Turtleback Farm Inn (Orcas Island, WA)
Situated on Orcas Island, Turtleback Farm Inn is listed in 1000 Places to See Before You Die. Other travel publications have chimed in with equally effusive praise, backed by the reviews of the many...
View ArticlePortuguese Sausage and Eggs at Eggs ‘N Things (Honolulu, HI)
One of our favorite breakfast spots in Waikiki is Eggs ‘n Things. It also happens to be hugely popular with Japanese tourists who easily could make up over 75 percent of the clientele. Last time, we...
View ArticleBrunch at Bastille Café and Bar (Seattle, WA)
One kind of breakfast I don’t have often is French. In fact, I have to wonder if I ever have. French meals at other times are another story. You can take bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes and cereal, and...
View ArticleBreakfast at Black Bear Diner (Mt. Shasta, CA)
There are many a Black Bear Diner on the West Coast, 59 and counting. Truthfully, we had never heard of the chain before until we were here in Mt Shasta. And, as it turned out, this is where it all...
View ArticleBreakfast at Morning Glory Café (Eugene, OR)
Among the places that popped up when looking for breakfast restaurants on Yelp, Morning Glory was one possibility. What makes it so different was the reason we decided to give it a try; it is a vegan...
View ArticleBreakfast at Marination Ma Kai (Seattle)
As soon as you step off the water taxi at Seacrest Park, Marination Ma Kai is directly in front of you, slightly to the right. It’s hard to miss since it’s the only building on the dock. The two women...
View ArticlePanama Hotel Tea & Coffee
Not many realize that the Panama Hotel in the International District has a tea and coffee shop. Though it was set up to serve its clientele, it is open to the public. The space is not very large but is...
View ArticleBreakfast at Blue Moose Café (Port Townsend, WA)
“If a messy kitchen is a happy one, this one is delirious.” How can you not like a café that has the chutzpah to post that above their kitchen? How about, “The reason we’re not all here is because...
View ArticleKen’s House of Pancakes (Hilo, HI)
My wife and I wound up eating three times at Ken’s House of Pancakes, near Arnott’s Lodge where we were staying during our time in Hilo. It came up as a local favorite in a couple of sources. Our Mauna...
View ArticleFried Rice at Eggs ’n Things (Honolulu, HI)
During every trip to Honolulu, my wife and I have breakfast at Eggs ’n Things, an excuse to eat their Portuguese sausage with eggs and two scoops of rice. My wife ordered it (this time, she substituted...
View ArticleEggslut, More Than a Fatuous Name
It’s pretty much a sure thing that where there is a line out a restaurant’s door, therein lies good food. The first two times I walked past Eggslut in L.A.’s Grand Central Market (GCM), the queue was...
View ArticleChorizo con Huevos at Bun ‘N Burger (Alhambra, CA)
One of our favorite places to eat breakfast when we’re visiting relatives in the San Gabriel Valley is Bun ‘N’ Burger. The current owners bought the diner from the original one and kept all the old...
View ArticleBreakfast at Eggs ‘N Things (Honolulu, HI)
There are so many Japanese customers at Eggs ‘N Things that the lady taking names at the door for the waiting list speaks fluent nihongo, though she’s obviously a local. In fact, when she handed me the...
View ArticleBreakfast at Pacific Bistro (Whistler, BC)
For breakfast, we went to Wild Wood Pacific Bistro whose specialty is eggs Benedict. One good policy of theirs is that you can get a half order, which let each of us try different ones, rather than...
View ArticleBreakfast at Plaza Café (Gallup, NM)
We dreaded eating yet another motel continental breakfast (in this case, Red Roof Inn in Gallup). Although it’s economical to have something to eat included in the room rate, the stuff does get old...
View ArticleBrunch at Doc Martin’s (Taos, NM)
Doc Martin’s sits inside the Historic Taos Inn. It is a well regarded restaurant in Taos, having been in business for over twenty years. Two nights ago, we scarfed down margaritas and chips in Taos...
View ArticleBreakfast at Cafe Pasqual (Santa Fe, NM)
We had breakfast at one of the legendary restaurants in Santa Fe, Cafe Pasqual. The portion being large, we split the highly recommended Huevos Motuleños, easy-over eggs on a bed of black beans, topped...
View ArticleBreakfast at Tabla de los Santos (Santa Fe, NM)
Having been disappointed by Café Pascual yesterday morning, we looked for somewhere else to have breakfast. Within a stone’s throw of Pascual was a restaurant that is part of the Hotel St....
View ArticleBreakfast at Lime Caffeteria (Rotorua, NZ)
One of the recommended places to have breakfast in Rotorua is the Lime Caffeteria, only a few blocks from the Rotorua Museum. The interior is sleek, slightly retro. There is an upscale ambience but not...
View ArticleBreakfast at Café Melba (Auckland, NZ)
The receptionist at our hotel suggested that we have breakfast at Café Melba, a small but popular restaurant in a section of town called Vulcan Lane, an alleyway lined with small shops and restaurants....
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....