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The Heart in the Heartland (Kansas City)
Is it Kansas? Is it Missouri? Are there cows in town? The answers are yes, yes, and no, but my neighbors do have a rooster named Bill. Kansas City is so hard for me to define because it is ever-changing and growing...
The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll (Memphis)
That’s how rock and roll started. For real. When Muddy Waters wrote “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll” he was being pretty literal (One of my favorite songs, actually. I’ve added it to our SNAPS Summer Road Trip playlist*)
Recommendations from an Obsessed Tourist: NOLA Edition
I fell in love with New Orleans 27 years ago, as a young marketing intern in Paris, France, doing research on potential destinations for a Sweepstakes Grand Prize. Being a...
NOLA is where the heart is.
New Orleans has my heart. It is the first city I lived in as a grownup, so in a way, it almost counts as my hometown, and it just feels...
DC: A Sports Town
The first thought that jump into people's mind is that DC is where people go to work for Congress and then leave after a few years. Having a transitory population, how could DC sports teams have loyal fan bases?
Confessions of a New York Tourist in Brooklyn
I could go on because there’s a lot to talk about and even more to experience. Brooklyn isn’t just the coolness of the hipsters in Williamsburg or the hustle you see in downtown.