Tastes
The Ultimate Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown
In 2018, we took a trip through New Mexico (our second favorite state!) to visit White Sands National Monument and Roswell. Having spent so much time traveling by car and without a kitchen, we’ve found a way to prepare food and eat healthily while in motel rooms (more on this to come in a later…
Read MoreA Taste of New Mexico
We love New Mexico and always look forward to spending time in the Land of Enchantment. In late March, we were honored to have been invited to present at the New Mexico Wine & Grape Growers Association annual conference in Las Cruces. As a region of the state that we had never visited, we were excited to have…
Read MoreDonut Digest: Bizmallow Caramel- Amy’s Donuts, Colorado Springs, CO
Donuts, donuts everywhere! While there actually aren’t donuts everywhere (we can dream though…), our move to Colorado Springs certainly felt like we’d stumbled into the magical land of donuts. In Grand Junction, we had a great go-to for our donut cravings at the locally-owned Home Style Bakery; but sadly, they were closed on Sunday and Monday, so we…
Read MoreDonut Digest: World Famous Donut- Summit of Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, CO
Every time that we travel, I always check out the local restaurant listings and reviews to see if there are any good bakeries or pastry shops. My motivation for this is, of course, donuts. Within three days of moving to Colorado Springs, I had already done my homework and we made our way to the…
Read MoreDonut Digest: Pumpkin Donut- Dunkin’ Donuts, Littleton, NH
This is an excerpt taken from our Donuts, Descents, & Drives: 3 Days in New Hampshire post. While it does not include specific tasting notes, as the other reviews in the Donut Digest do, it still provides a review of a great standby in the wide world of donuts. We know, we know, we’ve been preaching…
Read MoreDonut Digest: Churro Donut- Tourist Home, Flagstaff, AZ
Donuts are this girl’s best friend. I can’t identify when my love of donuts began, but one of my fondest childhood memories involves time spent visiting my dad and the trips that we took to Ye Olde Donut Shoppe just up the road from his house. I can’t remember what the inside looked like or if it…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Key Lime Pie Smackdown
As you may have figured out, we like to eat. We set some goals before hitting the road to try to experience as many local delicacies and cuisines as possible. You can imagine that through 30 states and across more than 12,000 miles, we had the chance to try many new and different foods- some…
Read MoreA Taste of Wisconsin
When you think about Wisconsin, the first things that come to mind are typically beer and cheese. And while the state is famous for producing both, it is also home to more than 100 wineries spread throughout five different regions. As we were staying in Ephraim at the northern end of the Door Peninsula, our…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Maine Lobster Roll Smackdown
Before the idea of Tin Sheets to the Wind was even conceived, we started to plan a road trip across the country for Jen’s 40th birthday. Sitting in front of a fire with a glass of wine in one of the dog-friendly Garden Cottages at L’Auberge de Sedona in Sedona, Arizona (one of the coolest places we’ve ever stayed…
Read MoreA Taste of South Dakota
On our mission to taste wines from throughout the country, our first stop was in the Black Hills of South Dakota. As a colder climate that isn’t particularly conducive to vinifera grape-growing, our experiences found that wines produced from hybrid grapes and fruit were most prevalent, with some vinifera varieties produced using mostly fruit grown in other regions. Our…
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