Speaking of Travel...

     A New York Times travel writer is going to be in Alabama this coming week, fresh from absorbing the culture in Louisiana and Mississippi. His post about that experience is a hoot!

     This is travel on the cheap! So don't expect to see him at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel...but if someone called Seth Kugel shows up, treat him with all the Southern charm we can muster! He's a fool for rustic unique places....and here's my list of recommendations in Montgomery:

• Stop by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Memorial.


• Then drop down a block or two to stand in the spot where Jefferson Davis took the oath of office and where George Wallace pledged segregation now etc etc.(the upper and lower steps of the Capitol, respectively.


• Go into the Capital and walk through the old House Chamber where delegates decided to un-Unite with the U.S.


• All of that has been free, so splurge and enjoy the unexpected decor and the (somewhat expensive) taste of the cuisine at The Olive Room (down towards the other end of Dexter Avenue) is worth the visit.


• I know your mode of  transit is limited, but if you can go by The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, do so. It is another unexpected jewel.

Visitors? What have I left off?