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The Bryan Hall Wine Incident

It happened at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.  The year was 1998.  I was a lowly sophomore, or “wise fool” if you prefer the Latin translation.  I knew very little of the world and even less about wine.  The first thing I knew about wine was that it was something my father made in our basement.  The second thing I knew was that the romanticism of a bottle was enough to get…

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Eating, Food, Travel, United States

Casa Nueva – Ohio Local Mexican Fare

I am still in the formative stages of this blog and am not really sure of the exact direction I plan to take it.  One thing I do not want it to become is a restaurant review site.  However, sometimes I stumble upon a place that is so amazing that I have to write about it.  Casa Nueva, nestled of block of off Court Street in Athens, Ohio, is one of those…

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Travel, United States

Athens – A Return to Ohio University

My first trip down memory lane – a return to Ohio University, ten years in the making.  Athens, a place I hadn’t visited since I drove away misty eyed after graduation saying goodbye to an era and a remarkable place.  Since then it has been a place that has teased my memory tempting a return and creating mystique about what a visit would be like.  It was as if my memories were…

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