The Long and Winding Road

Going across the continent and coming back will take a while, especially because we want to see favorite people as well as places known and unknown. We'll visit at least seven national parks, see lots of historic places, hang with family and friends across the country, play some golf and eat what should be some great food along the way. Stage One: Virginia to Austin, TX Stage Two: Austin to San Francisco Stage Three: San Francisco to Friday Harbor, WA Stage Four: Poulsbo, WA

There is history here The guy who named Hilton Head in 1663 (named Hilton, of course) never set foot on it. He was looking for a location to raise cattle to feed the enslaved people working the sugar cane fields on Barbados. He didn't find it suitable, but others did 70 years later. We did a history tour of this island today that revealed so much about it that the millions of golfers and beachgoers who come here every year never see or likely care about. There are thousands o

We watch Top Chef. We've watched every season, and recently binged every season all over again . You could say we're a little obsessed with it, as well as some other cooking shows. So one of the things we decided to do was look to see if there are Top Chef contestants who operate restaurants in the places we are going. Turns out there quite a few. The first one was a quick almost drive-by lunch in Charleston, SC, at a restaurant called Church and Union . The Executive Che