Kentucky Kuban

La Bodeguita de Mima Cuban Restaurant and Rum Bar is a mouthful. But then, everything about this place is larger than life, from the portions to the physical building. A baby blue 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is parked next to a mural of a smoking cigar that you can almost smell (or maybe it was the smoke from the cigar lounge in the back), all while Cuban music leaks out like sweat from your abuelo’s forehead after dancing cha cha cha. And you’re not even inside yet.

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Between Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Amish, Alpacas & the Poconos

I recently discovered two new joys of road-tripping: I-80 between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and gas station potato chips. Not just any potato chips, but artificially flavored Italian Hoagie chips by PrimoHoagies. Do they taste like a hoagie? No. Yet, it makes your breath smell like you ate a footlong. How? Pennsylvania magic.

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