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The Frank Holton Memorial Road Trip
Preparing to leave home for two months is a logistical nightmare, especially if you happen to be the caretaker of particularly cranky and and idiosyncratic animals, water system, and vehicles. The last...
View ArticleRoad Food: The Railroad Station Bar and Grill
“Yes! Parking right in front!” Churpa exclaimed as I pulled Chuey alongside the curb in front of The Bluebird Cafe in Ukiah, California. At this point, we were already at risk of one or both of us...
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Miss Lousiane Sets Off
Northern California: Posing with Miss Lousiane, Tia Hands over the Reigns, Coming Down the Mountain, Still Life with Barbecue Sauce
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Zacatecas! (Shhh!)
Sometimes I like to pretend that I am a 17th Century Marquise. Unlike my disreputable house in the Oregon Coast Range, Zacatecas is a good place to practice this delusion. More specifically, the Hotel...
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Road Food: Torta Round-Up
torta de milanesa at ‘Pa Las Tortas Mias A good torta is a thing of beauty. And in Mexico, a good torta is not hard to find. Any self-respecting Mexican city boasts hundreds of torta shops:Ffrom the...
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The Trip in Full
So we made it. 6,500 miles in an ’87 Dodge van. We camped off-road in Chihuahua. We got lost at night on the back roads of Oaxaca. We drove through states, such as Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa, that...
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