Breakfast at the Broken Egg Cafe in Mandeville
I had never driven across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, and the thought of a 26-mile-long bridge didn’t really appeal to me, but I wanted to …
Food
Blessing the Instruments at Tipitina’s
It had rained all night, but the rain had ended, so I rode the riverfront streetcar down to the French Market, and then walked over …
“You Are Beautiful”: New Orleans Viewed from the Mississippi
I had seen a breakfast restaurant called Petunias the day before while walking around the French Quarter, so I walked over to it for breakfast, …
Uptown by Streetcar to the Camellia Grill
Yet another breakfast spot that I had read about in a New Orleans novel was the Camellia Grill out in Uptown on Carrollton Avenue, so …
A Quarter Interlude, New Orleans
I got a fairly late start out of Memphis, heading for the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference in New Orleans, and I stopped for a …
From the Old Mill to Bongo Java
My parents had told me that The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge served a delicious breakfast, so I checked out of my hotel in Knoxville …
Parrothead Jazz
There was a Denny’s just outside the resort gate, so I ate breakfast there and then headed south on I-75 toward Tennessee, stopping once for …
Wild Eggs, Baseball, Fireworks and Hoops
On the internet, much had been made of a trendy spot called Wild Eggs on Dutchman’s Lane in Louisville, so I drove out there after …
From Half Day to X-Ta-Cy
I checked out of the Sheraton, and used my iPhone to locate a breakfast place called the Half Day Cafe, which turned out to be …
Visiting Metropolis, the Home of Superman
Select-O-Hits Music Distribution sent me out to promote the upcoming Haystak release, leaving posters and postcards at retail stores around the Midwest, so I stopped …