Good flounder action along the Narrows, just inside the inlet, along the Hook and around Buoy 14. Yellow-bellied spot, croaker, pan trout and snapper blues are available throughout the bays. Small sea bass are hitting along the oyster bottoms, with larger fish found around the bridge pilings. Outside the inlet, Spanish mackerel are close to the beach and big flounder, black sea bass, … [Read more...]
Lake Orange for Kids
Over the years as an outdoor writer, I have frequently been asked the best place to take children fishing. My answer is that if you can drive an hour from Charlottesville, the best place to take a kid fishing is Lake Orange. It’s also one of my favorite places to wet a line. Lake Orange now offers a handicapped accessible pier, which is perfect for kids. They needn’t cast far, and, in … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Pork Chops
When I was a boy, Mom always had a bottle of buttermilk in the refrigerator. Sometimes she drank it straight up, not my cup of tea, but she used it frequently when baking. Occasionally, I or my wife Nancy use a recipe that calls for buttermilk, like a cobbler she baked recently. Buttermilk is extremely versatile and I’m convinced there should be a pint or so of buttermilk in every chef’s … [Read more...]
80 Gun Anniversary Raffle
Attention Gun Lovers! The Annual DU/Greentop 80 Gun Raffle is coming soon. Advance tickets are available on line, and once they are gone, they’re gone. According to the folks at DU, tickets are selling fast. The raffle will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 7-8 from 8:00 am till 8:00 pm Saturday & 8:00am-4:00pm Sunday at Green Top Sporting Goods at 10150 Lakeridge Pkwy in … [Read more...]
Road Trip To Yoder’s
Say you have a bunch of bored kids in the house and you’d like to offer some healthy and inspiring entertainment. Then, load ‘em in the car and head for Madison, Virginia. There, you will find a slew of birds and animals and you can feed them by hand. Yoder’s has billy goats, peacocks, chickens, pigs, ponies, rabbits, ring-neck pheasants and many others. And these critters love nothing better than … [Read more...]
Fans Part I
By Nancy Brewer Whew, it’s been really hot and muggy this summer. That’s one reason the breeze from a fan is so welcoming. We have fans in most every room of our home and I don’t think that’s a southern thing. More and more, our builders install fan boxes in the bedrooms and living spaces of their homes. They too know just how important it is to offer their clients this much needed and enjoyed … [Read more...]
Weeds Be Gone
A couple years ago, some strange, weed-like grass popped up in our back yard. I’m pretty sure it’s an invasive plant called Dallis Grass. I see it on golf courses, sometimes, on tee boxes, fairways and occasionally greens. The stuff grows in coarse clumps. It’s nasty. I don’t know where it came from or how it got there, but I wanted it gone. Normally, I don’t mind a few weeds I my yard. In … [Read more...]
Timberwood Grill
Last Saturday evening we found ourselves without an entrée in our fridge (by design), so Nancy and I decided to go out to eat. Nothing fancy, we thought. Maybe Lord Hardwicke’s? We had not eaten there since they closed their doors on Emmett Street, but there was one north of town. Or so we thought. When we arrived at their former location at a strip mall in Greene County, there was no Lord … [Read more...]
Virginia Pier Action
Lynnhaven Pier - Good action on spot, along with a few puppy drum each day. The best action has been on the early morning tide. Virginia Beach Pier -Good catches of spot and puppy drum. Best catches are made in the early morning hours. A few small Spanish mackerel and keeper-sized striped bass are being caught from the end of the pier by casters. Sandbridge Pier - Spot are the mainstay, but … [Read more...]
Our Friend: Speedy Alka Seltzer
Boomers grew up with a little fellow named Speedy Alka-Seltzer. He was one of us. Speedy was there when you ate too much, drank too, much, had indigestion, heartburn, stomach aches, acid reflux, aches and pains, bad colds and especially a hangover. He was our friend when we had too much of any good thing. Marketing - such as the promotion of Little Speedy - has played a big role in … [Read more...]
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