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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…