Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Do, Go, Listen, Tennessee, Vermont on Aug 30th, 2010
Another change of plans: I was supposed to go the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia from Sept. 17-19, 2010 with my friend Margaret, who writes VisitSouth’s Nashville blog.
But now we can’t.
And you stand to benefit from both of us being totally bummed out about that. We’re giving away our tickets. Giving them [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Arizona, California, Eat and Drink, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Stay, Tennessee on Feb 17th, 2010
A funny thing happened on the way to my looking-back-on-luxury hotel list: I realized that, when it comes to luxury, it really takes something special for me to remember it. I love a plush king-size bed layered with high thread count sheets. I adore a soft and oversized bathrobe. I go ga ga over a [...]
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 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 [...]
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 Go, Meet, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, See, Tennessee, Texas, Three-fer Friday on Oct 30th, 2009
Boo!
Scare you? No? Well, we’ve got a few other tricks and travel treats bubbling away in this week’s Three-fer Friday cauldron. Here, some places and experiences that left us with chills (still multiplying). Happy Halloween!
We’re joined by one of our most frightening–and we mean that in a good way–friends. Hilary Davidson, a very nice and [...]
Posted in Alabama, Discuss, Do, Listen, Tennessee, Texas on Sep 25th, 2009
Met, shmet. Those fancy museum are fine, but Flyover Americans never met an oddball museum they didn’t love. So much so, we had trouble choosing among the gajillions we’ve visited.
Today’s threefer guest writer is our buddy Eva Holland, senior editor of World Hum, swell writer, cool chick, and ’60s soul junkie, which explains her detour [...]
Posted in Buy, Do, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee on Aug 28th, 2009
Is there any travel term as pejorative as “tourist trap”? It disses the attraction and it disses the doofuses (doofi?) who go there. Yeah, well, “tourist trap” is in the eyes of the beholder. We’d like to tell you about some places that others may scorn but we gladly allow to trap us.
The signs along [...]
