Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in Three-fer Friday on Mar 5th, 2010
We are not breakfast skippers here at Flyover America. No indeed, we are more than happy to start our days with a big platter of deliciousness in front of us, chugging as many cups of coffee as the waitress will allow before she starts giving us the stinkeye.
Not only that, but because food has no [...]
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 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, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Meet, Three-fer Friday, Utah, Vermont on Oct 16th, 2009
We’re animal people. It’s that simple. So, even when our trips don’t include horseback riding or dog mushing or some other animal-centered activity, we’re on the lookout for four footers (and monkeys, snakes, and a dolphin or two). Here, some critters that dazzled us along the way.
Joining us for this Three-fer Friday is writer Genevieve [...]
Posted in Eat and Drink, Vermont on Apr 8th, 2009
While diners, taquerias, clam shacks, bbq shacks and waffle houses are the unofficial official dining establishments of Flyover America, IHOP deserves an honorable mention. There’s something to be said for the easy comfort of knowing exactly what you’re going to get and, Starbucks aside, no chain does it better than IHOP. It’s a nice thing [...]
