In new Pattonsburg’s Old Memories Café I found the best blue plate special this side of the senior center. In that café I found something else: murals commemorating Ride with the Devil, painted by Elanor McMahall. The murals are vivid … Read More
Everything a bird needs.
Stopped at the general store. Noticed some home builders out front, their handiwork hanging on the general store sign. Good work, home builders.
Nourishment
“If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.” –quote from Anthony Bourdain posted on the playful–and appetizing–FB page for Pho Keene Great, a delightful new cuisine Vietnamienne restaurant in Keene, NH.
Ava is a palindrome. It looks the same coming from any direction. The water tower sits atop a hill off the center of town, shouting “Ava Bears” from its steel sides. This garden spot in the middle of the Mark … Read More
Props
They came in succession like creatures from the deep, each one too long for its flatbed host, strapped down like Liliputian captives. Again human technology mimics mother nature, borrowing the shape of whale fins to ride the wind.
Welcome sign for Travelers
Big Texan Steak Ranch, Amarillo, Texas. Home of the 72-ounce steak. If you can eat it in an hour your meal is free. But you must also finish the salad, shrimp cocktail, roll with butter and baked potato. Otherwise, you … Read More
Early Spring
The calendar still hung to winter. But as they sat on the front porch, nature was bidding spring.
Dance Like Nobody…
Who’s watching this guy dance? Critics…otherwise known as potential mates. Yeah, the competition is fierce. This competition has been going on since way before Dancing With the Stars. And probably longer than 5,000 years. But if America’s got talent, … Read More
Keep Austin Weird
Barbecue has its own dress code, its own language, its own religion. We stumbled onto the Green Mesquite, a local Austin favorite. Entering this deliciously shabby shack we slid into a booth next to a photo of Delbert McClinton who … Read More
Patron Saint of Your Kitchen
I spied San Pasquale through a chile shop window in Santa Fe. He smiles from a wooden retablo painted by David Ross. A bon Sante. Ta failte. Bon appetit.