Try as I might, I’ve been having trouble pushing off the gray cast that seems to have settled over my brain. Damned economy. But, over the last few days, thanks to trips of days past, there’s been some relief. I’ve been clicking through my mental View-Master (and my photos) to temporarily step back into some [...]
Archive for April, 2009
The Carter Family Fold: The Most Joyous Place in the World
Posted in State-by-State, tagged bluegrass, Carter Family Fold, Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Clinch Mountain, dancing, flatfoot dancing, music, Virginia on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
America the Accessible
Posted in State-by-State, tagged accessible travel, Candy Harrington, Emerging Horizons on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fifteen years ago, when nobody else was really servicing the community, writer Candy Harrington ditched traditional travel writing and launched Emerging Horizons, a travel magazine for people with disabilities. “Back then most of my friends and colleagues thought I was a few fries short of a happy meal for making such a drastic change,” says [...]
Trip Planning: Museums on Twitter
Posted in How-To: America 101, State-by-State, tagged museums, trip planning, Twitter on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The experiment: ignore various, er, discussions over whether Twitter is good, distracting, or evil and find other ways to use it to enhance future travel experiences and planning. Since I tend to like museums big, small, and flat-out odd, I figured I would see what some U.S. museums are doing with it. I’ll admit, I [...]
American Regionalisms Redux
Posted in American Style, Reading America, tagged English, language, regionalisms on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We know that loads of you take notice of regional speak as you do your state-to-state wandering. So you’ll definitely want to know about this. But even if you don’t normally listen up for regionalisms and English is your first language, you’re still not off the hook when it comes to Frank Bures’ recommendation that [...]
IHOP Hits 50 States: That’s a lot of Pancakes
Posted in Tasting America, tagged IHOP, restaurants, Vermont on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While diners, taquerias, clam shacks, bbq shacks and waffle houses are the unofficial official dining establishments of Flyover America, IHOP deserves an honorable mention. There’s something to be said for the easy comfort of knowing exactly what you’re going to get and, Starbucks aside, no chain does it better than IHOP. It’s a nice thing [...]
Would You Take A Trip to TV Town?
Posted in Kitsch Factor, State-by-State, Uncategorized, tagged As The World Turns, Father Knows Best, Golden Girls, Hot Springs, Leave It To Beaver, New Mexico, Ralph Edwards, That Girl, The Jetsons, Truth or Consequnces on April 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. It’s the only town in the world named for a TV show. In 1950, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show (which started on radio), the producers challenged a town to change its name to Truth or Consequences and the anniversary show would be taped there. This southern New [...]
Sure Sign of Spring: Road Trips
Posted in State-by-State, tagged cross-country, Phil Keoghan, road trips, Tom Brokaw on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, early spring. Flowers have started to poke their heads out of the ground. Birds seem that much cheerier and chirpier. And, of course, dreamers across America are plotting the perfect road trip in their minds and Moleskine notebooks. (Come on, admit it—we’re all Moleskine cliches.) A few interesting road trips of note: Tom Brokaw [...]
Help for Hungry Travelers Who Can’t Handle Gluten
Posted in Tasting America, tagged celiac disease, food allergy, gluten-free on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having grown up with a sibling who has a major food allergy, I give a huge thumbs-up to anybody who helps ease the way for food intolerant folks on the road. Fellow travel writer (and friend) Hilary Davidson does just that on her Gluten-Free Guidebook. Her latest piece discusses Philly tourism’s online guide to gluten-free [...]
