All On A Mardi-Gras Day: Breakfast and Zulu Parade Uptown
I was awakened by children’s laughter. My friend Darren Towns’ four daughters were as excited by Mardi Gras morning as kids usually are on Christmas …
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SXSW Day 5: Ending the Night With A Latte at @Halcyon78701
With its late hours (open until 3 AM on weekends), Halcyon is the quintessential coffee bar in downtown Austin, popular at any time, and stuffed …
SXSW Day 4: Enjoying A Mocha at TOMS Roasting Company @tomscoffeeID @TOMS
TOMS began life as a shoe company, making a modified kind of Argentinian shoe for the North American market, and giving a pair of shoes …
SXSW Day 1: Walking Around Downtown and East Austin
As I do every year, I spent the late afternoon and early evening strolling around the downtown area, Sixth Street and East Austin. The crowds …
Yes, CHOCOLATE Beignets at New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Company
After my dinner at Acme Oyster Bar in Metairie, I headed across the street to something called the New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Company, which …
Jackson’s Morning Bell Records (@MorningBellJxn) Moves Into New Larger Digs, Adds Coffee and Food
Since the sad demise of Mississippi’s venerable Be-Bop Records chain several years ago, the sole survivor as far as vinyl and indie rock has been …
Great Desserts and Classic Hip-Hop at Atlanta’s @ApacheCafe
Atlanta’s Apache Cafe is well-known as a place for hip-hop, spoken word, art and avant-garde jazz, but what many people may not know is that …
Coffee, Cupcakes and More at Crave Bistro in Cleveland MS
Finding espresso and cappuccino has never been easy in the Mississippi Delta, but it is getting easier thanks to the opening of new coffee bars …
Grabbing a Breakfast at Hilda’s in Atlanta’s Irwin Street Market
I had neither heard of Hilda’s nor the Irwin Street Market before I read about them on Yelp, but I decided to go there for …
Sunday Morning in the Bywater
On Sunday morning, I headed into the Bywater for a breakfast at Jim’s and a latte at the Orange Couch before the Money Wasters’ second-line …