Nothing is more welcoming on a cold night than a warm fire flickering in an old fashioned cast iron stove. It’s really a gas heater but it looks and feels like a real old fashioned wood one. Naturally, there is back up heat and air conditioning if you visit in summer. When I visited Two …
Tacoma has moxie. It’s the scrappy little brother to Seattle. Tacoma is responsible for a great many things that Seattle somehow managed to claim as its own. Nirvana’s first show as Nirvana happened in Tacoma. Tacoma also dominates the Glass Art Scene and has produced some of the finest glassblowers in the world. Tacoma’s large enough …
Finding Picasso, Elvis’s Dressing Room, and Monkeyshines in Tacoma, Wa. Read More »
Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama The high-rise Tutwiler is a National Historic Landmark hotel built in1914. Today it’s a Hampton Inn & Suites. The first Tutwiler was demolished in 1972. The city missed its elegance and in 1986 Ridgely Apartments, built-in 1913 also owned by Tutwiler, was converted to the new Tutwiler. It …
“I think I felt cayenne pepper slap my nostrils as the back of my tongue went into firefighter mode.” That’s what he mumbled after completely dousing his entire taco with half of a bottle of the red hot sauce. We all like hot sauces but this one had snuck up on him. I’m not sure …
“Because I Got Hit By Flying Mexican Food” El Mezcal in Columbus, Nebraska Read More »
“I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396, fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor, she’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot, Outside the Seven-Eleven store,” Bruce Springsteen, Racing in the street. It’s impressive how cars are intertwined in our lives. Our Favorite songs are about them. We decorate them to celebrate marriages. …
Visit the Lemay – America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington Read More »
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” stated Philosopher George Santayana. You hear it from time to time being thrown around, but I prefer reversing it. Perhaps something like, “those who can remember the past are destined to improve the future.” It has a much more positive and inspiring feel to …
For most of us, Christmas with kids can be overwhelming. And not because of the festivities or traditions, but because of the TOYS! No matter how much you try to be a minimalist with this, your house is soon overrun with cars, dolls, Lego’s and everything else that Target had on their shelves. After having …
Mt. Rainier Polar Express: An Experience Your Family Will Cherish! Read More »
In 1669 the French explorer de La Salle, the first European in the Ohio was met by the Iroquois Indians who migrated there in the early 1600s. The river and the state would be named the Iroquois word for “beautiful river”. The land was a bountiful native beaver hunting ground and although the Iroquois were …
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in those years.” Kathy and Michael Dumont live up to that slogan posted in the café of their Commodore Hotel in Linden, Tennessee. Many people in retirement just take it easy and go with the flow. Not the Dumont’s. In …
Cultural significance, riverboats, and some of the best restaurants in Texas all ad to the allure of the world famous San Antonio Riverwalk. Take advice from an expert in the city and the area and maximize the full experience!
