money movies magic & more
101-1-5-215-15-10-66-40-93-160-190-99-41-580-80 is the secret code to the most beautiful scenic drive in the West of the US. It is the key that opens the door to money, movies, magic & more. A combination of roads that guides you to the highlights of the Wild West: San Francisco, the Pacific Coast, LA, San Diego, The Grand […] more…
california zephyr dreaming
Between San Francisco and Chicago you find 3924 kilometers of tracks. Tracks that meander along rivers, cross deserts, conquer mountains and touch the sky. To follow these tracks you have to ride a silver bullet; a legendary train called the California Zephyr. The start of our trip does not promise much good. Thanks to a […] more…
chicken run – wine cottage
Once the chicken capital of the world, today Petaluma is home to many chicken barns in ruins. But not all memories of the past have crumbled. Some got a second or third chance. Like the ‘Wine Country Cottage’ a Californian couple turned their barn into for example. It must be the happiest chicken barn in the […] more…
the baby grand
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday. A mixed crowd has shuffled in. There’s an English graphic designer sitting next to you. Making love to his tonic before he starts to sing. He sings ‘Son can you play me a memory’. And is totally sure how it goes. It sounds sad but it’s sweet. And his […] more…
imagine
As far as the eye can see. People. Side by side, shoulder to shoulder. Together on a tiny piece of earth. All looking up to the sky. Another 3, 2, 1 second. Then heaven disappears. The sky is on fire. A roar fills the air. Screams are everywhere. What came up yesterday, has now come […] more…
bucktown benedict
Some say it was a pope who invented it, others say the honor goes to a stockbroker. A Wall Street man named Lemuel Benedict, who one day walked into the Waldorf Hotel accompanied by a huge hangover. Here he invented his own breakfast sandwich made of poached eggs, ham and an English muffin with hollandaise […] more…
a bite of bucktown
It was one of those Chicago nights. Chilly, wet and windy. After wiping its way through rush hour traffic and billions of raindrops, the cab dropped us of in Bucktown. North Damen number 1952 to be specific. Mirrored in the dark and wet road a brick building topped with a gabbled roof beckoned to people […] more…
doorway to heaven
The Hour of Power, sometimes – on slow Sunday mornings – you might zap by and back to it. Most likely not out of appreciation of the way the gospel is brought to you, but in awe of the showbiz element, something Americans also successfully use to wrap their divine messages into. The religious version […] more…
the girl and the fig
For some foie gras is heaven, for others French fries earth. But Sonoma foodies know there is something between heaven and earth. A place where foie grass and French fries are forbidden fruits. Where there is a daily line of people waiting to get a taste. A taste of ‘country food with a French passion’. […] more…
the biggest little bar
The Biggest Little City in the World has marketed itself brilliantly. But five years into the financial crisis, brilliance has become a distant memory. The gold fever that once rushed the streets of this Nevada town has broken and so has the spell of gambling that followed in its footsteps. Quiet streets and boarded up […] more…
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