Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Buy, Do, Eat and Drink, Louisiana on Apr 12th, 2010
“Don’t look fiercely at people or talk loud and harshly but cultivate a smiling countenance and a quiet but firm tone of speech. — C.F. Lawlor, The Mixicologist, 1895
Indeed. Words for bartenders to live by. I found them at the super-swell Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans.
Getting to the museum is a slog, [...]
Posted in Buy, California, See on Apr 5th, 2010
It’s been a year since we discussed Amy Ruppel’s state bird art series. While I’m still still crazy about those birds*, the series is no longer the only place-based bunch I must must must have. Thanks to some Twitter back and forth with my pal April Paffrath–co-writer of the excellent Wicked Tasty Harvest–I have added another art [...]
Posted in Arizona, Buy, New York, Tennessee, Three-fer Friday on Feb 26th, 2010
All that glitters (or, as Shakespeare originally wrote in The Merchant of Venice, glisters) is not gold. But while Willie was going for a life lesson, here at Flyover America, all that glisters is not gold because it could be a shark tooth or a super shiny pebble or a crocheted necklace or, well, or [...]
We had a foot of snow in Dallas last week. A foot! Of snow! In Dallas! Texas!
Wintry enough for you?
Of course, it’s in the 60s here today and the snow is mostly a memory (except for cleaning up the extensive tree damage), but I feel for my friends in northern climes. While a big snow [...]
Posted in Alabama, Buy, Meet, Oklahoma, See, Tennessee, Three-fer Friday on Jan 29th, 2010
Looking at art is always nice. Well, usually. Spending time with an artist who created work you like or love? Well, that’s a treat beyond belief. Time slows down and speeds up and your synapses start firing off like crazy. Things just shift a little to the left. Here, some artists we’ve been lucky enough [...]
No, no .. she’s not dead or hunched over a toilet (as far as I know). She’s in Las Vegas (Viva!) and her laptop seems to have had too much fun … it’s gone nonfunctional, and writing a post for you in the hotel business just isn’t feasible. So until she is back home this [...]
Gift shops and grocery stores. When traveling, both are musts for me. The first cause, ok, I’m a trinket whore with a fierce shopping habit and the second cause I don’t think there’s any better place to find out how people live their daily lives.
But, Louisiana’s keen on The Trinity so it just makes sense [...]
Posted in Alaska, Buy, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Three-fer Friday, Wyoming on Dec 11th, 2009
We’re none of us immune to the pull of the gift shop. I’m a sucker for souvenirs, though I choose carefully. It’s a thin line between charming and cheesy. I don’t mind crossing it, but with care. So if you’re thinking about getting us a little something while you exit through the gift shop, today’s [...]
Posted in Buy, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming on Dec 8th, 2009
You still haven’t finished your shopping?* What am I going to do with you? Well, get to it. Here, handmade goods from or about or somehow just having to do with states from Montana on through to Wyoming. (Hankering for the AL to MO set? I got your back.)
Montana: Hmmm, I may need to read [...]
Posted in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Buy, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri on Dec 2nd, 2009
Rumor has it you need to buy a few gifts. So, while my usual path around the handmade paradise of Etsy.com is, oh, random, I figured I should take a more organized trip to help you out of your what to buy for… jam. So, here, some good gift items from around these here United [...]
