• USA

    New Orleans Food Guide: Where To Eat and Drink In The Big Easy… And Avoid the Tourist Crowds

    Living in Baton Rouge, I am only a little over an hour’s drive away from New Orleans.  I love to go for the day most weekends.  The food scene is top notch.  Seafood, soul food, Vietnamese, Creole, the list is endless of amazing eats to find in the Big Easy. There are so many great lists of restaurants out there about where to eat in New Orleans. For my birthday this fall, I set out to eat my way through New Orleans for an entire weekend.  These are a few of my favorite spots.  They also have the added benefit of not being quite so famous and not so full…

  • Mexico

    Weekend Adventure: Eating our way through Mexico City

    After borrowing his time off from this year to take our winter break trip to Panama, my husband Joey didn’t have much time off to travel with me this year.  But, we definitely made it work.  As a teacher, I get a nice long weekend about every month or so.  Joey works in the private sector so…not so much.  However, Easter weekend provides both of us with a four day weekend at the same time.  How could we pass up that opportunity to make our escape together? Our destination: Mexico City.   Why Mexico City, you ask?  The idea for a Mexico City trip began three years ago with our…