Texas Mish-Mash

Posted by Rob on Feb 20, 2012 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments Today was a patchwork day. Maureen and I went to an old Austin favourite for Breakfast, took a drive to San Antonio for Lunch, and ate sports event concession food for dinner. The day started with a trip to the Magnolia Cafe. it’s one of the most popular cafes in the hip SoCo (South Congress Avenue) district — a funky (overused term when describing things in Austin) 24-hour joint...
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RT7: Tupelo to Nashville

Posted by Rob and Maureen on Sep 1, 2011 in BBQ, Featured Slider, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel | 4 comments It’s a cool 80 degrees at 8:00 this fine morning as we prepare to leave. Breakfast is to be at a local bagel shop. We head out and in under two minutes manage get pulled over by Tupelo PD. You cannot drive in parking lanes here. Who knew?  After a “Be careful of those parking lines, ya’ll have a nice day now!” we are off again. Bagel Shop…closed permanently. Sigh. We are back...
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RT2: NOLA – Local flavours

Posted by Rob and Maureen on Aug 27, 2011 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel | 2 comments It’s over ninety degrees today in New Orleans. That’s about 40 in Canadian. It’s 3:30 in the afternoon and I am sitting rooftop and poolside at the Monteleone. Bliss. Perfect end to a perfect day that found us breakfasting and strolling in the French Quarter and and exploring the Treme district with a lunch stop at Willie Mae’s Scotch House. Breakfast was at Cafe Beignet,...
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