Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Discuss, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Watch on Feb 3rd, 2010
Throw out your TV! Cancel your Netflix subscription! Crush the Victrola! There are two gopher brothers in a van and they’re digging America because they can–and they will fulfill all your entertainment needs. While driving cross-country, Wilson and Ditch sing–both in their eco-fuel powered VW Camper Van and at stops like the Grand Ole [...]
Posted in Do, New York, Pennsylvania, See on Dec 21st, 2009
On Saturday, my friend Cathy posted on Facebook this photo of her Pennsylvania neighborhood.
This is what it looked like in my Texas neighborhood. The temperature was about 55 degrees.
I’d rather be where Cathy is.
Golly, her photo made me homesick for the East Coast. It stirred in me a deep pang of recollection of hunkering down [...]
Posted in Do, Go, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, See, Three-fer Friday on Dec 18th, 2009
Home for the holidays? After that’s all wrapped up, how about decompressing with a trip through one of our favorite historic houses? Though some people believe I’ll go to hell for this, you might even want to play one of my favorite historic house tour games: What’s that? Just pick some random item in a [...]
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 Illinois, Meet, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin on Nov 24th, 2009
Some days, it feels like we’re all overthinking travel. So, with my nieces in town for Thanksgiving, I decided to get nine-year-old S.’s fresher-than-most (in several different yet usually charming ways) and back-to-basics take on travel in the U.S. Her sister, six-year-old J., was kind enough to contribute the artwork. She was paid in pretzels.
So, [...]
