Blake Kunisch
Traveling the Country...
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- March 10, 09:11 PM
- March 10, 09:44 AM
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March 09, 10:20 PM
Day 10 - St. Louis to Topeka
St. Louis Union Station, St. Louis Gateway Arch, Anheuser Busch Brewing
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March 09, 10:12 PM
Day 9 - Nashville to St. Louis
The Hermitage (home and burial place of Andrew Jackson), Belle Meade
Plantation, St. Louis, and Pappy's BBQ (St. Louis). - March 09, 06:51 PM
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- March 09, 10:20 AM
- March 09, 08:49 AM
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March 08, 07:28 PM
Pappy's Ribs - St. Louis
Ribs are amazing - dry rubbed, almost needs no sauce, but the original BBQ sauce is wonderful. Apple sauce disappoints (tastes like Motts) but beans redeem the sides. If only I had room for a Frito pie...
- March 08, 10:59 AM
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March 07, 11:21 PM
If You're Ever In Atlanta...
...and have some cash to spend, eat at Restaurant Eugene. I haven't had many fine meals, in fact, I've only had a couple, but by far, Restaurant Eugene was the best I've had. After pushing our reservation back twice (once due to a forgotten time zone change and then the second due to abysmal late Saturday night Atlanta traffic), we arrived for our 9:30pm reservation and were quickly seated. Despite being full, they amazingly catered to our reservation changes and we were promptly greeted at our table by the bartender with the special drinks for the night.
After a quick glance at the menu, we decided that the best way to go was the 5 course tasting menu along with the wine pairings with each course. We were informed as to what each course would consist of (e.g. light starter, light protein, main course, etc.). After he took special requests, we were greeted quickly with our first wine. It was Aria, by Segura Viudas - a nice, light, sparkling wine to start the evening. It was then followed by a radish amuse-bouche (daikon, nero, and watermelon radishes with housemade butter and smoked maldon). Following the amuse-bouche, we were presented with the most amazing pork belly plate, paired with an egg yolk and mushrooms (sorry, no exact description given in the menu for this course) which was paired with a Two Princes Riesling (2007). Next up was a seafood plate - atlantic golden tilefish served with lentils and vidalia onions. It was paired with a 2008 Domaine Depeuble Gamay Benjolais. The main course was then served - a piedmontese beef strip with potato and foie gratin, cranberry and mustard greens doused with foie emulsion. It was divine and paired perfectly with a 2008 Terredora di Paolo Aglianico Campania. Finally, the meal was finished with a cheese and dessert course which was split into two plates. The cheese was a double creamed cheese of some sort - very soft and creamy like brie, but with an amazing taste. Served with granny smithapples, pecans, walnut bread crisp and honey. The dessert was then last - a campari granida grapefruit tart which finished the meal very nicely. It was sweet, tart, and light. The cheese was paired with a 2003 Chamarre Tradition Juranc and the dessert was paired with a great cocktail of St. Germain, Vie Parisienne, and Eldeflower Liqueur. It was absolutely amazing from start to finish and when we finally left at 1am we were so full, I have no idea how anyone could have the 7 course meal with wine pairings. The wait staff was great and explained everything to use perfectly as he could probably tell that we didn't really know what was going on with the wines and each course was quickly laid out for us and, believe me, it was sumptuous. Pork belly...beef strip (sous-vide for 12 hours beforehand)...cheese...and the tart...start to finish, nothing disappointed. Well worth every penny (and there were a lot of them) spent. -
March 07, 11:02 PM
Day 8 - Atlanta to Nashville
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Lots of Orchids..., De Kalb County
Courthouse (Decatur), the Brick Store Pub, Sign, Opryland - March 07, 08:55 PM
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March 06, 08:47 PM
Day 7 - New Orleans to Atlanta
Hello Alabama, Fort Gaines, marsh, bridge.
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March 06, 08:42 PM
Day 5 - Dallas to New Orleans
Marshall Train Depot, Marshall Courthouse, Shreveport homes.
- March 06, 08:38 PM
- March 05, 05:31 PM
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@Steak 'n Shake (4640 Chippewa Street)39 hours ago
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@Anheuser-Busch Brewery (12th Street and Lynch Street)42 hours ago
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@Gus' Pretzels (1820 Arsenal)43 hours ago
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50 or so bottles of beer in the car...leave them in there overnight? I don't think they should get too cold...Posted 8 hours ago
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Man, looks like I missed all the severe weather by just a couple days. Arkansas getting hit with baseball sized hail, storms across Kansas, Shreveport getting pounded...If only I could be back in CA right now.Posted 8 hours ago
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SNOW in Denver.Posted 10 hours ago
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Not surprising that the cashier here in Kansas doesn't know what a haiku is.Posted 14 hours ago
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Holy hell it is windy and cold outside. I don't think Colorado will be any warmer.Posted 14 hours ago
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Cold in KS, I-70 closed west on Denver, what am I headed into?Posted 15 hours ago
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Telephone museum, Greyhound hall of fame, Oz museum...Kansas is odd.Posted 18 hours ago
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Bought another 20 beers today in St. Louis. If I keep up at this rate, I won't be able to sleep in my car by the end of the trip. It doesn't help that I'm carrying a bunch of Rosalynn Taing's crap around too...Posted 30 hours ago
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Short drive tomorrow, just 500 miles. Almost got my car stuck in mud today too. That'll teach me to leave the Kansas turnpike.Posted 30 hours ago
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Just opened my door outside A-Busch and got the aroma of malts being mashed. If only it didn't go into crap beer.Posted 42 hours ago
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Does it get worse than Michael Moore? Yes! MM on the Joy Behar show (tomorrow)! Oh, the humanity... @fejimanz7 hours ago from Seesmic
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Sazza on #Yelp: I'm glad Priceline gave me a hotel in Greenwood Village or I might have otherwise missed this local ... http://bit.ly/cXXgA37 hours ago from Yelp
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Sazza, just outside of Denver, CO. http://post.ly/S0gh8 hours ago from Posterous
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SNOW in Denver. #fb10 hours ago from Seesmic
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@fejimanz if you don't have enough hours in a day, stop tweeting, that'll free up at least 3 hrs.11 hours ago from Seesmic
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Not surprising that the cashier here in Kansas doesn't know what a haiku is. #fb14 hours ago from Seesmic
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Holy hell it is windy and cold outside. I don't think Colorado will be any warmer. #fb14 hours ago from Seesmic
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@Jakkoobcampbell That place is still open??15 hours ago from Seesmic
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Cold in KS, I-70 closed west on Denver, what am I headed into? #fb15 hours ago from Seesmic
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Kansas Capitol Building http://post.ly/RuEx19 hours ago from Posterous
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Day 10 - St. Louis to Topeka http://post.ly/RoXV30 hours ago from Posterous
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Day 9 - Nashville to St. Louis http://post.ly/RoTC31 hours ago from Posterous
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@fejimanz /raise - but you already knew that.33 hours ago from Seesmic
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Jack Stack BBQ http://post.ly/Rm4N34 hours ago from Posterous
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@fejimanz What are you doing on GetSatisfaction? Get me a road trip badge already - 3 states in a week...34 hours ago from Seesmic
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At Jack Stack BBQ - Best BBQ in country according to Zagat...it better be good!34 hours ago from Seesmic
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@AmyRhubarb exactly! Idiots. I guess it's not easy to think perfectly clear at that point...35 hours ago from Seesmic
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I now have about 75 beers on board and I haven't even made it to CO yet.38 hours ago from Seesmic
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@fejimanz Sounds like your dad though.38 hours ago from Seesmic
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This place rocks 20 more beers and $150 later... http://yfrog.com/0a85qjj38 hours ago from Seesmic

































































































































