GOOD EATS: THE BEST OF TUSCAN CUISINE AT ALPINE RISTORANTE

4,800ft up in the mountains at Snowshoe Mountain Resort you will find the essence of Tuscan dining with Mediterranean flair at Alpine Ristorante. Alpine officially opened its doors in the 2014 winter ski season by Chef Ed Shuttleworth.  Since opening day, he and his staff have embraced all things Tuscan including its destination in the […]

WV ARTIST ON DISPLAY: ALWAYS HOME W/ BEARWOOD COMPANY

You are always home with the Bearwood Company, located in Hurricane, West Virginia. Owned and operated by Matt Snyder (pictured above), this small business makes furniture, lighting, accessories, and rustic states out of reclaimed wood. They don’t use factory sprayers or fancy automated whirling applicators. Everything they make is made the old fashioned way, a […]

MY DOG & I: MUD SEASON!

Usually at this time of year I am writing about the snow and all the fun, cold stuff we are doing with our dogs BUT as the heavens would have it, we are apparently not going to have Winter until I get my first seeds planted… Sooo, I am going to write about my favorite […]

PSEUDO NEWS: THE CALL

I am watching two small wrens out of my window. They are cavorting among the barren limbs of the lilac tree, happy for the sunshine. I stretch my mind, trying to reach past what I am seeing. The news of the inauguration is droning from the kitchen radio and I walk to it and purposefully […]

HALFBAKED N’ BOTHERED: MY FUNNY VALENTINE.

February. The month when we are encouraged to give our romantic entanglements an upgrade.  I believe there is nothing that quiets the red rash of a thorny relationship like laughter. So as you ponder something to delight your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day you might consider forgoing the candy in papery petticoats and the fleeting flowers […]