My husband has been talking about going to the Catbird Seat for years. A tiny, 22-seat U-shaped counter where patrons watch the chefs at work, and enjoy a chef’s choice tasting menu did not sound like something I would enjoy. …
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Northeast Road Trip Update 4: Canadian Edition
Oh, Canada! The last third of our trip was doing the greatest hits of eastern Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls. I wish we’d had time to do Quebec City but that was a bit out of the way for this …

Northeast Road Trip Update 3
If you missed my first update about our 3-week northeast road trip, you can check it out here. The second one was American History themed and you can read it here. Greetings from Vergennes, VT, a small town in …

Road Trip American History Edition: DC, Philly, Plymouth, and Boston
My 10th grade American history professor was a black Pentecostal preacher, so lectures were often lively but even the most engaging teacher can’t force 15 year olds to care about what happened 250 years earlier. I always enjoyed Mr. Davis’ …
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Austin Photo Journal
The husband and I had the grand pleasure of visiting Austin for 4 nights and 5 days so I could attend the Paleo f(X) conference, which I wrote about last week. We took three days off work — like legit, …

My Walking Tour of Downtown Nashville
One of my favorite ways to pass a sunny afternoon in Nashville is to play tourist in my own town and remind myself of all the beauty, tastes and fun that our city can offer. Justin and I had ourselves …

Las Vegas Photo Journal
The plot of the movie The Hangover is total bullshit. There is no way someone could remain undetected on the roof of a Las Vegas hotel for three days. I know this from personal experience. In 2009, I was nearly …