My family did without me this weekend. I took off Thursday afternoon for a time of decadent retreat (notice I'm not saying relaxing!) with a terrific crew of people called the Sweet Potato Queens. Jackson, Mississippi, didn't know what to think when we arrived and began playing and partying at the Hilton on County Line or in the awesome neighborhood of Fondren, a friendly area going through a renaissance. We shopped, we danced, we dressed in crazy costumes. We even made some great friends as we called ourselves the "Prim and Improper Queens". My favorite moment of the weekend? When my new friend, Lil Jen, won the Big A-- Crown in the raffle. She was absolutely fabulous being crowned by THE Sweet Potato Queen herself, Jill Connor Brown. Well, that and finding two new drinks, one at Babalu and the other at Sal and Mookie's, that will knock your socks off they're so tasty!!
If you haven't ever heard of this, bless your heart. You are now assigned homework. Download, purchase, borrow (I really don't care how you get it) the Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love. It's the first one she wrote, and it gives the basis of my reasons for wearing a crown throughout the year, not just one weekend in March. Why do I wear a crown? Easy. I don't need an official pageant organization to tell me I am awesome. I already know it. (Modesty isn't one of my strong suits!) I love ME, jiggly rotund belly and all. I truly believe that if more women put on crowns every once in a while, we'd rarely have incidences of domestic violence because those women just wouldn't put up with the crap.
Next year, after you've read at least one of the books, how about turning off your Mommy switch and join me and about 500 of my closest friends as we kick up our heels and try out some new dance steps as we celebrate our uniqueness as the Bouffants rock out on the Big Hair Ball stage! (Hint Hint, Jill! We want them back at the Hilton!!) You might even try out some Habanero Tequila Lil Jen serves up in the Cantina!
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