Each time I return to a restaurant I have enjoyed in the past, I hold my breath and hope for the best. So often, after years of great food and great service, a restaurant loses its touch. The original owners are gone, and what was once a great dining experience can turn into disaster. Last weekend, my family stopped by Sting-Ray’s Restaurant on the Eastern Shore near Cape Charles. We have been … [Read more...]
Neat Stuff: Sea-Bands
By Nancy Brewer Years ago, when we were newlyweds, Jim took me deep sea fishing, and I got a good case of sea sickness. The captain felt sorry for me and said he could drop me off on a tiny island out in the ocean and pick me up when they were through fishing. I didn’t know he was teasing and I begged him to do just that. We were far off shore and of course there was no island or land … [Read more...]
Success At Last
It’s been a sub-par year for Farmer Jim. My spring onions and early lettuce crops fared well, but my cucumber vines got caught in the heat and early drought as did my squash plants. I overfertilized and my lima bean plants produced massive bushes but few beans. My tomatoes are finally producing firm, unblemished fruits but they took their sweet time. However. About 3 weeks ago, I spread some … [Read more...]
Entertainment by Itsy Bitsy Spider
We spent 4 glorious days on the Eastern Shore last weekend. The weather was perfect, the fishing was good and we were thoroughly entertained by Itsy Bitsy Spider. Actually, our Arachnid friend was not so itsy bitsy. He (or she) was the size of a fat marble. Every evening, Itsy would lower himself by a single strand of web down the front of one of our windows and create his web. It took him … [Read more...]
Stuffed Roast Chicken
A whole chicken is one of the great values in the grocery store. You have a main course entree fit for company, followed by either leftovers or killer sliced chicken sandwiches and you get all this for about $1.39 a pound compared to three or four times that amount for boneless, skinless chicken loins. It’s hard to screw up a whole roast chicken unless you serve it medium rare or if it’s cooked … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Our Hummingbirds are Swingers
The hummingbirds in our yard are fattening up, so to speak, as they prepare for their fall flights to Mexico. By fattening up, I mean gaining maybe a half ounce as they visit our sugar feeders throughout the day. They are also resting comfortably, swinging actually, right beside our feeders. Last spring, Nancy bought several hummingbird swings and positioned them around the yard, including two on … [Read more...]
Red Tide in the Morning
Sailors take warning! As we crossed the Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel, last Thursday, we saw a stream of blood red water entering the Bay. When we reached our rental cottage at Smith Beach, we saw not only the red water, but dead fish. We found ourselves in the middle of what’s called a Red Tide. Red tides, we came to find out, are caused by a rapid, dense population explosion of … [Read more...]
Variety is the Spice of Fishing
My family spent 3 days fishing on the Eastern Shore and “variety” was the name of the game. We caught sea robins, hogfish, sea bass, spot, croaker, whiting, puppy drum, speckled trout, whiting, bluefish and flounder. Also on the Bay menu are bull drum, cobia, sheepshead, rockfish and Spanish. With cooling water on the horizon, anglers should enjoy these fisheries while they can. The fall … [Read more...]
Remembering Sears
Sears went bankrupt and it’s still hard to believe. The company is still in existence, but barely, having shrunk to just five remaining full-line department store locations in the United States and an active online shopping site. In years past, Sears was America’s store. It’s where Boomers bought everything from sleeping bags to stereos to back-to-school clothes for their kids. And lives there … [Read more...]
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