Category Beer, Wine and Alcohol
East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, NC, Part Two
October 24-28 As mentioned in the prior post, later that day we ventured downtown to eat and drink at the Durham Food Hall, which opened in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic and yet survives to this day. We grabbed a couple of seats at the large bar and after ordering a round of […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, NC, Part One
October 24-28 The six-hour drive to Durham went smoothly and we arrived at Nicole’s by midafternoon, ready to see what the week to follow would bring us, both with the car and Joanna’s Mom. Anticipating that we might be leaving the Highlander at the body shop the next day after getting the estimate, we emptied […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – New Jersey and Maryland, Part Two
October 21-23 Later that afternoon Joanna and Jan returned, and we spent the rest of the day talking and helping Jan set up her Social Security account, which turned out to be quite the adventure as she was doing so on her cell phone, the small screen making the process a bit harder than if […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – New Jersey and Maryland, Part One
October 21-23 What we thought would be an uneventful seven-hour drive turned into something entirely different in New Haven, CT just before Noon. Joanna had taken the first shift so that we could switch drivers around that time in order for her to take video call from a senior living facility as she and her […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Portsmouth, NH
October 19 -20 With just a five-hour drive to Portsmouth, we knew we could dawdle a bit and yet still have time there to do a bit of sightseeing, leaving our visit to Margaret’s until the day after our arrival. We checked into the Best Western Plus The Inn at Hampton, a few miles south […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Cooperstown, NY, Part Two
October 16 -18 Hungry but not starving after our visit to the Hall of Fame, we walked two blocks to a very busy Doubleday Café. It was the lunchtime rush and we were fortunate to get a table for two near the entrance and as crowded as the place was, were promptly served by a […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Cooperstown, NY, Part One
October 16 -18 Rain followed us all the way to Cooperstown and it being a short drive, we had plenty of time left before we could check into the Best Western Cooperstown Inn and Suites. With it still raining we sought out an indoor pursuit by driving about ten miles out of town to visit […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Ithaca, NY, Part One
October 12 -15 With a less than four-hour drive to Ithaca, we took a detour on the way to visit the Corning Museum of Glass, founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works (now Corning Incorporated) as a gift to the nation for the company’s 100th anniversary. Dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass, […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Erie, Pa, Part Two
October 9 -11 We pulled up in front of Erie Ale Works, parked and walked inside, noting a few people leaning against a low-slung wall enjoying their beers. Inside the tap room is small, with the brewing tanks taking up half of the space and separated from the bar area by a chain link fence. […]
East Coast Fall 2021 – Erie, Pa, Part One
October 9 -11 With another longish day on the road ahead of us our primary concern was that we would hit a lot of Covered Bridge festival traffic around the town of Mansfield as we drove down to the interstate on highway 59 but given the early hour, we faced only a small amount of […]
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