The Great 2022 Barbecue Road Trip has begun. First stop after leaving Chicago… St. Louis, where we spent a couple of days checking out both barbecue and not, in the city, and then headed south to our next destination, Memphis. A quick round-up. Basically we headed south on Rt. 55. And here and there we… Read More Meet me in St. Louis, Louis
It’s time for my annual trip to the US, which hasn’t happened the last two years because of some pesky little critter that’s become a political football of enormous proportions. This time, I decided not to go to New York – I wanted to see family in the Midwest, and even for the wrap-up at… Read More ‘Burbs of Chicago
This is not going to be a look at everything we ate while in Córdoba. Much or it was just simple, basic fare – it’s only an hour or so’s flight from Buenos Aires, and there’s not a huge amount of difference in the cuisines. And, so other than trying a few recommended spots and/or… Read More Córdoba Eats
A nice afternoon rest in the hotel, out to dinner, a good night’s sleep, and up in the morning to finish off this tour, heading west and north this time. The first stop is a couple of blocks from the hotel, nice and convenient. Enroute is the large, one block square Plaza de la Intendencia, which… Read More Walking Historical Córdoba III
Picking up from where I left off yesterday…. The first thing I did was completely missed one church/college, the College of the Immaculada, and its associated Church of St. Francis of Assisi. It only got a single sentence in the text in the middle of a paragraph about St. Teresa where I left off yesterday,… Read More Walking Historical Córdoba II
About fifteen years ago, I ran across this book on a vendor’s table at one of the numerous street fairs here. This was what I said about it then: Anyone who travels extensively, especially in Europe, is probably familiar with the Blue Guide line of guidebooks. In some ways, not as “friendly” as your average… Read More Walking Historical Córdoba I
It’s time to get out of the house, don’t you think? Almost twenty months of being in or close to home has become a weird combination of comfortable and oppressive. And honestly, for the last many months, there’s really been no reason for it other than a federal government here (and elsewhere, yes, but here… Read More Stepping Out
At the beginning of each year, I do a writeup of the past one – usually a look at four areas – Casa SaltShaker, Eating Out, Vacations, and Cooking at Home. I take a look at the high points and low points. It often takes me days of figuring it all out. 2020 didn’t take… Read More Should I Even…