Yesterday, in the midst of our newest snowstorm, I ran outside on the front porch as the Pocahontas passed the Elkhorn Inn and snapped pix thoughtout the day… even in the dusk… When I downloaded them, the “dusk” ones were Read more…
That banging sound you’ve been hearing is undoubtedly my head slamming against the wall. My computer finally crashed & burned last week, something it’s been threatening to do for awhile now, and this time it knocked me for a loop, Read more…
We’re just a couple of wild & crazy, wine-lovin’ Xploradors- with hopes of Xploradoring Chile! Xplorador Wines is hosting the “Experience the Harvest 2010” Sweepstakes, with a chance to win an amazing trip to witness the grape harvest in the Read more…
Wine-Ophelia, a great blogspot.com Blog I follow, is having a contest I just HAVE to enter (and will be Tweeting about, from @elkhorninn, augmented by #cheapwinechallenge): the “Twitter Cheap Wine Challenge” Given that the vast majority of wines we drink Read more…
We came back from our mini-getaway at Glade Springs & Winterplace just at the start of Another snowstorm, and woke up in the morning to be greeted by cardinals and songbirds too numerous to count at the feeders right outside Read more…
Just came back from a WONDERFUL 2-night mini-getaway, skiing at Winterplace & staying at the Glade Springs Resort in Daniels, WV. I must say that outside of the Elkhorn Inn, the Glade’s restaurant at Glade Springs has THE finest food Read more…
New year, new snow! As I write this, the Pocahontas RR is chugging by the Elkhorn Inn- again! It’s been a fab few days for railfans since New Year’s, with almost non-stop trains and pushers going by! It’s also been Read more…
I write this at the beginning of what is evidently going to be THE SNOWSTORM of the last 7 years. It is Seriously Snowing, as you can see from my “Pokey-in-the-snow” pix, and Weatherbug’s been chirping madly on my computer Read more…
Last night (Dec 2, 2009) wonderful Dreama Denver (Denver Foundation, Little Buddy Radio, etc.) did the drawing for the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre’s “Facebook Fan” Sweepstakes winners, and Elisse (me) announced the winner of the Elkhorn Inn’s “Marketing Buzz” contest 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 Read more…