One of my favorite sandwiches when we go out to eat is the French Dip, basically a thinly shaved roast beef sandwich with melted Swiss cheese, grilled onions on a French roll (baguette) and served with a rich dipping sauce. The old Sloan’s Restaurant made the best ever and Timberwood Grill now makes a very good French Dip. I was thinking about going to Timberwood and ordering just such a … [Read more...]
Guadalajara: Consistently Good
I was really craving a fat Italian Sausage sandwich loaded with spicy sausage, hot peppers, mushrooms and onions. Afterall, I haven’t had a severe case of heartburn in more than a month, but I made the mistake of asking Nancy what she wanted if we went out. “Mexican”, she said. “Guadalajara”, she said, but I’m not so sure that it was the Margaritas she was more interested in than the … [Read more...]
Salute To Swing
The Charlottesville Municipal Band will be headlining Fridays After Five, tonight on August 23 at 5:30 with a Salute To Swing. One of the nation’s oldest, continuously operating, volunteer community bands, Charlottesville Municipal Band has been the soundtrack of the community since 1922. The band serves Charlottesville/Albemarle and the surrounding counties, providing … [Read more...]
Late Summer Flounder
Some nice flounder limits were brought in this week. Jigged buck tails are producing, but drifting with live bait has enticed the larger fish. The hot spots are along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and near the Cell. There are some keeper fish being caught inside local inlets as well. Captain Craig Paige, Paige II Charters landed some nice ones(see above pic) on his last … [Read more...]
The West Virginia State Fair
Special places. Special memories. For me, one such place was the West Virginia State Fair. My parents took me as a child. I later took my children and then my grandchildren. You never tire of a State Fair and West Virginia’s showcase in Fairleigh, WV was always special. In the summer of 1956, I was still getting used to small town life in Lewisburg, population 2,000, after moving … [Read more...]
Rub It On with Sauer’s
I’m a sucker for rubs. I have a cabinet full. Each time I walk down the spice aisle at the grocery store, I stop and inspect – forever seeking that perfect rub for my various meat dishes. After much trial and lot of error, I have arrived at the conclusion that Sauer’s makes the best rubs in the business. The C. F. Sauer Company is local, with headquarters in Richmond. Founded in 1887, they’ve … [Read more...]
Project Perry: A Parrot Sanctuary
Well-meaning humans often buy pets without realizing the amount of care and attention that will be required. Birds and parrots, in fact, can be more labor intensive than dogs and cats. They require special treatment. Birds can also be loud and messy. Therefore, when people purchase birds from exotic pet stores without knowing what’s required, they will often mistreat the birds or give them up for … [Read more...]
Cherry Tomatoes: Better Late Than Never
I have four healthy cherry tomato vines and fully anticipated I would be plucking the tender beauties throughout the summer for garden salads. But the cherry tomatoes had other ideas. I have had very few to date, but in the next few weeks I will have them in spades. The vines are dragging the ground, they are so loaded. I don’t know why the cherry and grape tomatoes wait until so late … [Read more...]
The Return of the Thrushes
Lots of my backyard birds are regulars, like Norm, Cliff and Frasier – the bar patrons at Cheers. Several other of my bird friends come only periodically, and this includes one of my late summer visitors, the wood thrush. Thrushes are said to return to the same woodlands each March to nest. They usually have two clutches, then move on, in this case to my yard. They hang around the back of the … [Read more...]
Joe Pye Weed
Since I spotted a vivid orange Butterfly Weed growing by the roadside a few weeks back, I have become captivated by the many beautiful flowers and weeds seemingly growing wild along our highways and byways. Not only are they beautiful, but most have medicinal uses and interesting backgrounds. Last week I noticed another beauty. As best I can tell, it’s a Joe Pye Weed, a lovely soft-purple plant … [Read more...]
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