Day Two: N’awlins

On Sunday morning, we were on our way out of Chattanooga within half an hour of waking up—we weren’t anxious to soak up the local color. More importantly, we were anxious to get to our next destination: New Orleans, LA.
A few miles into our second leg, we crossed the border into Alabama, which, interestingly enough, [...]

Day One: Leaving the Brown and Holy East Coast

We had been on the road not more than 2 hours. The backseat was stuffed with Chips Ahoy and Milano cookies that my well-meaning mother had bought for our trip, along with the healthy granola bars and bottles of vitamin water that we had quietly picked up the night before at the huge, suburban grocery [...]