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Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY: Not just for boxing fans

// May 15th, 2012 // 5 Comments » // Travel Ali Center

[Louisville, KY] — At the Muhammad Ali Center, context is everything. If you come here expecting simply a boxing museum, you’ll be disappointed. In fact, I’ll admit that the Ali Center is normally the last place I’d have visited. While it’s widely recognized that Ali was perhaps “The Greatest” boxer ever — in fact, that …read more…

HOG (Harley Owners Group) Louisiana rally kicks off a busy rally season

// May 3rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel HOG rally

[Lafayette, LA] — Louisiana’s state HOG rally (April 19-21 in Lafayette, LA) marked the start of a busy rally season for members of Harley Owners Group. More than 2,500 HOG members rode to Lafayette for the 3-day event, which featured guided rides (including one to the Tabasco sauce factory in Avery Island), food, music, and …read more…

Playboy and Harley-Davidson team up for the “Ultimate Playboy Giveaway Unlocked by Harley-Davidson”

// May 2nd, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Events, Travel Harley-Davidson Seventy-Two

Personally, I’ve only read Playboy for its excellent articles, and really, that was a LONG TIME AGO. I’ve heard there’s some excellent photography in the magazine as well, but I hadn’t noticed. So, uh, if my wife is reading this, that’s my story. However, as a public service to my readers, I thought I’d let …read more…

Morning at the Museum: A visit to Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee

// April 29th, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Travel "Serial Number 1" thought to be the first Harley-Davidson from 1903

[Milwaukee, WI] — A visit to the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee is a pilgrimage every Harley enthusiast should make. On a recent trip to the city, I spent a couple of hours browsing the museum’s exhibits, but could easily have stayed all day. The motorcycles and memorabilia tell the history of the Motor Company from …read more…

HOGS at Louisiana’s Houmas House Plantation

// April 18th, 2012 // 6 Comments » // Travel Houmas House

In southern Louisiana, along the banks of the lower Mississippi, it’s always been about the cane and the ‘tane – sugar cane and octane, plantations and petrochemical plants. While massive oil refineries are a relatively modern development, sugar provided the fuel that powered the economic engines of antebellum southern Louisiana. Before the Civil War, more …read more…

The Art of the Chainsaw – Hope, British Columbia, Canada

// April 16th, 2012 // 8 Comments » // Travel Hope, BC

[Hope, BC, Canada] — “Chainsaw” and “art” are words you don’t often find used together in the same sentence. Unless you happen to be a big fan of the 70s horror film “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” of course. If you haven’t been to the town of Hope, in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia, …read more…

“How To Do Florida” television show goes motorcycling coast-to-coast

// April 12th, 2012 // 8 Comments » // Travel Chad with his H-D Heritage Softail Classic

[All photos courtesy The Crawford Group, Image Garden, Inc., Matt Hutchens, and Tom Postel] The challenge: ride a motorcycle “coast to coast” in Florida — sunrise at Flagler Beach on the east coast, to sunset at Cedar Key in the west. Doesn’t sound that challenging, right? I mean, it’s only about 150 miles, and as …read more…

Friday photo — Watch out for jackasses! (Red Rock Canyon, NV)

// April 5th, 2012 // 9 Comments » // Travel jackass

It’s always best to keep an eye out for jackasses in the roadway, whether you ride a motorcycle or drive a car. I found this sign on the road leading into Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, and there actually were some jackasses nearby — beside the road, not in it. If you’ve never been here, it’s …read more…

Louisiana SPCA’s Dog Day Afternoon

// March 25th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Events, Travel "You talkin' to me?"

[New Orleans, LA] — On a lazy Sunday afternoon in New Orleans, you can’t do much better than a doggie festival. This past weekend’s Dog Day Afternoon is an annual event to raise funds and awareness for Louisiana’s SPCA. Held at New Orleans’ City Park, the event featured a doggie walk-a-thon — called the Gatsby …read more…

The Ya-Ka-Mein lady of New Orleans

// March 21st, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Food, People, Travel Miss Linda

Everyone in New Orleans knows Miss Linda. If you’ve ever been to a festival, a parade, or a concert in the city – and if you haven’t, you need to get out more, with all due respect – you’ve undoubtedly seen her, selling Ya-Ka-Mein and other delicious recipes from a tent, a table, or from …read more…

Daytona 2012 — Chillin’ at Willie’s Old School Chopper Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Willie's Tropical Tattoo

[Ormond Beach, FL] — You never know who you’ll run into at Willie’s Tropical Tattoo Old School Chopper Show at Daytona Bike Week.  From celebrities of the motorcycle world — Willie G. for example — to custom bike builders, to just plain folk, everyone makes the annual pilgrimage to Willie’s. Plaques and trophies are awarded …read more…

Daytona 2012 — Harley-Davidson’s Ride-In Custom Bike Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Harley Ride-In Show

[Daytona Beach, FL] — This year at Daytona Bike Week, Harley-Davidson partnered with American Iron Magazine for its Ride-In Custom Bike Show on Beach Street. The event took place on Wednesday, March 14 and attracted a wide variety of motorcycles entered in 11 different classes. In the evening, Harley sponsored a special concert for HOG …read more…

Daytona 2012: Main Street madness

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Um, maybe Elvis shouldn't have left the building...

[Daytona Beach, FL] — Daytona Bike Week’s 71st annual edition just wrapped up — the 10-day event ran from March 9 through 18 this year. As always, a cruise down Main Street is obligatory — it’s the place to see and be seen at Bike Week.  

Daytona 2012 — 40th Annual Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show

// March 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Events, Travel Rat's Hole

[Daytona Beach, FL] — If 2012 isn’t the Year of the Rat, it should be. One of the must-see events of Daytona Bike Week is the Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show, now in its 40th year. Although “Big Daddy Rat” — the legendary Karl Smith — passed away in 2002, his son Ted continues the …read more…

Super Sunday for Mardi Gras Indians

// March 19th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Events, Travel Super Sunday

[New Orleans, LA] – ”Super Sunday” in New Orleans refers not to a well-known football game or a political primary, but instead to a tradition of elaborate spectacle and ritual for the Mardi Gras Indians. Every year on the third Sunday of March, groups of elaborately-costumed tribe members gather at a park in Mid-City, then march through …read more…

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