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November 2011

The 1up

The 1up

Nov 30 2011

Your Favorite Childhood Arcade Games, This Time With Beer. My family got our first Nintendo when I was 10, right around the time Super Mario…

The Cruise Room

The Cruise Room

Nov 29 2011

Classy Drinks at a Classy Bar in Denver The Cruise Room in the Oxford Hotel opened for business on December 6th, 1933, the day after…

Avenue Bar

Avenue Bar

Nov 28 2011

The Best Fish Fry in Madison We know our fish fry in Wisconsin. Every Friday across this great state,  deep friers are heated up in…

Sunday Setlist, November 27

This week’s tunes are all about our latest trip. In case you couldn’t guess – we were in Denver. (The Foo Fighter song is for…

Links We Love – Vol. 10

This blog post is worth checking out for the photos alone:  http://jackandjilltravel.com/easing-in-into-the-madness-in-rabat-morocco/ As is this one:  http://www.quietwanderings.com/2011/11/on-the-road-american-road-trip/ Oooh, Amtrak has wifi now – and these…

Packing for a Long Holiday Weekend

The following is a packing list for a four-day trip to Denver in November. The weather looks to be nice during the days and chilly…

Old Sugar Distillery

It was a dark & stormy kind of night You know how much we love to drink beer here at L&A headquarters, but once in…

Sunday Setlist, November 20

This week’s songs are all about Thanksgiving – did we leave out your favorite? Let us know in the comments! And don’t forget to enter…

Links We Love – Vol. 9

Columbia looks beautiful!  (and is totally safe according to Jack & Jill Travel the World) Sweden doesn’t look so bad either . Putting Stockholm on…

Travel Tip #5: An iPad is Your Friend

Unless you are unspeakable wealthy, traveling involves a lot of downtime. You get to the airport the TSA-recommended two hours before your scheduled departure only…

Transfer Pizzeria & Cafe

Grab a Pizza and a Slice of History in Walker’s Point My desert-island food? Pizza. This is the one food item I would want to…

Milwaukee Brewing Company

Party Time, Excellent. We went to a party and a brewery tour broke out. Well, not exactly, but that is what it felt like. The…

Sunday Setlist, November 13

This week’s setlist is all about flying. (Except for the first song – that’s for Kindra’s mom – Happy Birthday Mom!) <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_w_mpw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fkindrapolis-20%2F8014%2F003ddebe-c37e-4b89-91d9-7483433df5af&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A>

Links We Love – Vol. 8

See how chocolate is turned from fruit into, well, chocolate Are the happiest people in the world in Denmark? I guess we’ll just have to…

Travel Tip #4: Pack Light

It is the week before you leave for your big trip and you are starting to get really excited. You have confirmed your hotel reservations…

Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House

Nov 09 2011

A Human Face on the Cost of War Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl , is one of the most moving and thought-provoking…

Dutch Resistance Museum

A Fascinating Documentation of the Dutch Resistance During World War II World War II started for the Dutch in May 1940 with the bombing of…

Tuschinski Theatre

Dinner and a Movie – Amsterdam Style Our favorite date night in Amsterdam: lingering over beer & bitterballen at De Beiaard , then strolling over…

Sunday Setlist, November 6

This week’s setlist is all bands we’ve seen live. (Well, we’ve seen most of Led Zeppelin, at any rate.) And actually, we saw Blitzen Trapper…

Links We Love – Vol. 7

Did you know that Fort Collins has a bike library ? How awesome is that?! Check out BootsnAll’s 9 Weirdest World Heritage Sites . Airfare…

Travel Tip #3: Don’t rely on guidebooks or websites for mission-critical restaurant reservations

Eating is important. Our bodies take the carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals from our food and convert it into energy that allows us to…