by admin | Dec 7, 2012 | Amusement Parks, Featured Articles, Noah and Nora, Travel/Destinations
It was a warm and clear night nearing midnight. Stars littered the skies and an almost full moon illuminated the landscape. I was driving the Ark as it effortlessly glided down the smooth and straight highway of I-10 just outside of Tallahassee. Traffic was almost...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Diary Entries, Travel/Destinations, Zoos/Aquariums
On a recent getaway to New Orleans we visited all of the Audubon attractions, The Zoo, Aquarium, Insectarium and Imax. The best advice I can give to help make the experience better is to not go to the zoo in the summer as it is brutally hot! Unless you are going to...
by admin | Mar 20, 2012 | Diary Entries, Food/Restaurants, Sharon's Journals, Travel/Destinations
Making my top 3 Thai restaurants, is La Thai Uptown in New Orleans, LA. Great food, superb upscale decor and ambience, and probably the friendliest and most adept staff I have seen at a restaurant, let alone a Thai place. And did I mention very affordable? I of course...
by admin | Feb 11, 2012 | Featured Articles, Interesting Souls, Travel/Destinations
On my way back from New Orleans I had decided to travel Scenic Highway 90 along the water. It is a gorgeous drive full of interesting sites including a restaurant named “We Never Close” with a “closed for the holidays” sign, a wild boar the...
by admin | Feb 6, 2012 | Diary Entries, Food/Restaurants, Travel/Destinations
Something I like to do when I visit a city, is find out what they are famous for and then try all the local recommendations to find the best one for myself. For instance, in Cincinnati I did Cincinnati-Style chili and in Baltimore I did Marland-Stlye crab cakes. So...
by admin | Jan 28, 2012 | Featured Articles, Travel/Destinations
I will start off part II by saying it was thankfully a lot less eventful than part I, but I still feel I need to deliver a part II. The drive to Baltimore up the eastern shore went pretty well. Nora slept the whole way just about. The wind was the only thing that did...
