A day in the life . . .
This Lost Sole, #440, found just around the corner from our house. I just love the beaten and weathered look of this sturdy boot. The other photo is of Nora having a good time eating a chocolate covered banana on our front porch.Mostly I write of the big moments that...
From Homeless to Homeowners
From top to Bottom: Panferio home destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, Devilliers house in North Hill, house on Moreno just outside of North Hill, and finally our current home on Davis in Old East Hill.Almost 8 years ago this past March Sharon and I embarked on our...
Flooding disaster averted, for us
This Lost Sole, #439, was found floating in the backyard of aeighbor's house. This is a during and after image. The during is blurry because the rain was coming down so hard I couldot keep my camera exposed for more than a second at a time.While out browsing through...
The Ark under attack
Previous trips to the junkyard had yieldumerous lost soles. I spotted quite a few again, but this roller skate was the one that caught my eye and begged to be added to my portfolio. I mean it is just a shoe with wheels and has a sole just like another other shoe.When...
All’s well that ends well.
Lost Sole #437, found as we were going down the road leading to Manatee Springs, Florida, which is pictured in the photo below itI know that many of my frequent readers like the stories of travel where we have something crazy happen to us but we eventually overcome...
Restaurant: Dean’s South of the Border
View from out back of Dean's South of the Border. Photo by me :)To say Dean’s South of the Border in Punta Gorda is a mexican restaurant doesot do it justice. While it does have great Mexican food, the shrimp fajitas are the bomb, they create all styles of food...
Restaurant: La Thai Uptown
Merlin Chauvin, Co-Owner/Exective Chef.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...
La Thai Uptown
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...
Nora catching the fever!
Nora's first Lost Sole discovery on Feb. 16, 2012I was wondering how long it would take before Nora showed interest in finding shoes. Wellow I know, Nora located her first Lost Sole at the age of 27 months 🙂 She found it while walking to our local vegan restaurant....
Shoe Guy meets World Guy
Many times I regretot stopping for something I find interesting, but this is one of my top regrets. I wish I had my own photo of the World Guy with Lost Sole #432 (pictured above) and personally met him.On my way back from New Orleans I had decided to travel Scenic...
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...
Holiday Travel – Part II
Sharon and Nora sharing a Christmas moment at Aunt Glenda's house and also Lost Sole #431 found outside Dugan's Irish Pub in Brevard, NCI will start off part II by saying it was thankfully a lot less eventful than part I, but I still feel Ieed to deliver a part II.The...
Holiday Travel – Part II
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...
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
This is the front of Devil's Backbone Brewing Company. Part of the Brew Ridge Trail. THE BREW RIDGE TRAIL - MORE BREWERIES THAN STOP LIGHTS. The Brew Ridge Trail celebrates the craft beer industry in Nelson and Albemarle Counties. The five breweries and two cideries...
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...
“Its the Holidays Nora, we’re all in misery” part 1
This shoe, #430, was taken when my camera was still attached to my dashboard and we were sitting at light. The bottom photo was taken up on the mountain at Wintergreen Ski Resort in VirginiaI took the title from a line in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation....
“Its the Holidays Nora, we’re all in misery” part 1
I took the title from a line in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. If you have ever seen the movie, which I cannot imagine anyone that has not, you probably recognize that quote from when the mother, Ellen Griswold, and daughter, Audrey, were fighting about the...
A breakdown on the way to the hoedown
This shoe, Lost Sole #427, was found while visiting a Mennonite sorghum mill. Their cookies were the bomb. The photo below it was taken at the hoedown itself.Sharon’s aunt’s partner’s son’s wedding was to be held outside Bowling Green, Kentucky...
Brewpub: BJ’s Brewpub, Culver City, CA
The outside of BJ's in Culver City, CAFresh 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...
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...
Hell’s Kitchen Quest
Lost Sole #426, found while participating in the "Santa Monica Road Rally", more like the daily rat race in L.A. And wouldn't you know it, a cop stopped and wanted to know what I was doing. Of all the crime going on in L.A., they take the time to stop...
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...