Road Trip Day 1: Abe’s BBQ, Clarksdale, MS

As you know from Wednesday’s post, my boyfriend and I recently took a road trip from New Orleans to Minneapolis.  We spent 3 days/2 nights on the road.  Although we didn’t spend more than a couple of hours in any one place, we really made an effort to do one thing at each stop that…

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Monmouth Plantation: 3 Reasons to Hit the Bar

A few weeks ago when my boyfriend and I were traveling in Mississippi, we spent a night at Monmouth Plantation in Natchez.  Our stay in the historic home, a National Historic Landmark, was delightful.  Monmouth was built in 1818 by General Quitman, a civil war general, as his family’s city residence.  In other words, it’s…

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