Georgian (Gruzini) Roast Chicken with Bazhe Walnut Sauce, served on black rice with walnut oil and Georgian salt, with Rkatsiteli wine from Daveste Vineyards in North Carolina! My connection to Georgia, (the Republic of Georgia, aka Gruzia), is from my service in the Israeli Army, as the printing shop was 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 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…
The next day (12/13/20) of our 3-week Road Trip from West Virginia to Colorado and back, we went to the National Museum of WWII Aviation: https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/ in Colorado Springs, which I only learned about thanks to a hotel rack card, and took a tour of their aircraft restoration facility, as Read more…
NOTE: This is a post about elk hunting, and how we got our freezer full of YUM-O elk meat (which was not connected to the hunt, BTW…), and has photos of all that entailed. Remember that the meat you eat was once a live (and often beautiful) creature, and that Read more…
The fourth day (12/1/2020) of our Road Trip from West Virginia to Meeker, Colorado to elk hunt, found us in Denver, which I had been quite looking forward to, having heard for years what a great city it was, with so many things to see and do, great restaurants, wineries, Read more…
The next morning of our Road Trip from West Virginia to Colorado (11/29/2020) we headed from Illinois to Kansas, crossing the river from East St. Louis, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri, and driving went on I-70 through Missouri. We passed the village of Burnt Prairie, Illinois and I had to Read more…
Shortly before we left on our Road Trip from West Virginia to Colorado, I won Dan a pair of Woodies Sunglasses, and they arrived literally as we were getting in the truck! So he looked spiffy, indeed! 🙂 As I detailed in my previous “Trip Tips” post, I use mapquest.com Read more…
Chef Dan and I restored our historic “Coal Heritage Trail” building (built in 1922 as the Empire Coal & Coke Company’s “Miner’s Clubhouse) the winter of 2002, and we opened our new home as the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre in May 2003; I started this blog in 2008, focusing on Read more…
Ever since my husband and I returned from our Road Trip across the USA and Canada to Moose Hunt in British Columbia in 2013 (about which I blogged extensively: https://southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com/2013/12/oh-canada-british-columbia-moose-madness.html is the post about my getting us our moose), we have been talking and dreaming about doing an elk hunt! Read more…