Anytime you see a line at a restaurant, you figure there’s something worthwhile inside. And when there is always a line, you know this is a great place to eat. A little over halfway to Lynchburg on Rt. 29 heading south is a town called Colleen. I suppose it’s a town since they have a sign on the highway, but as best I can tell, Colleen consists of a big Exxon Station and a smaller establishment, … [Read more...]
Supreme Blend Wild Bird Food
Bird feeding and bird watching is big business in the United States. Three million households buy wild birdseed during the year. The annual market is $6.3 billion - that’s billion with a “B”. Bird watching, in fact, is second only to gardening as the nation’s most popular outdoor activity. I spend my share on my fine-feathered friends. They’re fun to watch and I enjoy having them … [Read more...]
VIP Cards
It’s a little chilly right now to be teeing it up, but it’s never too early to dream about next spring – The Masters, you know. Can Tiger win another major? And certainly next year is when you’ll finally start sinking those 20-foot downhill putts and keep your booming drives in the short grass. We can always dream, can’t we? But now is definitely the time to order your VSGA VIP Card, so when … [Read more...]
Mauna Loa For Christmas Gifts
Looking for a great Christmas gift for that person who has everything, or for someone you’re not quite sure what to give? May I suggest some goodies from Mauna Loa? Last spring when Nancy and I went on a cruise to Hawaii, we stopped at a macadamia plantation, Mauna Loa, where we were able to tour a massive macadamia operation, one of Hawaii’s key exports, and we also stopped by the company … [Read more...]
Chicken Patty Parmesan
Chicken Parmesan is one of the great dishes of all times. It’s rich, elegant, tasty and economical. For a weekday night meal or for company, Chicken Parm is hard to beat. But here’s another way to fix it and it’s easier. Instead of a chicken breast, use ground chicken patties. It cooks quickly and it’s guaranteed to be tender and juicy. First, make the patties. I use a pound of … [Read more...]
Nags Head Stripers
It’s been an exceptional fall for catching stripers at Nags Head. Capt. Reese Stecher of Beach Bum Fishing has been hammering them back in the sound – nice size fish, too, Says Reese: “We have been catching limits of stripers every trip in November. A body of them has moved up into the sound. We have had caught them up to 28 inches there this month. We’re still catching stripers at … [Read more...]
Lake Anna Heating Up
Fishing has been excellent at Anna with schools of shad roaming the lake. Finding the shad will almost guarantee fish. Medium to jumbo minnows and swimbaits are working best for stripers and larger bass. Smaller fish are taking small minnows, small plastic grubs and small Hopkins jigging spoons. Lots of jumbo white perch, yellow perch, and crappie are to be had in the creeks on jigging spoons, … [Read more...]
Oh (It’s a) Deer!
If Virginia’s deer hunters are having as good of a year as the car drivers, they’ll have a record year. I have never seen so many dead deer on highways. Ever. We drove to Urbanna and back a couple weeks ago and there were dead animals every 5 or so miles along I-64. Daily, I see new carcasses on my 10-mile drive from Charlottesville to Ruckersville along 29 North. Just yesterday, the … [Read more...]
A Drive Down Memory Lane
A Boomer’s first love was likely his or her first car. It was one thing to drive the family sedan, but it was something else indeed to have your very own car. For most Boomers, that car was titled in the parents’ names, but if you had the keys, it was yours. My first car was a 1949 Pontiac two-door sedan. It was solid black with a little chrome here and there. I would not have been … [Read more...]
Tales of Br’er Fox
I was sitting on a stump in southern Albemarle County with a 30-30 rifle, hoping that a nice buck might happen by and give up his tenderloins, but Br’er Deer never showed. Br’er Fox did, however, and what a beautiful creature. About an hour before sunset, he appeared from behind a tree, nose to the ground, on the exact trail a squirrel had just used. Br’er Fox was hopping down that … [Read more...]
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