Strawberry Fields
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. – After some timely late May and early June rains, the tropical summer sun is on broil and that means somewhere out there in these beautiful hills of West Virginia, it’s prime ripe time for berry pickin’ season. The family-owned Cook Farm, 7852 Ripley Road, just a few miles north of Point […]
Happy Galentines Day
In the words of Leslie Knope, it is the best day of the year – Galentine’s Day! Celebrated every February 13, it’s a day for ladies celebrating ladies or as the comedic actress said on Parks and Recreation, it’s like Lilith Fair without all the angst. So for all you ladies celebrating “Hoes before Bros. Uteruses before […]
Craft Your Career With A WV Brew Tech Degree
With the big snow this morning, I had a Flashback Friday moment of remembering this photo shoot with Lavender Photography out in a deep snow. Oh, since I have your attention, the wacky guy in the Lederhosen also comes bearing some ultra cool West Virginia brewing news. Do You Love Beer and Want to Learn […]
Get ‘em hot and ready at the V – Biscuits Unusual
Dynamic H-town Duo gets their musical biscuits out of the studio oven, and their buns on the stageFive years and 70,000 calories ago the dynamic duo Boulevard Avenue (Parry Casto and Alex McCoy) brought forth in this muddy river city the flavor and all-star musician-packed multi-genre concept album, “Biscuits As Usual.”To celebrate, Boulevard Avenue has […]
Winter Beer Me
While the majority of the Mountain State’s nearly 20 craft beer festivals take place in summer and during the Oktoberfest season, a few hearty festivals are stoking the craft beer lovers’ collective fire here in these last couple months of winter. Dead of Winter Beer Fest – In its first year, is Morgantown Brewing Company’s […]
Coffee in my cup
Yep, another Groundhog’s Day and another year when my coffee cup saw its shadow. Can’t have enough caffeine here in these last couple months of winter. Here’s a few great places to fill up around the Mountain State … Grindstone Central, 818 8th St., Huntington – Australian native Brendan Finn and his Grindstone Coffeeology truck […]
Stonewall Resort Wine Weekend
ROANOKE, W.Va. — Sometimes a good road-trip starts by looking at a map. In the weeks after Christmas, I was at a friend’s house admiring their new Basecamp Printing West Virginia state map that listed all of the State Parks and counting up the ones that we have been to and the ones we have somehow […]