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A Traditional Tamil Lunch at INDeco Heritage Hotel: Swamimalai, India

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My traveling companions and I left the Swamimalai Temple hot, tired and hungry. We had toured two temples that morning traveling through back roads in Southern India. Then, enroute to a Heritage Hotel, we got lost. Fortunately our driver spoke Tamil, the local language, and we eventually found the place. We stepped out onto beautiful grounds and were immediately transported back to 1800’s. The check-in area at INDeco Heritage Hotel sits within a beautifully restored British villa from 1896.

Foot Massage
Foot Massage

We were welcomed with cool hand and face towels and a refreshing Ayurdevic foot massage. How lovely!  That restored our hot and tired bodies, but we were still hungry.

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I’m Just Wild About Harry

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Restaurant Review: Harry’s Continental Kitchen

Hal Christensen
Hal Christensen

Longboat Key, Florida

I am here to state
I’m here to relate
To explain
and make it plain:
I`m just wild about Harry…

Judy Garland

Harry’s Continental Kitchen‘s opened on Longboat Key in 1978 and numerous customers must agree because Harry’s remains a wildly popular eatery. The restaurant corner buzzes as a beehive of activity with local residents, returning snowbirds and visitors to the Sarasota area.

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Abe’s Grill: A Southern Tradition in Corinth, Mississippi

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Abe's Grill in Corinth, Mississippi
Abe’s Grill in Corinth, Mississippi

Abe’s Grill: A Restaurant Review

Customers stand in line waiting for a seat in Abe's Grill.
Customers stand in line waiting for a seat in Abe’s Grill.

The moment you drive up to this little diner you know the place is special. First of all, their parking lot stays full, always a sign of good food. And the diner’s exterior, a hodge-podge of signs, slogans and placards, grabs your attention and pulls you in.

The 17 stool lunch counter grill was opened in 1974 making it the oldest diner on highway 72 in Corinth, Mississippi. Abe and Terri Whitfield are the worker-bee owners and operators of the establishment. Just enter and Abe will fly over and make you feel part of the hive.

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