Posted By bbinns on March 18, 2009
Driving north from Austin, heading for Waco, I cross the Brazos river. Just saying Brazos out loud: “I crossed the Brazos,” makes me feel like a cowboy. On the right just before the bridge is the Texas Ranger museum. It’s shiny and new and very big. I note, once again, that it’s real nice for […]
Category: 09, Stella, The Pork Tour | Write To Me
Tags: barbecue, bbq, companionship, dog, grieving, roadtrip, texas
Posted By bbinns on March 17, 2009
When I decided to commence the Pork Tour in Austin, I knew who to call for advice. My red-headed, Texan, pistol-of-a-girlfriend Coqui didn’t fall far from the tree. Her dad, Ronnie Dunn, has been searching out the best BBQ in and around Austin “since God was a chile.” In his off-BBQ hours, he’d butchered meat […]
Category: 09, The Pork Tour | Write To Me
Tags: Austin, barbecue, bbq, cross-country drive, roadtrip, texas, The Pork Tour
Posted By bbinns on February 7, 2009
2.3.09 Venice Beach, CA I always order the wrong thing. This has been a vexing constant of my traveling and eating life for decades. Often, I vow to stop doing it, but that sort of resolve carries mind-boggling potential for inverse logic. Venturing down this road, I might end up second-guessing myself to the point […]
Category: 09, In the West | Write To Me
Tags: bbq, memphis, remoulade, ribs, venice beach