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Mardi Gras King Cake

It is once again Mardi Gras season here in Louisiana. I obsess over the seasonal King Cake, and search for the BEST one by testing out one f...

The Maldon Mud Race

The Maldon Mud Race is a fun race held in spring , in Maldon ,Essex UK. I love these quirky events that we have, and money is raised for ch...

Snake Girl

Here’s another shot from the Yamboree an East Texas festival celebrating the yam. The “snake girl” was actually a woman wi...

Deep Fried Twinkie

Here in Texas it’s just considered normal cuisine. This was taken at the annual Yamboree in Gilmer, Texas which has more kitsch than y...

Otakon 2012

The end of summer means the biggest Japanese Anime & Culture Convention on the East Coast, Otakon!  And of course, I was on hand for Ot...

Spoonerism

In 1904, my uncle worked for the Travel Editor of the Los Angeles Times. He was assigned to escort a summer student group to Europe. He kept...