Normally,
whenever I’m vacationing in one location for more than a few days, I begin to
get restless at wherever I’m staying regardless of how much the destination has
to offer in amenities and activities.
So, it’s perhaps the greatest compliment I can give Caribbean Beach Cabanas in Placencia Village, Belize, that I rarely felt like I needed to leave
the resort.
Part
One: Arrival day and great expectations
When you picture a tropical paradise, what do you usually see? For me, it’s a picturesque beachfront full of sand, waves gently crashing ashore, palm trees weighed down with coconuts and plenty of empty chairs and hammocks for watching the world go by. Kind of like what you see below …
It’s rarely a challenge to find good soul food in the Deep South. But if you really want great soul food, it’s been my experience that you need to skip the cities and get off the beaten path as much as possible. Punky and I applied this logic on one of our road trips to New Orleans not long ago, and my senses proved to be spot-on after we discovered Crisler’s outside of Crystal Springs, Miss.
The older I get, the more I have come to realize how much I enjoy brunch as one of my favorite social activities. Going out to brunch is the perfect compromise for both the morning procrastinators and those who are afraid to let the day slip away. After all, what’s not to like? It could be breakfast. It could be lunch. And there could be adult beverages involved.
Perhaps this is why New Orleans seems to have so many brunch-worthy places to dine. From famous restaurants like Brennan’s to smaller neighborhood bistros, I know of no town with more places devoted to brunch. And it’s at one of those little neighborhood gems where Punky and I like to go that I first came to this realization – the appropriately named Full Blast Brunch.
Picture yourself cruising through the rolling hills and farmland of southern North Dakota early on a late summer morning. The sun is stil...
