I’ve been on a pizza-making kick, as of late, and my previous post: https://southernwestvirginia.org/?p=1427 was essentially a love-song to Jus-Roll “Round & Thin” Pizza Dough, which we recently discovered, and which rocked our foodie world and saved us from Pizza Hut for life! This post is a bit of a Read more…
Dan and I have lived in McDowell County, West Virginia for 20 years, but I am from NYC, and lived in Italy, and so I kinda love good pizza… to the point where I sometimes literally dream about Pintaille’s, a long-gone pizzeria in Manhattan, near where I used to live Read more…
6 Great Days in #Colorado! Day 6: Dinosaurs! And More Wine! Day 6 was the “fly home” day of our Southwest Airlines sweeps win holiday, but before we struck out for the airport, we had one last Golden thing we had to squeeze in: Dino Tracks! Golden is home to Read more…
6 Great Days in #Colorado! Day 5: Manitou Springs: The Cog Railroad, Beer, Wine, & Water #Railfans that we are, our penultimate day in Colorado was spent in Manitou Springs, about an hour from Golden, riding the newly restored Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway up and down the mountain, Read more…
6 Great Days in #Colorado! Day 4: Fly-Fishing! Day 4 of our 6 great days in Colorado was a total treat for me: fly-fishing for trout on the Platte River! Our inn/home, the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre, in Landgraff, McDowell County, West Virginia, is right on Elkhorn Creek, which is Read more…
Day 3 of our 6 great days in Colorado started with us moving hotels again, but for the last time this trip! As I wrote in my previous blog posts, this trip was made possible by my winning Southwest Airline’s “Breathtaking Beats” Sweepstakes, which included round-trip flights for two people Read more…
Our second day in Colorado started with our moving to the super-trendy Origin Red Rocks Hotel, in preparation for the Midland Concert that evening. As I wrote in my previous blog post about our first day in Colorado, this trip was made possible by my winning Southwest Airline’s “Breathtaking Beats” Read more…
The last time Dan and I had a holiday was a great, 3-week road trip out to Colorado to go elk hunting almost exactly 2 years ago, which I wrote about on this blog… As luck would have it, I recently won us a trip back to Colorado from Southwest Read more…
Chef Dan & I had a lovely evening last night (Aug. 27, 2022) at the J.Q. Dickenson Saltworks in Malden, West Virginia (Charleston), at their “BBQ & Bluegrass” event. There was live Bluegrass music by Kanawha Tradition, & a whole local hog was smoked by Chef Mike Moore of Uncle Read more…
This is a story about growing etrogs in West Virginia… First, a bit about etrogs! An etrog (or esrog) is a special kind of citron that is used in celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the fall. Sukkot is one of the Jewish “High Holidays”; it comes after Rosh Read more…