Stuff I Liked on Kauai

I recently spent five days on the island of Kauai as a guest of Hawaii tourism. The first two days of my trip I was on a pretty tightly managed itinerary, for the remainder of my time, I got to wander about on my own with no particular requirements to be anywhere. This is my …


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Kauai Dragonfly

It is awesome to have friends who will take you to weird little turnouts on the side of the road just so you can walk along a gravelly trail in search of a handful of birds. I visited the island of Kauai on a recent press trip and on my free day, Kim Rogers (she …


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Stuff I Liked in San Antonio

Acenar: I like it when a place is both very welcome and aggressively hip, it makes you feel super cool. Acenar serves Tex Mex with great style — oyster tacos and sweet potato and chicken filled flautas and guacamole made table side with plenty of lime, just the way I like it. Get the Mexican …


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Gabriel, Paris Hatters

We talked about shoemakers and buying musical instruments in pawn shops and why San Antonio is a great town and where I should eat lunch and what I should wear with the red cowboy boots I just bought (“You’ll see the ladies around here wearing ’em with white dresses, but they’re great with those shorts …


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The Ghosts of Texas History

I met a Davy Crockett devotee at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. He made me remember.