– Claire Insley Holmes
currently claire and i are working our buns off. claire is waiting tables in two restaurants, about to start bartending. i am cooking in 3 different restaurants, 6 days a week, including a few doubles. we are determined to knock out the next 4 months of hard work, family gatherings, and the rest of our […]
OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA 5/24 It was a total of a 7 hour drive to the Outer Banks, from Charleston. Through swamps and farm fields. NC produces a lot of corn, sweet potatoes, tobacco, cotton, blueberries, strawberries, wine, just to name a few. Not to mention the seafood. Blue crabs, soft shells, shrimp, flounder, stripers, […]
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA 5/23Claire called up her cousin Chris and we were on the road 2 ½ hours to Charleston, South Carolina. Quick ride. We were greeted by Chris and Carson, not to mention ice cold Bourbon and Gingers. Stroll around the area. Similar to Savannah, but not as historical, with a touch of Southern […]
SAVANNAH GEORGIA 5/22 Left the grandparents house before noon. My Dad is heading to the Gulf Coast. Claire and I are heading about 4 hours to Savannah Georgia to visit old friends of the Calvino’s Ms. Joy Ange and her daughter Candice. Whom have both been attending higher educational studies in the area, and are […]
FLORIDA 5/18 Up with the heat of the sun on Navarre beach around 8:00AM. Claire took a morning dip in the Gulf and we were off. Heading to New Smyrna, Florida to my grandparents house. Stopped in Gainesville for dinner. Pulled into my grandparents at 11:00PM, back on the east coast! 5/19 Slept hard after […]
5/17 I called and made a reservation for dinner at John Besh’s La Provence! He spoke at my 2008 graduation from the Culinary Institute of America. Claire and I spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out on the south side of Lake Pontchartrain. Getting some ideas of where we want to be around this […]
5/15 Back on the road to Dallas. Planning to stop and see Cameron, my college room-mate who I haven’t seen in over 5 years! Stopped at the Dallas Public Library to work on the website and pass some time. This place is 8 stories tall! Grabbed a case of Modelos and got to Cameron’s place. […]
Caverns of Sonora Link hey moms thought these were pretty cool! going down to my first cavern! oh yeah! cave bacon milk of magnesia falls almost touching since 1902 only three pieces of paper can fit between the broken butterfly. In 2006 some stupid kid broke off and STOLE one of the wings! thanks a […]
TEXAS 5/14 Woke up to every kind of bird noise. Peacocks, turkeys, guinea hens, roosters, morning doves. Stumbled into the office for coffee. Went on the cavern tour. We saw 2 miles of over 7 miles of underground trails and rooms. It was literally out of this world. We gave the lady in the office […]
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO 5/13 spent the night in a shit-motel in Lordsburg, NM. $40 rip-off. Filth. Usually we aren’t the ones to complain about quality, especially after 6 months in Mexico. The plumbing was shot, hot spicket burnt Claire. The shower did not drain and flooded the whole bathroom into the carpeted area. Zero […]
