But sometimes he paints butterflies and birds. It was Valentine’s Day at the Taubman Museum of Art, and we were surprised and delighted by the Huntopia installations of Hunt Slonem, which spanned several rooms and were arranged as home décor. I was told by one of the museum staff people that Roanoke’s Black Dog Salvage […]
I had an IPA beer called Cigar City Fancy Papers and a Raspberry Wheat called Purple Haze at the Blue 5 in Roanoke. It was the first part of our Valentine weekend date after swimming in the heated pool at a nearby hotel. We were drawn to the Blue 5 because our regional talent songwriter/guitarist […]
This is how we Lounge in Floyd. Where the 1920s meet the 2020s. I call this one “the night life.” Cheers! More on Floyd’s Lush Lounge HERE.
“How many bars does it take to make it a bar hop?” someone asked me. “Three,” I answered, and three was the Saturday night plan. Singer songwriter Matt Holloman got some great sounds out of his guitar at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery’s pub, with a wah pedal and looper. The above video clip is him […]
It feels like a house concert Saturday night at Buffalo Mountain Brewery’s McDaniel’s Tavern. Sam’s cover of Chris Isaak’s I Wanna Fall in Love actually says, ‘No, I don’t want to fall in love’ (a Wicked Game). and Jake’s original song is not Runaround Sue, but Runaway Sue. Now I have just one burning question. […]
1. Someone got a black light for Christmas. 2 . Someone else wore a piñata hat after it was opened with the force of a baseball bat. 3. All the usual suspects were there. 4. And then some. 5. If our annual Cookies and Kahlua Neighborhood Christmas Eve Party was a scene from A Christmas […]
Now I understand where the term breathtaking comes from. I literally held my breath as Tara and Philip Bouknight’s voices reached the highest pitch. Uplifting I would call it. But some were brought to tears too, like when Philip read a moving account of the Christmas truce of 1914 when British and German soldiers stopped […]
It was the second Thanksgiving meal in the past couple of days. Amy suggested a chicken since dinner attendance would be small this year, but I agreed to roast a turkey (for the first time in over 30 years) because I wanted the gravy. Everything tastes better with gravy! So, the gravy came out great, […]
The view from here with pizza and beer. We ordered the kitchen sink (as in with everything on it) and enjoyed it on our favorite Dogtown Roadhouse couch. I really regret that I didn’t dance to that Lou Reed song.
It was part birthday party, part house concert and part book signing. It was a small gathering of friends at my friend Alwyn’s Blacksburg home to celebrate her 93rd birthday. Amid the chocolate cherry cake, pumpkin pie, cherry garcia ice cream and her cat Cloudy, who wanted to get in the act, was a gift […]
It’s the best therapy in the world, dancing to the Grateful Dead tunes of The Kind. Doing it in Halloween costumes at our long-loved Pine Tavern only adds to the high point experience. And I found out who Yoda was at the Dogtown party the night before! It pays to be persistent. Thumbs up for […]
Out with my Boo @ Dogtown for Halloween! Joe and I weren’t the only butterflies! This one is dancing to DJ Robbie’s mix before Music Road Company hit the stage. Dogtown is known for it’s excellent pizza! And Halloween is known for witches. I offered anyone a free beer if they could figure out who […]
What can I say? I feel compelled to dance and compelled to record the occasion. We got the $10 show price at Dogtown. They paid $30 the night before and more than that, I suspect, when she opened for Lee Ann Womack this month. A lot has happened since Morgan first debuted her songs on […]
Guess where I went over the weekend? Put on your green glasses and come see the Emerald City in the second weekend showing of Oz! The Musical, performed by our talented young actors from the Floyd Community Theater Guild at The June Bug Center, Friday and Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00. Look […]
I’m bad with dates. It’s been that way ever since high school when we had to memorize the dates of wars, even though history was my favorite subject because it’s all about stories. Joe and I rarely celebrate our wedding anniversary. We remember that it was a blue moon in June but rarely can remember […]
Not far from the tree It all came down to Joe and this big black cow. Meanwhile, I watched from a monarch Shangri-La in a goldenrod patch that we stumbled upon. I tracked. I stalked. I waited. Everyone won. The cow ate too. And there was apple crisp that evening. _______Our World Tuesday
There were some good jokes and deliveries, some good physical comedy and good New Yowk accents at the final June Bug performance of the Floyd Community Theatre Guild’s production of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple. It was the female version. I think the girls here are turning their noses up at some questionable sandwiches found […]
I’d Rather Be Part 2 HERE. ________________________Our World Tuesday
