Your column is the first thing I look for on Fridays'. She drove more than 8,000 miles throughout New Mexico and Arizona and the bordering states, Texas, Colorado and California, and Mexico. I mostly traveled alone but it was not a leisurely drive. Conley dined in more than 250 restaurants before selecting the one hundred that are featured in Cafe Hopping . I wanted to 'discover' restaurants that your typical tourist would most likely drive by.
People tend to dine at familiar places - usually chains.
Conley's book was featured on numerous TV and radio shows. People were amazed that I had traveled alone and, for the first edition I didn't even carry a cell phone. The book received a 1997 New Mexico Press Women's Book Award. Four years ago Conley received a phone call from the Sun-News . A new publisher had come on board and decided to discontinue the Palate Patrol 'for advertising reasons' I was told.