Archives
- 2009.11.06: Bob Waldmire, The Free Spirit of Route 66
- 2009.10.29: Songs That Paul Shaffer Knows
- 2009.10.23: Soupy Sales: A pie in the sky
- 2009.10.02: Michael Moore on Newspapers
- 2009.09.17: Walking through a Legacy: Flint GM Plant
- 2009.08.18: Jim Dickinson Takes a Walk
- 2009.07.29: Poetry for Now
- 2009.07.16: My Favorite Merle Haggard Song
- 2009.06.19: But Wait! There's More.
- 2009.04.27: John & Yoko's Montreal Bed-In
- 2009.04.20: Delta Road Trip Food List
- 2009.04.16: Eddie Bo Remembered
- 2009.04.15: Waffle Housing
- 2009.03.31: Oh Yoko! In Montreal
- 2009.03.28: Aubrey Mayhew, J.F.K., RIP.
- 2009.03.12: Dave's Best Videos 2008
- 2009.01.16: Road to D.C.: "Long Walk To D.C."
- 2009.01.15: Road to D.C.: Eat n' Park in Pennsylvania
- 2009.01.15: Road to D.C.: Mike Ditka's Pittsburghers
- 2009.01.15: Road to DC: Stuck in Pennsylvania
- 2009.01.13: Road to D.C.: Detroit Dave Bing, NBA & Future Mayor?
- 2009.01.12: Road to D.C.: Detroit/ Wolfgang Puck
- 2009.01.10: Good Newseum
- 2008.12.19: Hopped up over Tim Hortons
- 2008.12.17: Shakoor For Sure (Arrested Development, J. Buffett)
- 2008.12.05: Palmer House Spatactular
- 2008.11.28: Hawaiian Folk Art & Buffett Hawaii Update
- 2008.11.19: Places I've Visited
- 2008.11.07: Aloha Hawaii!
- 2008.11.07: Visionary Art
- 2008.11.03: So long Captain Tony
- 2008.10.31: So long Studs
- 2008.10.11: Busy Beaver Button Company
- 2008.10.06: Recalling Sam Phillips/Sun Records
- 2008.09.26: Toronto: One World
- 2008.09.25: NEWS FLASH: Good times for journalism
- 2008.09.23: Hennas From Heaven
- 2008.09.12: Chrissie Hynde & Akron Burgers
- 2008.08.27: Make Mine Minnesota Moonshine
- 2008.08.26: Sally Fisher & Bobby Vee Sing
- 2008.08.25: Beatle in Branson
- 2008.08.18: Edgewater Hotel, Madison, Wis.
- 2008.08.17: Gibraltar Rockets in Madison
- 2008.08.12: Native Americans & Paul McCartney
- 2008.08.11: In Memory of Isaac Hayes
- 2008.08.08: Paul McCartney's Route 66 Cowboy Room
- 2008.08.08: HEY JUDE! Sir Paul in Amarillo, Tx.
- 2008.08.08: Paul McCartney Route 66 Songs
- 2008.08.07: A Beatle in The Dust Bowl
- 2008.08.06: Paul McCartney Gets Kicks On Route 66
- 2008.07.22: Tiki Bar & Black Buffett Bro /Video Outtakes
- 2008.07.20: Jimmy Buffett Alpine Video
- 2008.07.17: When Ex-Cub Rich Nye Was a Pup
- 2008.07.14: Billy Joel
- 2008.07.07: Chicken Songs for the Soul
- 2008.07.06: Road Songs/Chuck Prophet
- 2008.07.04: Redneck White and Blue
- 2008.06.13: Toronto, More Than a Game
- 2008.05.21: Italy Diary, No. 2
- 2008.05.20: Italy Diary, No. 1
- 2008.04.22: Cubs Win/Spirit of Billy Jurges
- 2008.04.11: Young @ Heart ROCKS!
- 2008.03.25: Opening Day! 50th Anniversary Of Lefty O'Douls
- 2008.02.23: Rest Haven Restaurant, Clarksdale, Miss.
- 2008.02.23: Rancho de los Caballeros/Arizona
- 2008.02.16: Double JJ Ranch & Rothbury Experience
- 2008.02.08: Pink Pony/Scottsdale, Az.
- 2008.02.06: Stuck in Biloxi, Mary Mahoney's Restaurant
- 2008.02.05: Biloxi Mardi Gras
- 2008.02.05: Mardi Gras King Cake
- 2008.01.31: The Sound of Joe Henry
- 2008.01.26: Davenport Hotel, Spokane
- 2008.01.14: Ken Nelson & Bakersfield Sound
- 2008.01.10: Piano Bar Playlist, One for My Baby
- 2008.01.08: Light My Firey Piano Bar
- 2007.12.23: Rock Hall of Fame Inductions
- 2007.12.13: Hanging With Ike Turner
- 2007.11.26: Prince's Hot Chicken
- 2007.11.24: Chicago Postcard Museum
- 2007.11.24: Lambert's Throwed Rolls
- 2007.11.18: Chef-O-Nette, Columbus, Ohio
- 2007.10.24: It's Getting Cold: Acapulco Hotels
- 2007.09.19: Nick Lowe's America
- 2007.09.12: Sustainable Table & Tunes
- 2007.09.08: Sat. Night In New York
- 2007.08.13: Greetings From Idaho
- 2007.07.24: Duncan Hines: More than a Mix
- 2007.07.23: Jimmy Buffett Charms
- 2007.07.20: Love of county/state fairs
- 2007.07.20: Elvis Slept Here
- 2007.07.09: Pompatus of Love
- 2007.06.04: Insatiable Gael Greene
- 2007.05.29: Dale & LuAnn
- 2007.05.12: When Dylan Met Bankie
- 2007.03.29: Shack Up Inn/Mississippi
- 2007.03.27: Roger Williams in New Orleans
- 2007.03.10: Real Country Near 66
- 2007.03.06: Pig Hips on Route 66
- 2007.02.24: San Francisco Words
- 2007.01.31: Road to Super Bowl (Daytona Beach)
- 2007.01.30: Road to Super Bowl (Ga.)
- 2007.01.15: New Orleans-Just A Game?
- 2007.01.02: Southernmost Hotel in U.S.A.
- 2006.12.27: Gerald Ford's Good Life
- 2006.12.25: James Brown's Cape
- 2006.12.20: Its Over For the Under
- 2006.12.16: South Before Kanye West
- 2006.11.24: Ruth Brown's Rainbow
- 2006.11.19: Holiday Road Trip Tips
- 2006.11.08: Cliff Divers
- 2006.10.18: Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale, Az.
- 2006.10.16: Adios Freddy Fender
- 2006.09.23: Tequila!!
- 2006.09.12: A Perfect Night In Rochester
- 2006.09.06: Full Force Gale
- 2006.08.11: Memphis in the Meantime
- 2006.08.09: Family Tradition
- 2006.08.07: Tennessee Plates
- 2006.08.02: Chicago To New Orleans
- 2006.07.31: Goin To New Orleans
- 2006.07.26: Bob Evans, RIP
- 2006.07.22: A Town Without Pity
- 2006.07.15: Diner Jukebox
- 2006.07.14: FAVORITE LINKS
- 2006.07.10: Lake Street Woebegon
- 2006.07.09: Fantasy — Camp
- 2006.06.30: Happy Birthday Highway
- 2006.06.29: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- 2006.06.28: Where the Buffalo Roam
- 2006.06.27: Crazy Horse
- 2006.06.25: Dakota Dave
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Dave Hoekstra
Dave Hoekstra has been a Chicago Sun-Times staff
writer since 1985. His collection of Sun-Times travel
columns, "Ticket To Everywhere," was published in 2000
by Lake Claremont Press. He was lead writer for "Farm
Aid: Song for America" (Rodale Press, 2005) which
commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Willie Nelson
inspired effort. He won a 1987 Chicago Newspaper Guild Stick O-Type Award for Column Writing. Hoekstra wrote and co-proudced the WTTW-Channel 11 PBS special: "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement," nominated for a 2001-02 Chicago Emmy for a documentary program/cultural significance.
He lives in Chicago.
