Category Archives: Travel

The Coronaball Run, Day 7: Flagstaff to Los Angeles

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the seventh and final installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, here for the third post, here for the fourth post, here … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Flagstaff, Louis L'Amour, Munchy's, Needles, Route 66, truck stops, westerns, Whole Foods | 4 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 6: Santa Fe to Albuquerque to Flagstaff

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the sixth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, here for the third post, here for the fourth post, and here for … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Albuquerque, arizona, Breaking Bad, Flagstaff, New Mexico, Petrified Forest, Vince Gilligan | 2 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 5: Oklahoma City to Amarillo to Santa Fe

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fifth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, here for the third post, and here for the fourth post. From the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Amarillo, Big Texan Steak Ranch, cowboys, green chile, kitsch, OKC Stockyards, Pueblo Revival style, red chile, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Plaza, sopaipilla, St. Francis of Assisi, steak, steakhouses, Stockyards City, tamales, Tomasita's, vaquero | 5 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 4: Little Rock to Fort Smith to Oklahoma City

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the fourth installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post, here for the second post, and here for the third post. On day four we left the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Arkansas, Bricktown, brutalism, but what about her emails?, Carrie Underwood, Charles Portis, Clinton Presidential Library, Coen Brothers, Fort Smith, Hidaway Pizza, Kings of Leon, Little Rock, Mena, OKC Memorial, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Dodgers, True Grit, Vince Foster, Waffle House | 6 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 3: Nashville to Oxford to Clarksdale to Little Rock

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the third installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post and here for the second post. On day three we pulled off the 40 and detoured through the back … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Arkansas, BBQ, blues, Clarksdale, George Jenkins, Gus's Famous Fried Chicken, Highway 61, Jackson, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Little Rock, Mississippi, Nashville, Oxford, Parthenon, Publix, Robert Johnson, Roger Stolle, Tennessee | 6 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 2: Richmond to Asheville to Nashville

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is the second installment of my series about driving cross-country during the coronavirus crisis. Click here for first post. On day two we left behind the North and drove deeper into the South. Richmond set the pattern … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Asheville, Burke County, Confederacy, Confederate statues, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dixie, Edley's Bar-B-Que, Jefferson Davis, Johnny Cash, Knoxville, Moxy Hotel, Nashville, Nathan Bedford Forrest, neon, North Carolina, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Sunsphere, Tennessee | 10 Comments

The Coronaball Run, Day 1: New York City to Richmond

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, I drove from New York City to Los Angeles. I had been planning to move back to California for a number of weeks and I wasn’t about to let the zombie apocalypse … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Aberdeen, coronavirus, COVID-19, Delaware, I-95, Maryland, New Jersey, nyc, Richmond, the coronaball run, Virginia, Waffle House, Washington DC | 14 Comments

Notes on Carousel/Liliom

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Eddie Pensier, a child of the opera and a co-blogger here, got me going to the Met, and I am thankful for that. But, still, I have never been much of a fan of Broadway musicals. Music class … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Theater, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Budapest, Carousel, Hammerstein, Hungary, Liliom, molnar | 2 Comments

Letter from Benelux

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As I wrote here, I am in Ghent for a week, with a stop first in Amsterdam and with a side trip across the border to Germany. Nothing against the homeland but when I travel I prefer the … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Travel | Tagged Belgium, Ghent, Migrants, Trump | 15 Comments

Scott’s Crosstown Pizza Walking Tour

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Paleo Retiree should probably avert his eyes from this post. See, he had the inspired idea of going on a pizza walking tour and made the reservations for us, then — tragically! — the day before the glorious … Continue reading →