Coconut Creek in South Florida, Butterfly Capital of the World

30 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Faisal0926

Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated 37 miles (60 km) north of Miami, it had an estimated population of 57,348 in 2022. It is part of South Florida‘s Miami metropolitan area. The city seceded from Pompano Beach in the 1960s. It is nicknamed “Butterfly Capital of the World” because it is home to Butterfly World, the world’s largest butterfly aviary, with over 80 species and 20,000 individual butterflies.   read more…

Eggs Benedict

29 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

Eggs Benedict with bacon © flickr.com - Alpha/cc-by-sa-2.0

Eggs Benedict with bacon © flickr.com – Alpha/cc-by-sa-2.0

Eggs Benedict is a common American breakfast or brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. It was popularized in New York City.   read more…

Burbank in California, Media Capital of the World

24 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  7 minutes

Walt Disney Studios Alameda Entrance © Coolcaesar/cc-by-sa-4.0

Walt Disney Studios Alameda Entrance © Coolcaesar/cc-by-sa-4.0

Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section.   read more…

Arby’s

23 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© flickr.com – Mike Mozart/cc-by-2.0

Arby’s is an American fast food sandwich restaurant chain with more than 3,300 restaurants. The flagship property of Inspire Brands, it ranked third in systemwide sales in the United States in the quick-service and fast-casual restaurant industries in 2012, behind Subway and Panera Bread. In October 2017, Food & Wine called Arby’s “America’s second largest sandwich chain (after Subway)”.   read more…

Ben & Jerry’s

21 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

Ben & Jerry's Flavours © flickr.com - Tony Hisgett/cc-by-2.0

Ben & Jerry’s Flavours © flickr.com – Tony Hisgett/cc-by-2.0

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings Inc., trading and commonly known as Ben & Jerry’s, is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. Founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, the company went from a single ice cream parlor to a multinational brand over the course of a few decades. The company was sold in 2000 to the multinational conglomerate Unilever but operates as an independent subsidiary. Its present-day headquarters is in South Burlington, Vermont, with its factory in Waterbury, Vermont.   read more…

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

20 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© flickr.com – Jerry Huddleston/cc-by-2.0

Five Guys Enterprises, LLC (doing business as Five Guys Burgers and Fries and Five Guys) is an American fast food chain focused on hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries. It is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.   read more…

In-N-Out Burger

19 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cheeseburgers © flickr.com - Jef Poskanzer/cc-by-2.0

Cheeseburgers © flickr.com – Jef Poskanzer/cc-by-2.0

In-N-Out Burgers, doing business as In-N-Out Burger, is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations primarily in California and to a lesser extent the Southwest from Oregon to Texas. It was founded in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948 by Harry (1913–1976) and Esther Snyder (1920–2006). The chain is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has expanded outside Southern California into the rest of California, as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and Idaho, and is planning expansions into New Mexico and Tennessee. The current owner is Lynsi Snyder, the Snyders’ only grandchild.   read more…

Café du Monde in New Orleans

18 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Richard A. Weaver/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Richard A. Weaver/cc-by-sa-4.0

Café du Monde (French for “Café of the World” or “the People’s Café”) is a renowned open-air coffee shop located on Decatur Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a New Orleans landmark and tourist destination, known for its café au lait and beignets. Its coffee with chicory is widely available in the continental United States.   read more…

Upper Eastside in Miami

17 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture, Miami / South Florida Reading Time:  19 minutes

Bay Shore Historic District © Pietro/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bay Shore Historic District © Pietro/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Upper Eastside (alternatively called East Side and commonly referred to as Northeast Miami) is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida. It is north of Edgewater, east of Little Haiti, south of the village of Miami Shores, and sits on Biscayne Bay. In geographical order from south to north and east to west, it contains the subdivisions of Magnolia Park, Bay Point, Morningside, Bayside, Belle Meade, Shorecrest, and Palm Grove. The MiMo District along Biscayne Boulevard in the area is host to many art galleries, shops and restaurants.   read more…

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