Tuskegee is home to Tuskegee University, started by Booker T. Washington in 1881 to lift ''the veil of ignorance'' from freed blacks and the site of George Washington Carver's research to develop new products from peanuts. Mr. Miller says. Montgomery is 163 miles southwest of Atlanta and 88 miles south of Birmingham. Interstate 65, a major route between the Midwest and Gulf Coast beaches, brings many tourists to the city, as does Interstate 85 from Atlanta. Most major motel chains, including Ramada, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn, Hampton Inn, Quality Inn, Best Suites, Best Western and LaQuinta, have facilities at the intersection of Interstate 85 and East Boulevard, which is near the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.
Every capital city has restaurants where the legislators and lobbyists hang out.
Near the eatery at 1051 East Fairview Ave. are other restaurants, plus bars with live music. Both are intimate restaurants that take reservations. It's Halloween night in Montgomery. Fog creeps up from the Alabama River and encircles a tall white tombstone. For Tanner Broughton of Birmingham and Jeremy Gossett of Pell City, Ala., the wait on this eerie night is worth it.