2018 Update: on a recent visit to Santa Fe I double checked whether the Frito Pie made at the Five and Dime currently uses flour and according to an employee ‘yes, ALOT of it!’. So gluten-visitors shouldn’t plan to eat the Frito Pie without first checking on the current ingredients but you can make your…
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Great Tasting Wine in West Texas: Llano Estacado and McPherson Cellars Wineries
As an ex Northern Californian having lived for years with wineries a stone’s throw away I would be lying to say Lubbock’s bevy of wineries did not pique my curiosity. So much so that they became a target of my recent whirlwind food and drink road trip hunting for notable local fare in the Panhandle-Plains…
Silk Dyed Easter Eggs and Bunny Shaped Hard Boiled Eggs
Silk Dyed Eggs are beautiful and fun to make. Perfect for Easter! Last spring my daughter came home from Middle School brimming with excitement over a special Easter egg recipe her beloved World History teacher had shared. It was from the teacher’s family and the only method she now uses to make her Easter eggs….
Palo Duro Canyon and Where the Locals Eat in Lubbock Texas
Cow Cabins at Palo Duro Canyon Park, where the locals eat in Lubbock Texas and excursions you can’t miss! If I told you I just spent 48 hours staying here…… Would you envy me or think I had been incarcerated? Three words: Off-The-Grid. Palo Duro Canyon State Park When poking around to put together my…
21 Hours in Amarillo: Amarillo Restaurants & Unique Sights to See
Amarillo restaurants where the locals eat, Cadillac Ranch, American Quarter Horse Museum and a great place to stay in Amarillo Texas! As with most of the rest of my life, my travels are highly planned and calculated. The perils of being a ‘responsible adult’ keeps me most often hemmed in and not catering to the…
YSL St. Germain Cocktail & DAM’s Yves Saint Laurent ‘The Retrospective’ exhibit
Black velvet sheath dress, “Paris rose” satin bow, “Paris” haute couture collection, Fall-Winter 1983. Photo Gilles Tapie. One does not have to be a slave to fashion to identify the most iconic initials for the last half century: YSL. Whether it be in the realm of haute couture or the more accessible Ready-to-Wear fashion, Yves…
The Sunfire Cocktail & Biking for Booze in Boulder
When I was invited to join some of Boulder’s best food writers and photographers on a 16 seat bicycle Booze Cruise of three downtown venues, and that it might snow when we were riding, it was ‘on like Donkey Kong’ for me. I found complete kismet in the locations to be visited and was thrilled…
