by rickg | Feb 8, 2016 | Plucky Survivors, Travel
I’m breaking the post about Day 3 into two parts because it would be too long otherwise and you might suffer from emotional whiplash. Part 1 is a ruminative look back at a dear friendship while part 2 is about BBQ and boobs. If you’re more interested in...
by rickg | Feb 7, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
We begin today with a quote from legendary screen siren Ava Gardner. She was quite a character and enjoyed carousing almost as much as she enjoyed men. I read this – spoken affectionately about her friend Esther Williams – while having dinner in New...
by rickg | Feb 6, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
I’m not sure what made me decide Mardi Gras was a good idea. Perhaps it was the free hotel and free airplane ticket from Harrah’s. Well, free is probably not entirely accurate since they give me stuff like this because of how much money I waste in their...
by rickg | Sep 5, 2015 | food, Travel
I really didn’t want to leave Savannah this morning. I was very cranky about the whole idea of it. But I have decided that I will, at some point, make this place (at least part-time) home and so that goal firmly entrenched, I was able to point the car west....
by rickg | Sep 4, 2015 | food, Travel
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, today was the second annual Savannah Bacon Fest and for the second time I was here to experience it. I am truly blessed. Before we get there, though, a couple of random things… First, last night there was a drag show at...
by rickg | Sep 3, 2015 | Drinks, food, Travel
And I wanted to. I went out last night for a few cocktails, which should surprise absolutely no one who knows me. It’s pretty quiet here in Savannah this time of year so the bars were not terribly busy but I still managed to find some fun. Vodka helped. On my...
by rickg | Sep 2, 2015 | food, Travel
There really is something magical about this place. Look at this picture, just a slice of Savannah, and tell me how you could not want to be here… I left Charleston this morning and headed south along Highway 17, which winds its way through the marshy wooded...
by rickg | Sep 1, 2015 | food, Travel
I was kind of lazy today. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I am old and tired and old some more so I just couldn’t face walking a billion miles in the Charleston heat and humidity to explore all the things I wanted to explore. So I blew off a visit to...
by rickg | Aug 31, 2015 | food, Travel
I managed to have miraculous timing last night in terms of avoiding the rain. As I mentioned, it was pouring on the way over here but then broke so I was able to go out for dinner. Snapped a few pics on the way back. Pretty churches… But then it started...
by rickg | Aug 30, 2015 | food, Travel
Last night in Atlanta I ventured out for dinner at a place I had heard about that was supposed to have the best fried chicken in the city. Challenge Accepted! It’s called Odd Bird, and it’s kind of a pop-up concept in a popular breakfast spot called the...
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