Will my few loyal readers do us a BIG favor? The love story of how Dan and I met (in NY, while working for FEMA during the 9/11 disaster response operation), and how we came to have our B&B in West Virginia, is one of the two Finalists in the Read more…
On our recent CruCon-booked Celebrity Cruise through the Caribbean, we spent a day in Antigua (where neither of us had ever been before), and as hubs is a chef (and I’m his favorite foodie!), we were really lucky to be able to spend the day learning to cook Antiguan dishes with Read more…
As many of you know, I am a “sweeper” and contest-junkie. While my friends are playing Mafia Wars and Farmville at 2a.m. on Facebook, I am often entering sweeps and contests… LOTS of sweeps and contests! And while the downside is I get 1000+ emails a day (and you really Do Read more…
I took these in a hurry, with a “toy” camera, but here are some new guest room photos from the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre – Enjoy! Elkhorn Inn Dining Room Elkhorn Inn Fireplace LoungeWiFi & Sat. TV Red/White Guest RoomDouble Bed Yellow Flowers Guest RoomPrivate Bath, Double Bed Texas Star Read more…
This post should also be called “When Guests Become Friends”, as it truly was that kind of a weekend at the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre! James D. Porterfield, historian and author of “From The Dining Car” and “Dining By Rail”, and “On The Menu” columnist for Railfan & Railroad Magazine, Read more…
This has been quite a week- in the very best way! As Inn-Keepers, it’s a wonderful thing when guests truly become friends, and that is what these last few weeks have been about! I’ll start with this weekend, when Tony “The Trout” Wheeler gave us a day’s fly-fishing lesson on Read more…
The Elkhorn Inn’s first “West Virginia Wine Dinner Weekend” was a grand (and delicious) success! Chef Dan’s Kirkwood Winery ramp-wine-marinated, herb-crusted roast leg of lamb was delectable, and So good with the Watt’s Roost Winery Chambourcin! The dry Martin’s Mist Dry Creek Blueberry Wine was perfect with the prosciutto & melon Read more…
Here are the menus for the Elkhorn Inn’s “West Virginia Wine Dinner Weekend” May 14-16, and our May 28-30 (Memorial Day Weekend) Gourmet Railfan Weekend: “Dueling Dining-Car Chefs” with historian, author, and Railfan & Railroad columnist James Porterfield! (And if these menus don’t make you drool, there’s just no hope!):May 14-16 Read more…
It’s fun to play “tourist” at home! This past week Dan and I had a rather amazing little getaway- right here in southern WV! We got to go Ziplining through the WV forests at TreeTops Canopy Tours , learn to fly fish for trout with Bobby Bower of ProFishWV, have a Read more…
Through no fault of our own, heaven knows, we missed the 71st Ramp Fest of Richwood, West Virginia. 🙁 And we were Seriously bummed, because the “Feast of the Ramson”, in THE Ramp Capital of the World, is something Chef Dan and his Foodie Wife have been aching to attend for 8 years! Read more…