Author Archives: Mike Gerrard
The 3 Best Breakfasts in Mobile Alabama.
13/09/2017 .
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk
08/08/2017 .
Remember The Alamo? I’d wanted to visit San Antonio ever since watching the John Wayne movie as a kid. It may have been historically inaccurate – so much so that two of the historical advisers asked for their names to be removed from the credits – but there was lots of shooting and whooping and John Wayne being the brave hero, so what’s not to like when you’re ten years old?
Read the full story hereLee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts. Extraordinary Fast food fine dinng.
20/07/2017 .
Mike Gerrard finds eating at Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts a welcome surprise.
Read the full story hereThe LBJ Presidential Library
08/07/2017 .
Austin in Texas had long been on our wish list of cities to visit, and proved to be everything we’d expected and more. From the grandeur of the State Capitol that opened in 1808 to the fashionable funkiness of the quirky shops on South Congress, where my wife treated herself to a pair of Texas cowgirl boots.
Read the full story hereLone Star Court Austin
14/06/2017 .
It was our first visit to Texas and we were arriving in Austin from Houston. We’d found what sounded like the perfect place to stay in the state’s capital: Lone Star Court. Does that sound like the perfect Texas hotel or what?
Read the full story hereThe Arty Side of Las Vegas
29/04/2017 .
Play a word association game with the name of Las Vegas and the responses would be words like gambling, slot machines, showgirls, shows and the Las Vegas Strip. But there’s another more cultured side to the city, usually hidden beneath the brash neon.
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