Lee's Faves

  • Baseball Team

  • Bookstore

    • Iowa Local -- Prairie Lights (Iowa City)

    • National Chain

      But a close second is:

    • Cyber Bookstore

      Amazon

    • A Great One if You are in Denver

      Tattered Cover

  • Cities

    • USA -- San Antonio, TX
    • Iowa -- Iowa City
    • Artsy- craftsy -- Galena, IL
    • On the Great Lakes -- Grand Marais, MN

  • Color

    Composers

    • Classical -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Country-Western -- Hank Williams

  • Computer

    • Desktop -- Micron Millenia Pro 200
    • Laptop -- Toshiba Libretto

  • Cowboy Movie Stars

    • Actor -- Roy Rogers
    • Character Actor -- Gabby Hayes
    • Jeep -- Nellybelle
    • Horse -- Trigger

  • Day of Week

    Saturday

  • Food

    • Bagel -- Bruegger's Cinnamon-Raisin
    • Cake -- Italian Cream Cake
    • Dessert -- Bananas Foster
    • Candy Bar -- Butterfinger
    • Mexican Dish -- Enchilada Dinner with Rice and Beans
    • Pie -- German Chocolate, Cocoanut Cream

  • Football Team

  • Historic Site

    • Ancient Structure -- Stonehenge
    • Civil War Battlefield -- Gettysburg
    • Fortification -- Alamo
    • Home -- Mount Vernon

  • Magazines

    • Regional

  • Marx Brother

    Groucho

  • Movie

    • Recent -- "Fargo"
    • War -- "Twelve O'Clock High", "Patton"
    • Western -- "High Noon"

  • Museums

    • Art -- Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    • Aviation -- Smithsonian Air and Space, Air Force Museum (Dayton, OH) (tie)
    • History - Smithsonian Museum of History and Technogy

  • Musical Genre

    Western Swing

  • Natural Wonder

    • Cavern -- Carlsbad Caverns
    • Waterfall -- Niagara Falls

  • Newspaper

  • Pet

    Cat

  • Pocket Knife

    Small Swiss Army knife (absolutely indispensable!)

  • Precipitation

    Rain

  • Restaurant

    • Barbecue -- Swinging Door (Richmond, TX), Hammonds (Glen Rose, TX)
    • Hamburger -- Chili's, Fuddruckers
    • Pie -- Marie Callendars (mainly California)
    • Pork Tenderloin -- Joensy's (Solon, IA)
    • Small Town Cafe -- Bluebonnet (Marble Falls, TX), Koffee Kupp (Hico, TX)
    • Tex-Mex -- Tres Amigos, Austin, TX

  • Season

    Spring

  • Singers

    • Contemporary Country Male Singer -- Alan Jackson, George Strait (tie)
    • Contemporary Country Female Singer -- Patty Loveless
    • Alternative Country Singer -- Junior Brown
    • Classic Country Male Singer -- Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell (tie)
    • Classic Country Female -- Kitty Wells
    • Pioneering Country Male Singer -- Jimmie Rodgers
    • Most Influential Singer You Never Heard Of -- Emmett Miller
    • Country Bluesman -- Blind Lemon Jefferson
    • Modern Guitarist -- Junior Brown
    • Classic Country -- Merle Travis (tie)
    • Jazz Guitarist -- Django Reinhart
    • Unclassifiable Singer -- Leon Redbone
    • Elvis Album -- "Sun Sessions"

  • Songs

    • Country -- "Lovesick Blues" recorded by Emmett Miller and Hank Williams
    • Pop Song That Became a Rock and Roll Song -- "I Remember You" recorded by Frank Ifield

  • Vehicle

    Jeep Wrangler

  • Writers

MLM: January 11, 1998