The pancake pot pie at Ellen’s in Dallas is true breakfast genius
The amazing multi-layered pancake pot pie at Ellen's in Dallas. Every now and then an item leaps off a menu and reaches out into your soul. The menu at Ellen's, red-hot…
Battle-scarred Verdun: the saddest city in France
“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” - All Quiet on the Western Front Verdun is a small city on…
Behold the world’s No. 1 greatest beer (hint: it’s from Bavaria!)
A trio of Schlenkerla Marzen rauchbier I love all those nouveau American hop bombs and porridge-thick New England IPAs just as much as the next guy. But the reality is…
Flying over the North Pole to Hong Kong
Flew to Saigon for a family wedding last year and it took just 19 hours to get there! The quick trip was made possible by Cathay Pacific airline's non-stop, 15-hour flight from Boston…
The Eiffel Tower at Sunset
My favorite photo of the Eiffel Tower in a golden sunset
October 15, 2018 Paris is everything it's cracked up to be. Just a magical place of great food, cool vibes and monumental architecture at every corner. There's a reason it's…
Pecan Lodge Brisket Goodness
Food porn from Texas, America’s No. 1 food state
The fine folks from Thrillist last week did what they do best and posted a completely unverifiable but entertaining piece of click bait, purporting to rank every U.S. state based…
Oh my! Montreal smoked meat at Reuben’s Deli & Steakhouse
Flew through Montreal earlier this year with my buddy Dan on our way to a 14-city, 7-country, 12-day tour of Europe. A little out of the way and we had…
Tulips at the Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany
The Porta Nigra is the old Roman gate at the eastern edge of the Altstadt (old city) in Trier, Germany. Porta Nigra means "black gate" in Latin and the nearly 2,000-year-old fortification…
Kerry Byrne enjoys his corn dog
The most Texas photo of all time
Eating a Fletcher's corny dog with mustard at the State Fair of Texas next to Big Tex wearing a Texas Longhorns t-shirt and a Dallas Cowboys trucker cap after a…