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I am in the process of trying to plan an often semi-annual trip to visit family scattered across part of the Eastern United States. As I was thinking about past trips and places we stopped, I realized there were some places that I had planned to share, but had failed to do in the midst […]
I read that this past weekend was the West Virginia Hot Dog Festival in Huntington, West Virginia. So, I thought it was a great time to talk about one of Huntington’s iconic places to buy a hot dog and a root beer, Frostop Drive-In. Frostop Drive-Ins have been around since the 1920’s. Their number peaked […]
Iconic foods and beverages of the South in the United States includes fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and sweet tea. I had all three for lunch at Public House in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They were all delicious. In fact, two Southern staples were used in just one item; the fried chicken had been brined in sweet […]
Champy’s Chicken on MLK in Chattanooga is a restaurant known for, you guessed it, its Fried Chicken. Despite rave reviews from friends, I never ate at Champy’s until about a year ago. By the time I finally tried Champy’s it already had multiple locations including a couple in Alabama and one in Georgia. It is now […]
I have been open about how little I thought of the food scene in Washington, D.C. especially in the early 1980’s. Nothing brought home how much things had changed than my last trip to D.C. when I stayed at the same hotel as I did in 1984 on my first trip to D.C. Then, I […]
Have you ever been so far behind you thought you were ahead? Well, that is the best description of me right now. I am so far behind on blog posts that I am embarrassed. However, I am going to do my best to get caught up..starting in the Atlanta area (a few months ago). One […]
Whenever we travel to tourist hot spots, we try and go to as many off-the-beaten path, local restaurants as we can when we eat out. The Disney area of Orlando, Florida is definitely one of those tourist destinations that had us going off the tourist beaten path looking for a Mom and Pop type spot. Thai […]
&Pizza was on my list of places I wanted to try when we visited Washington, D.C. I did not really make an actual plan to go there though. Although I always have used a combination of the Metro and walking to get around D.C., this trip I actually paid (if you know me you know that […]
Maysville is a picturesque town located along the Ohio River in Kentucky. It is probably best known as the hometown of the Clooneys due to the international celebrity of Rosemary and George. It is also known for its transparent pies and tarts. In fact, it appears that Maysville is the epicenter of transparent pies and […]
Our trip to Lincoln’s Waffle Shop may not have happened had it not been for the fire alarm going off at Ford’s Theater…we were running late and just arrived in time for our 10 a.m. tour only to find we could not go in. Thus, we headed across the street to the unassuming looking restaurant […]
