I’d never been to high tea and I’d never been to Summerville, SC, so I did not know what to expect when my group finally arrived at Time Well Spent after a wee detour on our way home from a conference. We’d found the place online and made reservations for high tea earlier [...]
Mustard’s Last Stand
I’ve traveled a lot more over the past year than I probably have in my life combined, and I’ve learned a lot about finding the charming, weird, and awesome in any given place, though many would argue that the charming and weird seek me out just as much as I stumble upon them. [...]
The Whiskey Jar
It’s Thursday night. Loud bluegrass fills the air, liquor is flowing, and people are crammed in, hugging those with familiar faces, laughing, and dancing in between the tables. This is The Whiskey Jar, and it’s Charlottesville, Virginia’s newest addition to the local food scene. I sat down with Will Richey, one of the owners, to [...]
Betty’s Bar-B-Q
From the road, to the unseasoned eye, Betty’s Bar-B-Q doesn’t look like much. But if you’ve spent a good part of your life eating delicious food cooked by grandmas, you immediately know the looks of the place spell contentment. Betty’s was not an accidental stop on my roadtrip. My companion had spent a significant period [...]
Oh, Sherry’s!
I come from a long line of sweets lovers. In my childhood, one beautiful pink-and-burgundy-printed white box or bag meant we were going to have a fix from our dealer. But I shouldn’t talk like that about Sherry’s Bakery. The owners, Fred and Mary Williford, are nice people who would never [...]







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