We traveled from Paris to Salzburg via the Orient Express. This was an overnight train that we boarded at 6pm so we had a little dinner in our sleeping quarters before enjoying the scenery. We were due to be in Salzburg at 5:30am and when we awoke at 6:30am thought we had missed our stop. […]
Paris was very beautiful and had tons of stuff to do. We could have spent another four days doing things not yet done. The subway was a blast to ride making our passes extremely helpful. The Eiffel Tower was of course one of our main hot spots and was better than expected. We spent hours […]
L and E traveled to Paris and Salzburg in June 2004 Our trip started out as a tag-along with another group that was going to England and Paris because they needed to fill their quota in order to keep their reduced ticket prices. After I started researching the trip I decided we should go see […]
We are both “local” in the sense that we prefer local dives over anything commercialized. But, Applebee’s had a great deal on Mondays. All their steaks were $2 off. At this rate, it was quite affordable on a regular basis. This was their “regular” “special” they had had for months. They also had a great […]
Dillard’s – any, including dillards.com Wedding planning is supposed to be a fun time in your life. That was not the case when it came to dealing with our registry or the wedding “consultant” at Dillard’s. They added items to our registry that we did not request. And, they never replenished stock of “seasonal” items […]
Did you ever have one of those nights when no substitute would do? That was us with some friends one night. We were craving margaritas and chips/queso. We headed to what we thought was a new favorite place, Los Nortenos. When we got there, we sat at our “usual” table. We were there a long […]
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