“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.” ― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
Tucson, Arizona is more than just a city to me. It is where I go to commune with my Grandfather. He wasn’t perfect. He was a hit with the ladies and he drank too much. But there was always something special about him, something exotic. He was the tall, mustachioed, bowlegged guy with a booming … More My Grandfather’s Haunts
Travel SNAFUs are bound to happen. You miss your flight. Your bus breaks down. The train derails. There’s a transit strike. Or, as was the case on a recent road trip with RollerbagMom, you blow a tire. It was a cool Arizona night on what should have been an incident-free drive from Phoenix to Tucson, … More Rolling Through SNAFUs with the Help of Travel Angels
The Historic Trempealeau Hotel, in Trempealeau, Wis. is the kind of place you dream about after two weeks of -20 temperatures and gray skies, mid-January or so, in Wisconsin. While huddled in your living room under blankets, you dream of a lazy, sunny, 90-degree day. You dream of a light breeze and a cool, spicy, … More Wisconsin Rocks: The Trempealeau Hotel: Trempealeau, Wis.
More and more, the classic Wisconsin Supper Club is disappearing. Slowly, as cities expand and incorporate chain restaurants with sinister consistency, the Stepford Wives-like sameness of their menus, and their artificially-distressed decor, the warmth of authenticity vaporizes.Give me a supper club, with its dimmed light, authentic yet sometimes kitschy decor and polished silver. With its roaring fire and linen tablecloths and menu, fat with painstakingly-prepared options of old: French onion soup, escargots, prime rib, Beef Wellington. … More Wisconsin Supper Club Extinction, and The English Inn
Step into Duja’s kitchen for lessons in Bosnian history, culture and food. … More Duja’s Kitchen: Lessons in Bosnian history, culture and hope, with fork in hand
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