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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

Eating My Way Through My Hometown

WARNING!!!  If your New Year’s Resolution is to lose weight, then you probably don’t want to read this post.  But, if you have the will-power of a vegan at a Brazilian steakhouse, or don’t mind gaining a few pounds from the words alone, then you should be alright. I swear, every time I visit my hometown of Niles, Ohio (smack dab between Youngstown and Warren) I gain at least five pounds.  This…

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Eating, Food, Travel, United States

Tastes from Home – Festival Cheese Puffs!

I was fortunate to grow up in a community that was predominantly Italian.  The influences were everywhere.  The Italian flag waved in most shops and restaurants.  Pizza parlors sat on almost every corner.  Five star restaurants served only Italian food (as they should).  Even the bars had better Italian food than I have found in the best Italian restaurants here in Charlotte.  Then there were the summer festivals.  Whether it was a…

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Travel, United States

Mahoning Valley – Family Vacation End-Cap

This is one of those entries that I feel like I have to write.  Don’t get me wrong; it’s not that I don’t want to write about spending the last leg of the week of family fun with my family.  I do.  It’s just that we didn’t go anywhere exciting.  It was just a trip home.  Sure I could write about a trip down memory lane, but I just did that.  Or…

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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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