Will Travel for Books

If you're a bibliophile, chances are a journey out of your armchair and off the page will often lead to places where your favorite authors have lived, (drank), and/or (usually) written about. New Orleans happens to be a particular favorite of mine. Sip a Sazerac (or three) at Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar with the ghosts of Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway and Eudora Welty who once frequented the place. Or stop in at the small gem of a bookshop, Faulkner House Books. A national literary landmark,  it's located in the same space where Faulkner once rented rooms. For more lit lovers cities: Read my 6 Great Getaways for Book Lovers at U.S. News & World Report's En Route travel blog

                            

Halloween in Transylvania

 Transylvania is as eerie and enchanting as Halloween--and autumn is a beautiful time to visit. Check out my "5 Great Medieval Places to Visit in Transylvania" on the U.S. News & World Report En Route blog.

Vieux Carre: Best cocktail before a show at the St. Paul Ordway?

Vieux Carre: Gin Daisy 

         Tanqueray bloomsbury.rhubarb.strawberry.lemon

So Grand at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

   "I have a question for you, sir. Is time travel possible?" 

Good Cocktails at the Bad Waitress

They're more than good. They're fantastic. At the new The Bad Waitress in northeast Minneapolis, the cocktail menu is a winner. One of our favorite mixologist/bartenders, Johnny Michaels, has done it again. Four friends, four cocktails, four happy drinkers. Meow Mix, Lady Byng (with the pansy), Tangerine Sidecar, and The Most Interesting Man in the World. By the time we left, we were the most interesting women in the world.