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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Destination: Baltimore Aquarium
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...
Destination: Brevard, North Carolina
Looking Glass Falls just outside Brevard, N.C. in the Pisgah State ForestThis part of the world is known as “Land of the Waterfalls“. With aame like that how can youot want to visit and explore? Weeeded a stop halfway between Baltimore and Pensacola that...
Museum: Port Discovery Museum, Baltimore
As you can see, the playground area of the museum is incredible!This museum is really big. The center piece being a large multi-level playground with rope bridges, ladders and tunnels. It looked like a lot of fun, but there were too many kids on it as this was a...
Museum: Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga TN
Located in walkable downtown Chattanooga it is close to some great restaurants.This is another Children’s Museum that we got to visit. Now remember these reviews are from being with a shy 2-year-old and areot so much to be used as a review, but just to point out...
Brewpub: Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company
After off the mountain from Wintergreen Ski Resort in Virginia we stumbled upon quite a little treat. A Brewpub in what seemed the middle of nowhere that was reminiscent of a mountain lodge. It was the Devil's Backbone Brewing Company. A great establishment that had...
Brewpub: BJ’s Brewpub, Culver City, CA
Fresh of the plane in L.A. Kevin, Amy, Trish and I decided to stop for lunch at BJs Brewpub in, just a few miles from our hotel in Marina Del Ray. The restaurant combined my 2 of my favorite things. Fish Tacos and on-site fresh brewed beer. First the tacos. While I...
The Beginning
This is a shot from Spring Break 1988. From top left to right: Scooter, Me, Sean, Mark, Jason, Jeff, Chris, Gary and Skippy at far bottom left.This is a story I have wanted to write for some timeow. It is the story about how my friendship with Jim, a.k.a. Skippy, and...
Brewpub: Pratt Street Ale House, Baltimore, MD
I just love the bar with exposed brick. (Not my photo)After checking out the Baltimore Aquarium we made the short walk up Pratt St. to visit the Pratt St. Ale House for lunch. First off I was impressed with the ambiance of the place. But then again I am into older...
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...