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Rock and Rye
Attending the Distill Illinois I tasted a spirit called Rock & Rye. The name reminded me of my favorite cheap soda growing up in Michigan called Rock and Rye. This soda I got at Meyer So I decided to make my own more adult version of Rock & Rye. Here are a couple of interesting […]
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Cajun Vacation: Home Sweet Home March 11
The rain continued to come day on Friday morning. The plan was to pack up and drive all day until we reached home. Vacation was just about over for us. This was our last day on the road. After showers and packing up, we went down to load up the car one last time. Pulling […]
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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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Cajun Vacation: Day 5 Happy Birthday, Rick!
Happy Birthday, Rick. Today is my son’s 22nd birthday. On this day 22 years ago, he woke me up from a sound sleep to take care of some important business. He arrived about 4 weeks early and has been dragging his heels about things ever since. We weren’t in any hurry today either. I didn’t […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 4 NOLA
Time to move on. We got up early and packed our bags for the drive to New Orleans. First, we stopped for breakfast at T. Coon’s, which was up the road from our hotel. It was full of local people, so we knew this had to be good. The waitress brought one of those tall […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 3 Avery Island and Gator Cove
Today, we had a bit of a slow start. After breakfast at the hotel, we headed south to Avery Island. For Rick, we were doing a tour of the Tabasco plant. He so loves this stuff. I do believe he puts it on just about everything he eats. Rich had been in the area almost […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 1 and Day 2 Drive, Drive, Drive
Vacation came early this year. Rick had his spring break start on March 4. I decided that March might be a great time to go and check out Louisiana. As long as I was paying, Rick was up for joining us. Sure, why not. Besides, his 22nd birthday would be during that week. It’ll be […]
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Six Degrees of Separation in the Unexpected Places
Around Thanksgiving, I settled in to watch an episode of “Who Do You Think You Are.” I’m a little addicted to the show for the genealogy searches and the wonderful stories that are told about family members. They typically do searches for stars or important people in the world who want to know more about […]
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European Vacation: Day 20 Guten Abend, Frankfurt
We flew in from Cracow this afternoon. Rich is still having trouble with his back, but he is determined not to waste our last day in Germany. I looked through the recommendations and find things in the Alte Frankfurt that I would like to see. There appear to be a lot of restaurants there also. […]
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European Vacation: Day 19 Journey back to normal
That day finally came. We had breakfast one last time in Zakopane and then packed up to return to Krakow. I’m not ready to return to normal life yet. Vacation has been exciting and wonderful. I’ve seen so much. We could see the front of the hotel from our windows. So we sat in the […]