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By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/16
Just a short drive from Baton Rouge, Louisiana you’ll find The Crown Jewel of Louisiana’s River Road, the Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, a 16 room grand antebellum estate filled with period antiques, Louisiana artwork and spectacular gardens. Beautiful inside and out, we got lost in the history and the amazing landscape. The tour guides [...]
Posted in Blog, Locations, Videos | Tagged baton rouge, betty davis, Bucket List, Cafe' Burnside, Crown Jewel of Louisiana's River Road, ghost, Houmas House and gardens, hush hush sweet charlotte, Latil's Landing Restaurant, Le Petite Houmas Restaurant, louisiana, McKenna, midlife road trip, Sandi, Wine Cellars of Houmas House |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/15
There’s no better therapy for a midlife crisis than a road trip. This year we’re in the running to travel from coast to coast writing blogs, taking photos, writing reviews, and making videos of America’s best small towns in Rand McNally and USA TODAY’s Best of the Road Rally. We want to share the stories of America’s [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged america, best of the road, rand McNally, road trip, roadtrips, small towns, USA Today, vote today |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/10
Here’s a fun-filled behind the scenes look at the Tejas Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Bucket List, bull riding, cattle, cow, cowboy, cowgirl, hearding, humor, Rick Griffin, rodeo, rodeo school, roping, San Antonio, Sandi McKenna, Tejas, Texas, travel |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/10
We received several emails telling us that we HAD to eat at the Berry Fresh Cafe in Port St. Lucie , Florida. So when we were in the area filming at the PGA Village, we stopped by and were treated to some great food and great fun. Tweet
Posted in Food, Recipes, Reviews, Videos | Tagged berry Fresh cafe, Bucket List, PGA Village, Port st. Lucie, Shrimp and Grits |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/10
We got to check something else off our Bucket List as we trained at the official PGA Training Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. It was so cool learning from the people who train the pros on the PGA tour. The technology they use is nothing short of AMAZING. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Bucket List, caddy, driving, golf, knickerbockers, midlife, PGA, professional, putting, Rick Griffin, Sandi McKenna, technology, training |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/09
We always love tagging along with others when they get to fulfill their bucket list dreams. Here’s a fun behind the scenes look at the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama with our friend Max Akins, where we drove real NASCAR race-cars at speeds of 174mph! Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged Bucket List, Dale Jarrett, fun, midlife, NASCAR, racing, road trip, superspeedway, Talladega |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/09
It’s not every day you get to see rhinos playing leap-frog! If you love animals, you’re gonna love our behind the scenes look at Lion Country Safari, in West Palm Beach Florida. Tweet
Posted in Videos | Tagged adventure, behind the scenes, birds, Bucket List, giraffe, leap frog, lion, Lion Country Safari, monkey, rhino, Rick Griffin, Sandi McKenna, tour, wildebeest, zebra |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/09
We headed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to check out Dreamland BBQ – one of the most famous BBQ joints in the whole world! Tweet
Posted in Alabama, Videos | Tagged Alabama, bbq, Big Daddy, Bishop, celebrities, cooking, Dreamland, Dreamland BBQ, food, football, pork, ribs, Sauce, Tuscaloosa |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/08
Twitter can be addictive and while our “Not-so Usual Therapy Sessions” (#NUTS) are helpful, every so often we all need to be admitted to Twehab. This week’s session will help us all assimilate back into the main stweem. straight-jacket optional, sense of humor required The Midlife Road Trip is the perfect therapy for [...]
Posted in NUTS | Tagged fun, funny, laugh, midlife road trip, NUTS, online therapy, sense ouf humor, straight jacket, therapy |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/05/01
Sandi goes behind the scenes at Battle of the Dance in Anaheim, California where she learns a step or two from some of the best in the business. Is she ready for Dancing with the Stars? You be the judge! Either way, she got to check something off her Bucket List. Tweet
Posted in Blog, California, Videos | Tagged Anaheim. California, Battle of the Dance, Bucket List, dance, Dancing, Dancing With the Stars, flamenco, irish dancing, learning, midlife road trip, music, Orange County, Sandi McKenna, so you think you can dance, spain |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/04/30
Travel Writer & Columnist, Kathy Witt wrote the following story about the MidLife Road Trip for McClatchy-Tribune. Another reason that not a day goes by that we don’t count our MidLife Blessings. Bucket List Adventures: Hitting the (midlife) road By KATHY WITT To eat a Belgian waffle in Belgium. Cuddle a koala bear. Meet snack maven [...]
Posted in Blog, Bucket List, Guest Posts, Media, Media Coverage | Tagged Bucket List Adventures: Hitting the (midlife) road, kathy witt, McClatchy-Tribune, midlife road trip |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/04/29
Of all the photographs taken at last year’s Royal Wedding, this one seemed to generate the most buzz on the internet. We came across this picture on Twitter during a wedding themed session of #FriFotos. We tracked it down and it seems to have come from TMZ. We need you to caption this Royal Wedding [...]
Posted in Blog, Caption This, Photo | Tagged balcony, funny, Kate, Royal Copuple, Royal Wedding, William, William and Kate |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/04/27
Last fall we were in Tuscaloosa, Alabama taping segments for Midlife Road Trip. A few months months later, the town was rocked to its very core when it was pummeled by a powerful tornado. The photos below don’t even show the enormity of the destruction. Much of the town looked like the pictures I remember [...]
Posted in Alabama, Blog, Photo | Tagged A Look Back: Tuscaloosa, aftermath, Alabama, Alabama devastated by Tornado One Year Ago, Alabama tornado, clean up, destruction, devastation, F-5, F5, recovery, restoration, tornado, Tuscaloosa |
By Midlife Road Trip on 2012/04/22
We had the pleasure of touring the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and we marveled not only at the plants but so many other things they had to offer. Tweet
Posted in Blog | Tagged Children's Garden, conservation, cultural center, Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory, Earth Day, flowers, Fuqua Orchid Center., georgia, Happy Earth Day ... The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Midtown Atlanta, plant collections, research, The Atlanta Botanical Garden |
