The cooking season begins for me late fall when the days are shorter and that extra warmth in the kitchen is a comforting plus. It’s also the time to keep an eye out for regional oysters. I love raw oysters in the shell, adore a good oyster roast, but my favorite is a well fried…
Advice for safely interacting with spirits: grab ‘em, suck the life out of them, then take on another one if you dare. An upside of Covid 19 (can’t believe I just used that phrase in a sentence, but it is 2020), is that one can order and pick up craft cocktails to go. Craft cocktails….
If you prefer champagne over the astral plane, have a little adventure and drive to Upper Shirley Vineyards. Located thirty minutes from Richmond, it’s a nice treat after a lovely Fall drive down Route 5. Plenty of outdoor seating is available overlooking a beautiful bend in the James River. Speaking of Route 5, if…
The Victorians had a romantically interesting view of cemeteries and designed them to be more park or museum than burial ground. The living would picnic and play on the grounds among the headstones, and the dead would communicate through symbols on the elaborately carved monuments. Fortunately, one of the best examples of a Victorian cemetery…
Looking for a new, leisurely way to see your city? Consider playing tourist for the day and book an e-bike or segway tour of Richmond through RVA on Wheels to see your home base in a new light. Take a ride through historic Hollywood Cemetery, or segway in the footsteps of famous femmes with the…
While other people were stocking up on toilet paper, hand soap and yeast, I was hoarding cheese. Not proud of it, but we all have different priorities. When my daughters come home for a visit, a common question they ask is, “what’s there to eat besides cheese?” Ok, so I have a cheese drawer, don’t…
I approach gardening the same way I approached sending my kids to summer camp. “Have a great time Sweetie, I hope the weather is great and I’ll see you in a few weeks!” That approach didn’t work so well this August. Not with the campers (you can barely see the scar), but with my window…
When it’s this hot out, why not stay inside and start planning your Spring garden? I’ve found that investing a little time in the Fall planting bulbs yields days of joy in the Spring when your garden comes to life. The great thing about bulbs is that they are easy. You don’t have to have…
I don’t know about you, but spending more than 4 months in basic lockdown has tamped down my desire to jump in the car and shop wherever/eat whatever/meet whomever on a whim. Now, I find myself doing a risk assessment to determine whether going out is “worth it”. The grocery store passes the test and…
On my trips down to the Northern Neck, I’ve started stopping at my favorite produce stand every time I pass with the intent to buy whatever’s in season that week. Generally, it’s a pretty straight forward engagement. See asparagus. Buy asparagus, cook said asparagus, and marvel at how tasty they are compared to their distant…
