Sweetwater, Texas has been on the AFP radar for months. For fifty-one years, this small west Texas town has hosted the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup which has grown into what they proudly tout as “the world’s largest.” An estimated 30,000 spectators come through the doors of the Nolan County coliseum over 3 days to wander amongst [...]
Louisiana is known for New Orleans, and New Orleans is known, of course, for its Mardi Gras. The sumptuous parade floats, the infamous bead throwing, the bacchanalian wildness on Bourbon Street…all of these things we can easily conjure up in our minds. But what about out in Cajun country? How do they celebrate Mardi Gras [...]
The highest incorporated town in West Virginia is a little gem of a place nestled in the Caanan Valley called Davis. When you cross the bridge over the Blackwater River, you don’t have to drive for more than minute before you’ve passed through town. If you didn’t stop at Siriani’s Cafe, Hellbender Burritos, or the [...]
Part I: Syracuse, New York. Home of Syracuse University and the Carrier Dome where Orangemen teams for decades have won national championships from basketball to lacrosse. And last weekend, this was supposed to be the location of the Eastern Championships for the Xtreme Cheer and Dance competition. So perfect for AFP!!! But alas, a last [...]
When it comes to hospitality, those of us from the South don’t like to think we can be beat. Certainly not by the steel-hearted northern Yanks. But after a week in Maine, it’s hard to hold much belief in that stereotype. Cold and soggy applies only to the ground up here. Our gracious hosts in [...]
