The first batch. I had to dig these out with my hands. Everything went wrong. The first batch of copycat Hostess Zingers stuck to the pan so badly I had to dig them out by hand. The cakes came out in pieces, with chunks missing and bottoms torn clean off. There may have been colorful…
Look, I love Zach. But if he ever shows up with a dozen roses and a candlelit dinner, I’m checking him for a head injury—that’s not our cup of tea – we have more non-romantic date ideas. We’re not romantic people. We don’t do grand gestures. We don’t want someone singing to us in public….
The Postcard Time Machine Project Begins So here’s how this whole vintage postcard recreation project started. In July 2024, Zach and I visited Bemidji, Minnesota, for UniCon ’24—the last one that’ll be held in the US. We stopped at a lakeside park to photograph the Chief Bemidji statue, one of many stops we made exploring…
Flashback Pizza & Milkshakes in Rogers, Arkansas delivers ’80s/’90s nostalgia with arcade games, retro decor, and a Blockbuster check. Bucket list #1!
We’d been through Rogers before and somehow missed the World’s Largest BB Gun. A giant Red Ryder sitting in downtown Arkansas, and we missed it. Obviously, that needed correcting. We headed into downtown Rogers expecting exactly what the name promised: one ridiculously oversized BB gun, a couple of photos, and another World’s Largest checked off…
Follow our 2026 road trip bucket list featuring 12 quirky attractions across 10 states, from giant popcorn to Popeye statues to everything weird in between
There are holiday light displays, and then there’s Nights of Lights St Augustine—a tradition so iconic it consistently lands on “Best Christmas Lights in America” lists year after year. And having lived in St. Augustine for 15 years, I can tell you it absolutely deserves the hype. This past January, we made it back to…
Updated: October 3, 2026 We didn’t call them GPS Mystery Tours yet. Apparently, that didn’t stop me from doing one. I had somewhere in Fort Smith I wanted to take Zach, but I wasn’t telling him where. I gave him turn-by-turn directions and let him drive. No destination. No context. Just trust me and turn…
The World’s Largest Christmas Pickle Gets a Second Chance (And a Surprise Bonus!) Remember back in 2022 when we told you about the World’s Largest Christmas Pickle? Well, buckle up, because we’re going back—and this time, the story gets even better. The Backstory: Nobody Knew About The Pickle Picture It: Fort Smith, 2022 – Zach…
🐾 CopyCaturday: Hashbrown Casserole Copycat (Cracker Barrel Style) When the craving for a hashbrown casserole copycat hits somewhere between exits and empty coffee cups, you know it’s serious. Cracker Barrel’s version has a hold on us — that cheesy, golden comfort food we can never quite forget. So naturally, we decided to make our own…
