It’s late. The Yankees game is on in the other room. It’s fitting cause baseball night games are on my brain. I wanted them to be on my eyes (but didn’t really feel like watching on TV). April 28, 2010 is the 80th anniversary of organized baseball’s first night game.
Back in 1910 during a Western [...]
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Three-fer Friday: I Brake For…
Posted in Arkansas, Do, Eat and Drink, Oklahoma, See, Three-fer Friday on Apr 16th, 2010
A good road trip is as much about the stopping as the going and we all have our must-stops—for some people it’s diners, for some it’s a glorious view, for some it’s a state-line-sign photo op. And that’s the topic of today’s Three-fer.
Joining us is an underground hero and a Dallas celebrity, Bucks Burnett—record dealer; [...]
Three-fer Friday: That Was One Helluva Night In…
Posted in Do, Eat and Drink, Go, Listen, See, Three-fer Friday on Apr 9th, 2010
Whether it’s 5 a.m. or 5 p.m., I know what you’re thinking on this spring day: what kind of trouble can I go get into tonight? Well, maybe not trouble–but a bit of fun, right? I mean, seriously, it’s spring. You know you’re feeling sassy. In honor of getting into trouble, having fun, or just [...]
The Art of Trips to Come
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 [...]
Three-fer Friday: Every Picture Tells a Story
Posted in New York, Oklahoma, Read, See, Three-fer Friday on Apr 2nd, 2010
Reality is overrated, which is why both Jenna and I are avid readers of fiction. (And yeah, I write fiction, too. I have several novels in a filing cabinet where no one will ever see them. Publishing a novel is high on my bucket list.)
So for this week’s Three-fer, we decided to [...]
While complaints about the weather rank high on the list of things that make me want to pull my face off, I’m just an inch of rain away from releasing a rather feisty string of anti-weather words on the world. Rain has been a constant presence around here for weeks. Usually, really, I love the [...]
What’s Left Behind, Again
Posted in Alaska, California, Discuss, Do, Go, See on Mar 22nd, 2010
Write a blog for long enough and, at some point, your patterns will start to emerge. You’ll notice the themes you return to time and again, the grooves of the record that are worn deep. I have a thing for the abandoned and the dying: American ruins, Rolley-Hole Marbles, Presbyterians. Psychologists, really, hold your tongues. I [...]
Who says so? I do, and so does Stanley Marsh 3. Who’s he? You should know. Read more about him.
I won’t pretend the off-the-mountain moments topped the list of my memories from the trip. The standout event of my Ogden, Utah trip was, ski-gloved hands down, my long overdue return to board sports. Surgery for a shredded ACL, MCL, and meniscus can really mess with a girl’s head. So, Snowbird, I say hallelujah to [...]
One Of These Days … To Da Moon!
Posted in Discuss, Do, Eat and Drink, New Mexico, See on Mar 1st, 2010
I heard about plans for Spaceport America over dinner one night in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (at the very excellent Cafe Bella Luca). It’s the kind of thing you hear about and think, “Yeah, right … that will never happen. Well, smack my head and call me clueless … looks like it really [...]
