Entertainment… Vacation Un-Planned 19 Aug 201119 Aug 2011 This year, the only steady component of our vacation plans, is a propensity to fall miserably apart. We planned to take two weeks in September and tour the American West.…
Entertainment… Camping is the New Ritz 20 Jul 201120 Jul 2011 My husband's idea of a fabulous vacation is to tour the Western American states. Montana, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Utah, etc. And he wants to do this…
Entertainment… Dining Alfresco in West Jefferson 30 Jun 201130 Jun 2011 Last night my husband and I went to Lansing, North Carolina to look at a Rocky Mountain gaited horse. We liked it very much but had a few questions about…
holiday… Essoyes and the Giant Machines 23 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 The town was nearly deserted - its few hundred residents away at school, work, or shopping in a distant village. Besides a small grocer, bakery, bank, butcher, pizzeria, art studios,…
Entertainment… Guilty Pleasures 17 May 201117 May 2011 What is your guilty pleasure? Is it a soap opera, bubble gum music, a gossip magazine? Or perhaps it's cheap jewelry, false eyelashes, or take out food. Whatever it is,…
Entertainment… Kentucky Derby Week Schedule of Events 2 May 20114 May 2011 The Kentucky Derby is a southern tradition held annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. And the week prior to it, that leads up…
Entertainment… Bellini Rosso Del Carlo Vino Da Tavola 29 Mar 201129 Mar 2011 We have long known that the Mona Lisa's smile holds a secret. Leonardo Da Vinci painted it there within her slightly curled lips and piercing eyes. Dan Brown wrote a…
Wine Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) White Bordeaux 19 Mar 201119 Mar 2011 For an afternoon reading on the deck, let me suggest Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) White Bordeaux Selection Prestige - 2009. Floral on the nose and crisp on the tongue, it…
Entertainment… A Moveable Feast and The Paris Wife 8 Mar 20118 Mar 2011 "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris…
food… 7 Deadly Zins 14 Feb 201114 Feb 2011 I have found a zinfandel that I like and '7 Deadly Zins' is its name. A product of the Lodi region of California, and produced by Michael-David Winery, it derives…