CLAYSBURG, Pa. — Blue Knob ski area is nestled in a state park of the same name. The Summit Lodge, is not particularly noteworthy in appearance, other than being at the top instead of the bottom of the slopes, but that’s part of the charm. The interior is actually a little refreshing in the sense [...]
CLAYSBURG, Pa. — On my favorite slope at Blue Knob, Jack Rabbit, there is a primitive cabin on the left side.
I got off my skis and took a look, half expecting to see the Necronomicon. It wasn’t there, but I wouldn’t have been surprised.
CLAYSBURG, Pa. — This winter of discontent in the mid-Atlantic made finding the time and and place to ski or snowboard a tough one. My friend Ryan and I determined that Saturday, February 4 would fit our schedules the best and I spent too much time and energy worrying about the forecast for that day. [...]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Over the years, I have wondered out loud why the Washington Nationals marketing has been so bad. They have done a poor job putting their brand out there, I’m not saying the Nats need have co-branded sponsorships for EVERYTHING or that they need “The Toyota Scoreboard brought to you by Honda” like [...]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The second snowfall of 2012 is another small one and it came with ice. We have just about an inch of snow here in the West End.
Beautiful powder starting falling here around 10 p.m. last night. Sadly, by this morning, it was covered in a icy glaze. There is currently no [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — My 3½ year old and I visited the 2011 U.S Botanic Garden Season’s Greeting Holiday Exhibit the day before it closed. I had hoped to get their earlier, but the schedule did not work out that way and I did not get to blog about it before it closed. Nevertheless, I took [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of my favorite Christmas season traditions is visiting Union Station. After many years hosting a model railroad display from the Norwegian embassy, Union Station has partnered with MTH Trains of Columbia, Md. for several new displays. From the press release:
The model train displays seen in Union Station are made up [...]
ARLINGTON, Va. — A lane from the Fairfax Drive ramp at EXIT 67 is being extended along Interstate 66 westbound all the way to EXIT 69, Sycamore Street. This “spot improvement” (Virginia Department of Transportation) is less ambitious than I had hoped for and I am curious if it will provide much relief after it [...]
POOLESVILLE, Md. — This year, our annual apple-picking outing was at Homestead Farm.
While it was rainy and cold the day we went, this weekend is supposed to be spectacular. There should still be a fair number of apples and pumpkins to pick from there — there were plenty of green apples on the trees [...]
BELLEVILLE, Pa. — In Mifflin County and several neighboring central Pennsylvania counties, every September 29 is Goose Day. In 2005, my wife explained it this way:
If you eat goose on Michaelmas Day, you will never want money all the year round.”
One reason for this belief is that Michaelmas (Archangel Michael’s feast day) was traditionally [...]
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