Places – Page 4 – The Travelin' Gringo

Smoke on the Water — and Bonfires on the Levee – Christmas Eve in Louisiana

[St. James Parish, LA] — Ah, the unmistakable scents of Christmas: peppermint candy canes, pine needles, gingerbread, and kerosene. Wait…what? For[…]

[Pioche, NV] — You may not have heard of Pioche, Nevada, but in the last half of the nineteenth century,[…]

[Flat Lick, KY] — To some people, a Rat Bike may look like a two-wheeled, rolling junk pile, an ancient[…]

[New Orleans, LA] — Probably only in New Orleans do they throw Mardi Gras beads from floats in the Christmas[…]

[Maine seacoast] — In what may be my most confusing blog title ever, I’ve incorporated three disparate elements all[…]

[Coastal Maine] — Lonely lighthouses, stacks of lobster pots, and mist-draped harbors. The sounds of seagulls and distant foghorns. These[…]

[New Orleans, LA] — To my way of thinking, there’s never a bad time for a Po-boy. The iconic New[…]

[Las Vegas, NV] — A nondescript office building on East Flamingo Road in Vegas holds secrets to America’s Atomic Age,[…]

[Along the Maine Seacoast] — When you think of Maine, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it[…]

[Downeast Maine] — It’s a curious fact that as you travel north along Maine’s seacoast, you’re said to be heading[…]

[Boothbay Harbor, ME] — It’s kind of a no-brainer, but it just occurred to me that every time HOG or[…]

[New Orleans, LA] — It’s not the Fourth of July, and I didn’t see a man selling ice cream, but[…]

[Kenner, LA] — Oktoberfest may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think of Louisiana. But[…]

[Bridge City, LA] — Over the river and through the woods, to the Bridge City Gumbo Festival we go. Technically[…]

[New Orleans, LA] — Smokin’ hot blues music and smoked, barbecued meats — an unbeatable combination. Throw in an Abita[…]