The 614orty-Niner

Statue of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, famed pianist, former Prime Minister of Poland, and one of the most famed residents of Paso Robles As i...

An insurance commercial I remember from a couple years ago (all my attempts to verify the actual company behind it have gone for nought) ...

We admit, it was hard to keep our eyes on the roadway ahead of us as we made our way out of Santa Rosa down California's Highway 12, ...

It's easy to go over old ground with places that predate my existence here in Columbus such as Pattycake Bakery.  Still, a brief hi...

A metal die-cut plaque details the family roots of Columbus' Merion Village As mentioned in my previous post, my coffee at Das Kaffe...

The Big Room at local favorite/independent radio station CD102.5 in the Brewery District, which provided a nice stopover point in my lates...

Yes, nice layers of cinnamon lie underneath the icing in these beauties from Italian Village's popular Fox in the Snow Cafe My cinna...

The Moravian Sugar Cake from Laughlin's Bakery , topped with cinnamon, one of my most favorite spices ever When it comes to sweet ...

Minnesota has its share of towering structures to attract state visitors like the Jolly Green Giant, which we encountered back in 2013. ...

The center of this country is well known for gut-filling eats, and on our road trip, we decided we'd go with the flow with occasional br...

Granted, as one of the Columbus' main thoroughfares, High Street has plenty of room for all manner of businesses. But for the ...

Perhaps due to its reputation as a fast-food haven and test market, Columbus finds its ethnic eats remaining a bit under the radar. I sur...

A look down at the cities of the East Bay from the Berkeley Hills The second of my California breakfast/brunch posts for 2016 takes our ...

I've learned that traveling down High Street in the Short North area often gives me a bit of tunnel vision. When I'm in a car, th...

As much ground as the previous couple of weeks of Southern road trip blog posts covered, not every place we visited made it in. However, tha...

Mama Papa Lithuania Bakery & Restaurant occupy adjoining spaces along Park Street in Downtown Alameda, California While my spouse...

Sassafras has been the source of frequent carbo-loading for the spouse and I ever since their opening in August of 2013 This review is s...

Mozart's has settled in nicely after their 2013 move to North Clintonville Mozart's Cafe holds a very special place in the heart...

Alas, this picture of Kruschiki, a Polish cookie traditionally made around the holidays, is the lone picture of what we ate from Mazurek...

In my time here in the Buckeye State, I've quickly learned that Ohio is the land of festivals. Here in Columbus, you can get e...