Category: Traveling
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Historic Streetcar Inn Review New Orleans
Historic Streetcar Inn Review New Orleans This is one of those times when I’d like to gush over-the-top superlatives about my experience at this place. The Historic Streetcar Inn (HSI) deserves every single one of them I can dish out. While it’s easy to spend hundreds of dollars a night for hotel rooms in New […]
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St Charles Tavern Review New Orleans LA
St Charles Tavern Review New Orleans LA SPOILER ALERT: Written with attitude. I used to go here A LOT. It became my go-to 24-hour place after another favorite, the Hummingbird closed. New Orleans is a strange town in that for being known as “party central” there’s never been a lot of late-night dining. It’s changing […]
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Choice Hotels Review
Choice Hotels Review For most of my career, I traveled the world, mostly staying in the finest hotels an area had to offer. Many 5 stars, some purporting to be 7 stars. Of course, there were some that claimed “5 star” and that simply meant there was a door with a lock on it, […]
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Ox Yoke Inn Review – Amana, Iowa
Ox Yoke Inn Review – Amana, Iowa The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Pietists, who were persecuted […]
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Marges on Rose Restaurant Review – La Crosse, WI
Marges on Rose Restaurant Review I lived here once upon a time. It was where my first job out of college was. I wasn’t so concerned with restaurants at the time as I was with bars and happy hours, and La Crosse was chock a block full of them. (I was in to misbehaving). Marges […]
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Franks Quad Cities Style Pizza Review – Silvis, IL
Franks Quad Cities Style Pizza Review Frank’s Club Napoli Pizzeria, in Silvis, IL (part of Rock Island area) is purported to have created “Quad Cities Style” pizza. Never heard of it? Me neither, until a couple years ago, and I lived there for two years back in the day! What’s different about Quad Cities Style […]
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Econo Lodge Review Maquoketa Iowa
Econo Lodge Review Maquoketa Iowa I think I’ve become an “expert” on complimentary breakfasts at the value chain motels. After spending decades traveling the world on employer’s dimes, mostly in four and five star hotels, with $30 room service continental breakfasts, I’m happy to crash at the value chains these days. Most offer complimentary breakfasts […]
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Canteen in the Alley Review – Ottumwa, Iowa
Canteen in the Alley Review Since 1927. Can hardly beat that for a recommendation, can you? The Canteen in the Alley serves “loose meat” sandwiches, known elsewhere in Iowa as “Maid Rites.” What’s a “loose meat” sandwich? Crumbled ground beef cooked on a steam table with diced onions and 17 herbs and spices. (Well, some, […]
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Fat Baby and Alises Carryout Review Biloxi Mississippi
Fat Baby and Alises Carryout Review Biloxi Mississippi I write a lot about gas station food because I eat a lot of gas station food. I’m not talking about a bag of Lay’s and a Slim Jim or six, I’m talking about gas stations that offer hot lunch, either ala carte to take out or […]
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Chis Chinese Express Restaurant Review Little Rock Arkansas
Chis Chinese Express Restaurant Review Little Rock Arkansas Saturday Morning Dim Sum While they have several locations in Little Rock, its the Chenal Parkway location that serves dim sum, at least on the Saturday morning we stopped by. Could happen at other locations or on other days, I didn’t inquire. I’ll leave that to you. […]