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Call me “The Mild One:” adventures of a motorcycling television extra

[New Orleans, LA] — Wanted: “Extras with motorcycles – available tomorrow,” read the Craigslist ad. The job was for a[…]

[British Columbia, Canada] — Regular readers of the Travelin’ Gringo are probably aware of my fondness for tacky roadside kitsch.[…]

A good meme is hard to resist. Recently I’ve noticed a lot of “What people think I do/What I do” memes[…]

[Gramercy, LA] — Here in the Big Easy, it’s all about the spice. From Po-Boys to potato chips, the proper seasoning[…]

[Kenner, LA] — It was the fight of the century – the nineteenth century, that is – a bare-knuckle brawl for[…]

[New Orleans, LA] — If you’ve been to a parade, picnic, or prison in the Big Easy, chances are you’ve eaten[…]

The awesome part about traveling is having the ability to detach yourself from your usual environment, enjoy a new culture,[…]

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

[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[…]

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