This year’s garden wasn’t perfect, by any means, but the hot peppers- all of them in pots on the front patio of the Elkhorn Inn this year- did great! When October arrived, and frost was imminent, with the pepper plants still covered in peppers, as they always are, Dan did Read more…
“Ritual of Karma” TryaBox As a member of Tryazon: www.tryazon.com, the really excellent sampling program, I have been privileged to enjoy several “TryaBoxes” of Rituals Cosmetics bath products, and I think this one – the “Relaxation at Home” Ritual of Karma set- is my favorite! I actually learned about Rituals through Tryazon, Read more…
Add caption Happy Purim! This year the Jewish holiday of Purim (see below for links to the history of Purim and how to celebrate it) was Feb. 9 -10, and I decided that, for the first time, I would make Hamantaschen! (Or Hamentaschen, depending on how you choose to spell it!) I think Read more…
Add caption This post is for everyone who thinks they can’t make Puff Pastry Apple Roses– If I can do it – and I am not known as “Ms. CraftFail 1959” for nothing- you can do it! I am NOT “crafty”, and most of the things I have tried to Read more…
My favorite expression for how we celebrate Hanukkah at the Elkhorn Inn is: “Go Big or Go Home”! This year, I’m happy to say, we outdid ourselves. LOL Known, by my own self-proclamation, as the “Martha Stewart of Inflatable Decor”, over the years, and thanks in great measure to eBay, Read more…
Today Chef Dan made his magnificent fresh-oregano-stuffed turkey, with an incredibly crispy herb-and-smoked-sea-salt rubbed skin, and we had it with “Saffire”, a crisp, dry white wine from our trip to AmRhein Winery in Virginia earlier this year, and it was wonderful! With it we had our garden-grown potatoes, mashed with Read more…
It’s “that time of year” again- The $#&%!! Festive Season- and so one’s mind turns (whether one wants it to or not) to… Shopping! This blog post is Totally about shopping, and includes a few products & merchant’s I’ve come to love… In the last 7 years- since we moved Read more…