A Secluded Beach at Islamorada’s Marker 88 Restaurant
The spectacular beach at Islamorada’s Marker 88 Restaurant caught my attention as I was driving past, and I had to stop and get a better …
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Islamorada: The Village of Islands
When I was little, my parents and I had vacationed at Islamorada one summer, but back then it was a fairly remote, sleepy village on …
Doc’s Diner in Key Largo
It took me two hours to get from my hotel in Miami to Key Largo, so by the time I got there, I was really …
Remembering Royal Castle Hamburgers
Elsewhere in this blog I have discussed Mahalia Jackson’s Fried Chicken and its troubled parent company Performance Systems, owned by former Tennessee gubernatorial candidate John …
A Taste of Espresso and Miami’s Club Culture at Segafredo Brickell (@SegafredoBrkl)
I was of course familiar with Segafredo as an outstanding brand of Italian espresso beans, but I wasn’t at all aware of them having retail …
Shopping at Coconut Grove’s CocoWalk
After dinner, I headed to nearby Coconut Grove and the CocoWalk shopping area, which is a trendy collection of restaurants and shops that blends in …
Dinner at Dinner Key: Miami’s Chart House Restaurant
For dinner on my first night in Miami, I decided to see if there was a Chart House Restaurant, and as I suspected there was, …
Gourmet Burgers in Oxford at the @LamarLounge
The good folks at End of All Music recommended I try the new Lamar Lounge when I told them I was looking for a good …
On Location Memphis (@olm_trailer) VIP Reception at The Rendezvous (@rendezvous_ribs) in Memphis
On Friday, the VIP Reception for the On Location Memphis Film and Music Festival was hosted by Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous in downtown Memphis. The event …
Failed and Forgotten Dreams on Jackson’s Farish Street
Every Southern city had at least one “pleasure street” in its Black community, where there were night clubs, restaurants and large arenas for public gatherings. …