Meat Raffle

"When the meat raffle isn't any good, you know the town is going downhill."

The waitress at our cabin's dive bar might be on to something. Maybe Obama should hire her to drive around the country, assessing the economic health of American cities. Just a thought.

And in case you aren't familiar with this cultural experience, here's Wikipedia's definition of a meat raffle: A tradition of raffling off meat, often in pubs and bars, common in Britain, Australia, in the USA in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in Western Canada. Love that they specifically cite MN. We're so special.