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...
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New Orleans Gumbo Crawl
The best gumbo I found so far in the French Quarter was at 441 Royal Street. If you have any suggestions forext time I visit please let me know in the comments section belowSomething I like to do when I visit a city, is find out what they are famous for and then try...
Hell’s Kitchen Quest
Many times when some of the Gang gets together we like to reminisce about the old times, we retell stories from our past of adventures and sometimes-stupid exploits. We always ended up laughing until our faces hurt. But rarely do we all get together in one place, and...
Restaurant: Koko’s Pub, Baltimore, MD
After visiting Baltimore many times and living in Florida I have tried quite a few crab cakes, but none have come close to the ones at Koko's pub. Koko's is somewhat of a hole-in-the-wall kinda place. The food is served on paper plates and only recently have they...
The Cheese Coney Quest
In search for the perfect Cincinnati Chili Cheese ConeyCincinnati is famous for its Cincinnati-Style chili. Now if you haveever had any it is a finely ground up beef in a sauce that is made using chili spices including cinnamon, brown sugar and many other secret...
Las Cruces, New Mexico: Everyone in the desert is running from something.
More photos from Las Cruces >> Where to begin? I guess from the first arrival into the Coachlight Bob’s Inn and RV Park. Upon first site we were a littleervous to say the lest. It looked like a glorified truck stop with a lot of transient people staying there. Not a...
Balmorhea, Texas: A desert oasis.
More pics from Balmorhea, TX >> Driving from San Antonio we seemed to be passing into another world, the desert. Upon pulling into the tiny west Texas town of Balmorhea we were taken back a bit. It seemed like aice place, small town feel but a little on the...
San Antonio, Texas: Remember the Alamo!
We didot actually stay in San Antonio but rather 30 miles or so west of it, at Medina Lake set deep in Texas Hill Country. This was our first true taste of being out west. Bandera a small townearby hails itself as “the Cowboy Capital of the World”. We were...
Austin, Texas: So many pubs, so little time
More photos from Austin >> Arriving at the road leading to McKinney Falls State Park , Sharon and I witnessed something awful. We saw a pit pull kill a small dog on the side of the road in a matter of seconds. We saw a guy break them up but we really couldot tell what...
Columbus, Texas: Burrrrito!
More photos from Columbus, TX >> Okay, the first day was harsh, around 45º and rainy, we were bone cold! And yes before you say anything, we know we are whimps, we hate the cold, it sucks being cold! Note to selves: Doot attempt to cook crab bisque soup while in...