Two Writers, 50 States, Endless Stories
Posted in California, Do, Eat and Drink, Hawaii, Wisconsin on May 14th, 2010
Sometimes, you gotta do stuff. Stuff other people want to do. Stuff other people think you should do, or that you think you should do. But it’s also stuff you don’t wanna do.
Sometimes, though, the very stuff that makes you go limp and whiny like a kid in the supermarket beforehand turns out to be [...]
Posted in Arizona, Discuss, Do, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, See, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming on Feb 24th, 2010
Americans are sooooo stressed out these days. Yeah, things are kind of tough. So let’s take a moment to meditate on some peaceful scenes of our beautiful country.
A few months ago, our new BFF Chris Brown looked at some old travel ads I posted and wondered, “Who counted all these lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan? This was three years before the first satellite was launched, how can they be so precise with those lake numbers? And even if they are sure, [...]
Posted in Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Stay, Wisconsin on Dec 10th, 2009
I’m a big fan of the fireplace. If my hotel room has a fireplace, I make time to sit in front of it no matter how much seeing and doing I’ve done all day. Forget Jacuzzi tubs. They take forever to fill and sound like an idling jet-engine. Go for the fireplace instead.
When I travel [...]
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, [...]
Posted in Discuss, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, See on Nov 16th, 2009
While looking for something else this weekend (which remains unfound), I came across a travel magazine published by Greyhound in 1955, which I bought somewhere sometime and forgot all about. As is often the case with vintage magazines, the best part of the pub is the ads.
Here’s one for Wisconsin, starring Dad in a coma, [...]
Posted in Arizona, California, Eat and Drink, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin on Nov 2nd, 2009
Flyover America is getting ever-so ever-so with the wine. Wineries are as ubiquitous as spas these days across the country. They’re in the most unexpected places.
Texas is the fifth largest wine producer in the country. Close to my home, Grapevine, Texas has eight wineries. They’re all over the Hill Country. I’ve done a Lubbock wine [...]
I’m an artsy-craftsy kind of person. I like to knit and sew and if you sit me down at a table with crafting supplies, I can usually come up with something. And around this time of year, I tend to spend a lot of time crafting this or that, to give as gifts.
Sure wish I [...]
I’ve been goofing around in Door County, Wisconsin this week, getting a good dose of autumn everything—colors, weather, pumpkins, apples, autumnal scarecrows-and-sheaves-of-wheat displays. Good golly, it’s everything you want autumn to be–so perfect, it’s hokey. Wonderfully so. Here, take a look:
