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Tag Archives: nostalgia
GJ in LA, or a Midwest Girl in LaLaLand
Last fall I embarked on a plane to Los Angeles. We won’t go into my fear of flying. I had not been in a plane in 30 years. The experience has changed, to put it mildly. What passes for first … Continue reading
Posted in Country Girl in the City, Tales from the Road
Tagged architecture, hollywood, los angeles, nostalgia
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Tales from the Road: The Lincoln Highway in Illinois
Sometimes I just have to run off. And so, even though I had done little preparation, I headed out to hit the Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Actually, full disclosure, my original plan was to do Illinois and Iowa, but fate … Continue reading
On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part FOUR
My last day on the road, like the three previous, dawned beautifully sunny and pleasant. I was ready to take on the Alleghenies! This time in daylight! I headed west back to Schellsburg, where I passed the grocery that had … Continue reading
Posted in Following in My Foodstops, On the Road Less Taken..., The Past is Ever Present...
Tagged Lincoln Highway, nostalgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, road food, roadside attractions
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Preservation Tales: I Thought This Was Saved!
Collier Lodge I first learned of Collier Lodge, originally built deep in the Kankakee Marsh along the river of that name, back in the 1990s at a historic preservation conference in South Bend. A fellow from Porter County gave a … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., Preservation Tales, Tales from the Road, The Past is Ever Present...
Tagged historic preservation, history, nostalgia, Porter County
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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part THREE
As it grew light I was eager to leave the charmless motel outside of Trenton, with its broken security lock and lack of any coffee anywhere. Having determined the first day of this adventure that I could not make New … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., The Past is Ever Present..., The Wonder of It All
Tagged Lincoln Highway, nostalgia, Pennsylvania, roadside attractions
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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part TWO
I awoke from a delightfully cozy sleep at the Lincoln Motor Court, about five miles east of Schellsburg, ready to resume. Again the day was clear and sunny. I walked around the charming court and gazed back westward at the … Continue reading
On the Confectionery Trail: A Movable Christmastime Feast
A new tradition began a year ago. It happened to be on my mother’s birthday, which is why this trip is now marked to become an annual event though it was just a coincidence the first time. Mom is gone … Continue reading
Posted in Following in My Foodstops, The Past is Ever Present...
Tagged Christmas, Jeffersonville Indiana, nostalgia, Schimpff's, Zaharakos
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The Road Less Taken: Indiana’s Upper Right Corner
I always love a chance to go to the northern part of our state where the glaciers left behind lots of lakes and rolling terrain. And Pokagon State Park, one of our earliest, dating to 1925, in Steuben County is … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road Less Taken...
Tagged Angola Indiana, Clay's Family Restaurant, Indiana roads, nostalgia, Orland Indiana, road food, Steuben County, WPA
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Following in My Foodstops: Pie in the Sky
Pie Day? Who thought of this? And who would be crazy enough to drive 170 miles to check it out? Pie Day? Well, to answer the second question, I was. Clay’s Family Restaurant, a stone’s throw from the Michigan state … Continue reading
In Search of the Lights
I’ve just returned from what has become in less than a decade one of our most cherished Christmas traditions, one that encompasses nostalgia, bittersweet memories, a road trip, and history. It was a visit to Frankfort, population 16,500 or thereabouts, … Continue reading
Posted in On the Road Less Taken..., The Past is Ever Present...
Tagged Christmas, Frankfort Indiana, nostalgia
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