Historic Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico
With a classic highway commercial strip that’s changed little since the heyday of historic Route 66, travelers on the Mother Road will feel right at home in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Tag: food and dining
Lunch at Page Springs Cellars Vineyard and Winery, Arizona
While it may be a surprise to many, Arizona has a number of wineries. Among them is Page Spring Cellars in the Verde Valley wine region north of Phoenix. Wining and dining at Page Springs Read More …
Lovely Landsort, Öja Island, Sweden
The Stockholm Archipelago includes more than 25,000 islands and islets along the Swedish coast. All of them seem a world away from Stockholm. And, while many are only a quick ferry ride from the city, Read More …
Arizona’s Verde Valley wine region
The Verde Valley has long been loved by the hikers and new age seekers that flock to Sedona, as well as the weekend day-trippers that stream into antiques-filled Jerome, Now it is beginning to draw Read More …
Chasing summer in International Falls, Minnesota
International Falls, Minnesota, is probably best known for its winter weather. After all, Frostbite Falls is also famous for being the Icebox of the Nation! But all that focus on winter obscures the fact that Read More …
An introduction to Arizona wines at Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery
The fact that Arizona has a wine industry was news to us when we first stumbled across Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery in 2016. Tasting the wines at Javelina Leap Vineyard and Winery Javelina Leap Read More …
An introduction to Strängnäs, Sweden
While Stockholm is the largest and most well-known of the towns linked together by Sweden’s Lake Mälaren, travelers would be wise to journey farther along the lake to discover its smaller and less-famous gems. The Read More …
Late lunch at the Milwaukee Public Market
Lunchtime at the Milwaukee Public Market Arriving in Milwaukee on a rainy afternoon, we knew exactly where to head for a late lunch: the Milwaukee Public Market. Located downtown in the city’s historic Third Ward, Read More …
Fabulous Fika at Café Grassagården, Strängnäs, Sweden
Once upon a time, beginning 500 years ago or so, castles in Sweden were surrounded by farms that produced the food needed for the inhabitants of the castle and for trade with other castles. Throughout Read More …
A brief tour of historic Gruene, Texas
The penultimate stop on our Texas Hill Country tour last year was the historic little town of Gruene, Texas. Settled in 1840, the town grew up around and in conjunction with the very successful cotton Read More …
Sampling the goods at Artichoke Pizza, NYC
While we were in New York City last September, we took walking tours of both Greenwich Village and the Chelsea/Meatpacking District/High Line area. On both walks our guides pointed out where we could get “the Read More …
Stepping into General George Washington’s NYC
Wandering the streets below Manhattan’s gleaming towers, it’s easy to believe that the city George Washington knew – the city that served (briefly) as the capitol of a fledgling nation – no longer exists. However, Read More …
Lunch at Ben Thanh Market, Saigon
Our guide in Saigon is a big fan of rolled steamed rice pancakes (Banh Cuon) and swears the best ones can be found at a specific stall in Ben Thanh Market. The fun thing about Read More …
Smoked fish market, Laos
The Nam Ngum dam is a big deal in Laos, as it produces most of the electricity used in the country and the flooded landscape has become a vast fishery. While our guide wasn’t inclined Read More …
Comfort, Texas, is closed today
Texas Hill Country is littered with historic towns of varying degrees of charm. A few of these (Fredericksburg and Gruene, among them) have become major tourist attractions – places where their considerable charm is diminished Read More …
State Fair teaser
Notice to the world beyond Minnesota: The Minnesota State Fair is happening right now and it is the place to be, especially on the midway after dark. But that’s tomorrow’s post . . . . Read More …
Cooper’s BBQ, Llano, Texas
Back in Minnesota after a spring visit to Hill Country, we were telling my mother about our trip. As with any discussion about Texas, BBQ came up. We told my mother that we had eaten Read More …
Get Off the Grid for great BBQ, St. Thomas USVI
Looking for lunch on St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands? Head to Sapphire Beach, but skip the beach. (Or save the beach for later.) Instead, head up to the lookout above the beach. There Read More …
Happy Hour below the Seven Mile Bridges, Florida
The Florida Keys are linked by series of bridges, the longest of which is the Seven Mile Bridge between Vaca Key (Marathon) and Little Duck Key. There are actually two Seven Mile bridges, a modern Read More …
Antiques and More at Annabella’s, Bovey, Minnesota
Bovey, Minnesota, was once a booming mine town . . . or a teeming den of iniquity filled with bars and questionable hotels. Or both. It all depends on your perspective. A bit of Bovey Read More …
Lunch not too far from the beach in Akumal, Mexico
Driving from Cancun along Mexico’s Caribbean Coast isn’t difficult, but it isn’t very interesting either. It’s a modern highway with almost no development right along the road itself, leaving scrubby jungle and what seems like Read More …
Lunch on the Cliff in Tulum, Mexico
The patio at the restaurant at Zamas (where we are staying in Tulum) is lovely, but it offers a very limited view of the ocean due to the large rock cliff behind it. It does, Read More …
Pizza Shovel 14 at Microdwelling 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona
What’s the most unusual pizza place you’ve ever visited? Last year’s Microdwelling exhibit featured the most unusual pizza place I’ve ever visited: A repurposed Bay-City steam shovel from the early 1920s. I would never see Read More …
Bravo at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Like many major museums, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers several dining options – the best (and most expensive) of which is Bravo, the museum’s fine-dining restaurant where a menu of interesting, elegant, and delicious Read More …