(This is a repeat, but it’s timely and sure brings back good memories) It took about three weeks for the euphoria of getting out of school for the summer to fade away. By that time, Boomer kids had seen all they wanted of their friends, and had done about everything there was to do. The youngsters had played enough Monopoly games to qualify as miniature real estate tycoons. The Hide and Seek … [Read more...]
C’ville’s Best Reuben
Lord Hardwicke’s once made the best Reuben Sandwich in town, but that old brick and mortar restaurant got leveled and I am still in mourning. Hardwicke’s was a great restaurant with a large menu and terrific service – and they did make the best Reuben in Charlottesville. However, I have discovered a close rival, maybe the equal of a Lord Hardwicke’s Reuben. Timberwood Grill at Forest … [Read more...]
Veal Marsala
Anytime I eat Italian, I look for veal on the menu. I love veal, but my wife Nancy? Not so much. She once lived on a cattle farm and remembers the mother cows in mourning for their lost calves after the trucks came to take them away. I tried to explain that those calves weren’t to be used as veal calves, but as steers where they would graze in lush pastures, grow to a half-ton and then … [Read more...]
A Round at Waynesboro Country Club
The Waynesboro golf course nearly bit the dust a couple years back. It was hemorrhaging money - not enough players or members, and it was on the auction block. Many feared the course would be bulldozed and sold off as residential lots, lost to golf forever. But someone stepped in, bought the property, spent some money in renovations and now the course is once again challenging golfers of all … [Read more...]
Cooking the Perfect Steak
It’s hard to screw up a good steak. Unless you cook it until every drop of juice is gone and it’s as dry as shoe leather or if you serve it so rare that it crawls off your plate before you can kill it with a steak knife, most any steak will be good. And well it should, because steaks come from the choice parts of a steer, generally the loin or rib area. Steaks are one of the first things … [Read more...]
Bah! It’s a Humm-Bug
For Father’s Day I received either what will be one of the neatest backyard birding accessories I own, or it will be relegated to my shed full of unwanted and useless paraphernalia. I hope the former. My daughter, Angelin, knowing my love for birds and extreme fondness for hummingbirds, gave me a genuine Humm-Bug, a hummingbird feeder. Here's what the package says: “No need to buy food! … [Read more...]
Out of This World Music
Mark your calendars for June 18 and enjoy “Music from Around the Wolrd" with the magnificent Charlottesville Municipal Band. The event is scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 at the Fluvanna County High School. The admission is free of charge. Enjoy special performances from Rose Bittle on the Clarinet, soloist Dick Orange and Gary Fagan, Guest Conductor For the Young and Young at … [Read more...]
A Big Brookie, A Big Gar
On March 12th, Thomas Garth from Stanardsville, Virginia landed a 5-pound, 15-ounce brook trout from Cub Run in Page County. That’s a big brook trout. Garth caught the trophy-sized trout with a fly rod using a minnow as bait. The fish measured 20 ¼-inches and was officially weighed at Martin’s Grocery in Harrisonburg. After biologist verification and review by the State Record … [Read more...]
Speaking Spanish
Spanish Mackerel action along the Virginia coast is the best in memory. A large class of fish has shown up along the oceanfront and in tidal rips inside the bay. Captains are trolling small spoons like the 00 Drone or a 00 or 01 Clark behind a small planer. Taylor blues are swimming with the mackerel and together keep the anglers busy. Spanish mackerel average between 1- and 3-pounds, but the … [Read more...]
Camping Out
My family never went camping. Mom and Dad were children of The Great Depression and, as such, they really appreciated things like running water, electricity, refrigerators and the like. They had had their fill of “roughing it.” We didn’t own a sleeping bag or a Coleman stove, much less a tent. So I had zero experience camping, but I did like to fish and one day I struck up a conversation with … [Read more...]
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