was by demand: Byron had seen pictures and read commentary about the Roediger House's iconic burger:
peanut butter bacon burgers. This is their fourth appearance here since my first "go" at them last
November (and
most recently a couple of weeks ago), and I was more than happy to accede to Byron's request that he be able to sample them when he was in town this weekend for a friend's wedding.
So that was our grub last night, with chipotle sweet potato fries alongside. Byron's take: "I'd say burgers with peanut butter and bacon is better than jelly bacon burgers."
Don't tempt me.
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