Shakin’ the Blue Flamingo …

by: Houston playwright Gwen Flager

Shakin’ the Blue Flamingo, Queensbury Theatre, Houston, TX – July 22, 2018

Edna’s Diner is closed for now. The prom – hailed a success by all in attendance – ended at midnight. Get some rest. I’ll come find you for our next big adventure.

Love, Gwen

Eatin’ at Edna’s

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I’ve been eatin’ at Edna’s for the last couple of months. I can recommend the fried pickles and meatloaf sandwich. But, I’d steer clear of her egg salad. Memories wash over me as decades old songs play on Edna’s jukebox. Feelings long forgotten surface. My emotions are pulled into unfamiliar, yet intoxicating places. I’m nineteen again, whistling down the Alabama coast roads, daring to be braver than I am. I boil the fresh blue crabs I pulled from the trap this morning. Got company coming for breakfast. I promised a crab omelet. Gramma...