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King Biscuit Festival Day 2
Up and at ‘em! It’s Day 2 for King Biscuit Blues Fest in Helena, Arkansas! To save some time, we decided to stop by Mickey D’s for breakfast. We just need something to tide us over until we can get some lunch. The place was busy with all kinds of folks. There were the older […]
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King Biscuit Festival Day 1
Day 1 of King Biscuit We skipped the first day of the King Biscuit Festival for our day in Vicksburg. Today, we would join the masses to listen to blues music, eat great food, and imbibe a bit. The weather promised to be a bit warm today with a cooler evening. At least it wasn’t […]
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Cajun Vacation: Walking in Memphis
Today, we are on the move again. We woke up to dry skies, but the clouds were very low. It’s probably good we are leaving NOLA today. We start our first leg back to the real world and home. After packing up, Rich went down to the lobby for coffee so that he would be […]
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Vacation: Day 3 Give ’em the bird
Day 3 of vacation dawned sunshiny and bright with the sound of a jackhammer outside our window. At least they waited until 8:00 AM to start drilling on the street below. Well, we had things to do and places to be anyway today. We got ready, packed out bags, and headed out of Louisville. As […]
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Day 9 We’re not in Kansas anymore?
We made it home. We were in no hurry again this morning. It’s vacation, right? Our last day of lazy mornings and no need to be anywhere soon. I started out in the passenger seat. I wanted one good day to brown my right arm. Since I do a lot of the driving, my left […]
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KC: Not enough TuF
It was a slow and rainy Sunday. We got up late and headed out to breakfast. Rich was planning on eating chicken at Stroud’s so breakfast was supposed to be light. We tried to find Daylight Donuts, but apparently they had closed up shop for good. We settled for breakfast sandwiches at Hardee’s. From there, […]
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Home Sweet Home: Day 4
Sunday morning was our last day in downtown Chicago. We decided to go back to Yolk since was so delicious the first time. It was full with a 15 minutes wait. No problem. I forgot to mention the man we had to pass each morning on our way to the restaurant. He was an older […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 3
Saturday was our last planned day at Blues Fest. Our plans were set. This would be my second day of waking without the help of a wet nose. Sascha normally starts wanting out between 6:00 and 6:30. That means prodding mom to get moving. We got up early and headed down the street to Yolk […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 2
Friday is Day 2 of our adventures in the city. We were not in any hurry this morning. Rich wanted to do breakfast burritos at a place we saw last night. So we trekked back up to Adams. It turns out that the Taco Al Fresco was run by an Eastern European couple. They didn’t […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 1
Ah, vacation. It’s a short one, but hopefully we’ll have some fun and adventure. To get things started, we headed out to breakfast at The Canteen in Barrington. I keep seeing the place when we drive by and hear about the great breakfast they serve. Of course, it doesn’t hurt when they appear to have […]