Blogs from United States, North America - page 6929

Welcome to our travel blog! There's not much yet, but we're at 12 days and counting to departure for New York. Feel free to leave a message. Let us know if there's a particular picture you'd like us to take, or questions you want us to ask. We'll be visiting: New York (Palmyra, Manchester, Niagara, etc.) Ohio (Kirtland, etc.) Illinois (Nauvoo, Carthage, etc.) Iowa (Garden Grove, etc.) Missouri (Liberty, Far West, Independence, etc.)... read more

If memory serves me right, it was August of 1992 when I first encountered Cafe Cubano. It was directly after Hurricane Andrew had savaged south Florida. I couldn't comprehend at the time why all these frazzled Floridians were crouching on their front lawns, teetering over tiny coffeepots. My Pop explained they were making Cuban Coffee, and although that meant nothing to me, it was clearly providing them solace in a time of great distress. While watching my sister's gymnastics practice last Tuesday, a saintly woman named Maggie dropped by and whipped up a batch of Cafe Cubano for the waiting parents and for the coaches. I leapt at the opportunity to try it, having become a saddo caffeine dependent thanks to the workerbee pace at WorMar. It was heavenly! Essentially a shot of Cuban espresso mixed ... read more

NEW ORLEANS HERE WE COME! Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh! Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou. My yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh! Son of a gun, we'll have good fun on the bayon. Jambalaya, a-crawfish pie-a file gumbo! 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machezamio. Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh! Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the BAYOU! - Hank Williams / Jambalaya Lyrics Here it is 5:45am Friday morning and I am looking out my balcony at the gentle Destin waves rolling in. The sun is slowly starting to rise and the emerald green starting to glow -- you can still see the moon to the far right -- and hear the birds welcoming the day. Destin truly is ... read more

Booked a trip through Travelocity. Man, their last minute deals were pretty good. Was set to spend the holiday weekend in Dallas until I found this. Flights to San Fran were $300...this was flight and hotel for $400/ Of course...no knowing what the state of the hotel will be....... Got to S. F. airport with no drama and as taxis are not cheap took the Bart down town. Very easy to use now they link directly to the airport. ($5 whereas taxi woulda been $40) Wasn't too sure where to get off as we didn't know where hotel was so just headed to Market street and walked. Good job we only had a small backpack as hotel was quieter a walk....all down Market, Along Embarcardo, into fishermans wharf. Quick stop at the seals ...arhhhhhhhh. HOTEL. Sweet, ... read more

Oh my god this weekend was rippin!! We started the trip convoying it from vegas to Lake Havasu, We rode in Erik's Chevy truck, towing the big boat, Rob and crew in a new hummer and Meryl had her nice RX8. We got to the van park on the river where Erik kept his trailer ( It was a race trailer that had beds, couches, air con, kitchen, TV and a shower, he rides quad bikes). Then in the Arvie we grabbed the esky (or should I say the cooler) and went for a cruise in the boat. It was just before sunset so it was a top time to go for boat ride. We went a while up the river then on the way back one of the guys had a ski behind the boat ... read more