There are lots of ways to get me to pull over and make an impromptu detour to a town I know nothing about. The best one I can think of? Name the place something that sounds like a Spaghetti Western. I’ll be there before you can yell “Draw!“
Category: Neon
Cue the Ennio MorriconeTruth or Consequences, NM
Ideal, for realBoulder, CO
Posted 10 years ago
Corn-fedMinnesota State Fair
Posted 10 years ago
Here’s what you do: you go to the Minnesota State Fair with at least four or five people in your party. Then everybody chooses one or two things to eat and shares with the group—that way, you get a small sample of a lot of different things. (Added bonus of sharing small bites: not suffering… More
Holy cannoliModern Pastry, Boston, MA
Posted 10 years ago
If you want the best cannoli it’s possible to get outside of Italy, you really can’t go wrong in Boston’s North End—there are plenty of places that will deliver the goods (special shout-out to Maria’s!). Probably the most famous are Modern Pastry and it’s rival, Mike’s. I’ve visited both many times over the years, and… More
Pink pachydermSeattle, WA
Posted 10 years ago
Spurred to sketchSouth of Moab, UT
Posted 10 years ago
Five-star shopBerkeley, CA
Posted 10 years ago
Pink palaceWallingford, Seattle, WA
Posted 10 years ago
Boston StrongBoston, MA
Posted 10 years ago
I wasn’t there at the time of the Marathon bombings last year—I was here, on the opposite coast. But Boston is my home city, and I remember feeling at the time that I had to do something, no matter how small. So I grabbed the first thing I always think of—my sketchbook—and put together this… More
Thar she blowsRoute 1, Portsmouth, NH
Posted 10 years ago
If you ever have to ask for directions in New England, beware. Folks there have a tendency to reference landmarks that no longer exist (this quirk is bred into me, too—sorry to anyone I’ve ever confused). “Turn left where the pizza place used to be.” “Go just past where the old highway ran through before… More