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Sandi Hemmerlein

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2012

Sandi Hemmerlein, Atlas Obscura Los Angeles Field Agent 2013-2019 http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sandi-hemmerlein-avoiding-regret Writer, Photographer, Traveler, Romantic, Naturalist, Urbanist. Brunette living in a blonde city. Specialties include incredible ruins, beautiful decay, disaster sites, cemeteries, ghost towns, fascinating fauna, outsider art, architecture, natural wonders, movie palaces, stained glass, factory tours, and the creepy and macabre - Two-time ScareLA panelist & Midsummer Scream panel producer / moderator - Contributing writer for KCET, Discover Los Angeles - Current member of The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, Friends of Rockhaven (lifetime), Historical Society of Crescenta Valley, Rim of the World Historical Society - Former Los Angeles City Historical Society Board Member, Events Committee & Social Media Chair - Former member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, LA Conservancy, Art Deco Society, San Fernando Valley Historical Society FB/IG @avoidingregret
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Foods I want to try

Foods this traveler wants to try.

Kentucky Beer Cheese

Ingredients & Condiments

Kentucky Beer Cheese

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

Door County Fish Boil

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Door County Fish Boil

Because a fish fry lacks pyrotechnics.

Peppermint Pig

Sweets

Peppermint Pig

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Prepared Foods

Santa Maria–Style Barbecue

Californian BBQ involves red oak, sirloin, and special grills.

Watermelon Skiing

Food Festivals

Watermelon Skiing

Ever wanted to slide down a slippery tarp while wearing watermelons?

Wrestling at the Potato Days festival in Barnesville, Minnesota.

Food Festivals

Mashed Potato Wrestling

These spud showdowns are highly-anticipated events at tuber-focused festivals in the United States.

Addressing the haggis.

Gastro

Burns Supper

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

Peanut pie at the Virginia Diner.

Sweets

Peanut Pie

The Virginia treat can “make even your deepest-dyed Yankee start complimenting you with a southern accent.”

Flämmli

Drinks

Flämmli

After a long day of skiing, you deserve caffeine, fire, and alcohol—at the same time.

Sourdough bread lined up at San Francisco's Boudin Bakery.

Ingredients & Condiments

Sourdough Starter

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.

Lifting a fresh eggette from the skillet.

Sweets

Egg Waffles

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

It's breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Prepared Foods

Spaghetti Omelette Sandwich

It's three meals in one!

Berger cookies on Berger cookies.

Sweets

Berger Cookies

They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.

A collector's set of ice cream forks.

Gastro

Ice Cream Fork

A relic from the era of highly specialized cutlery.

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