After our happy Railfan couple left the Elkhorn Inn on Saturday morning, Dan & I had a “foodie” weekend! My box of wonderful fresh produce arrived from www.TastePadThai.com (2 gorgeous green mangoes, fresh lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, & thai chilies, among other things!), & I cracked open Mai Pham’s Read more
It’s been a Very busy train day at the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre… Lots and lots and Lots of trains coming and going past the Inn thru the powdery snow… Dan, with his militarily-honed hearing, can hear a train Long before I do, & yelled “get the camera!” early enough Read more
Newsflash! Elisse, at the ripe old age of 49 7/8, is still an Intermediate Skier! And she’s apparently in far better shape than she thought she was!!!! Elisse, a.k.a. The Michelin Tire Woman, in 6 layers of clothing… Wonderful as “Dan & Elisse’s Great Big House” is, I finally got Read more
Unfortunately the “lack of water in winter issue”, since Mavis Brewster & the McDowell County PSD (Public Service District) took over our water supply, is still alive and well in McDowell County.Those of you who saw the first post on this blog last January, may recall that the county was Read more
New Year’s Eve 2008-2009: Gary Bowling’s House of Art, Bluefield New Year’s Eve was fun- for the first time in 6 years we left the Elkhorn Inn on New Year’s Eve- because there was finally someplace worth going to! Friends and family from Virginia, North Carolina, and Minnesota came in, Read more
The holidays at the Elkhorn Inn in Landgraff, WV: Picking up, wrapping, & shipping West Virginia Coal Tchachkas all over the country! Happily, we filled a lot of orders this year, & thanx to UPS, managed to get all the Christmas orders delivered by Christmas Eve! We sent coal statuettes Read more
Just got back home from 24 days in Elkhart County, Indiana, where I was working for FEMA Community Relations on the disaster response/recovery operation for the January floods. We had the best little team in the universe (and the most tolerant, funny, and “FEMA Flexible”one, too!), and in 3 weeks Read more
I recently read an article, (in the NY Times, I believe), bemoaning the existence (and popularity) of inflatable holiday decorations, due to the supposedly down-market, trailer park aura they create. This really got my dander up, as my husband & I have become Big Time Inflatable Enthusiasts, and we consider Read more
The pictures below tell a story. Look at the pictures and see if you can figure out the story. Then scroll below and read the story and see if you were right! Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a Prince and his Princess in Read more