One of my favorite places to visit, anywhere in the world, is Hendy Woods. right here in the heart of the Valley. Now, to encourage more local folks to embrace this most special of places, the Hendy Woods Community is inviting Valley people to visit for free on the afternoons of the second Sunday of every month.
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So what is going to replace Coq au Vin restaurant? Rumors are it will be a fine dining establishment run by the folks who are behind The Bewildered Pig in St. Helena who currently operate a business next door to the restaurant location at the Floodgate and who modestly describe themselves as “purveyors of gastronomic pleasantries.” Surely we shall be the judge of that.
I thought I might point out a few of the things that I observed on my travels beyond the Valley and across the seas as being, in my humble opinion, noticeably different than here. This topic could be the subject of a lengthy book of course but for current purposes let’s just have a few of the obvious ones in a somewhat simplistic form.
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Normal service will be resumed next week. In the meantime here are some important announcements. Public Service Announcements. Calendars and pens at…
You may recall that, about six months ago, a Fox News “terrorist expert” claimed that Britain’s second biggest city, Birmingham, was “a totally Muslim city and a no-go area for non-Muslims.” American author Steve Emerson eventually apologized for his stupid remarks but not before they had sparked a national outrage across the UK and Prime Minister David Cameron had called Emerson “a complete idiot.”
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I continue to be “unavoidably detained” and therefore this week’s column will consist of Public Service Announcements concerning events that are taking…
I am in the “big heart of England.” Birmingham, the second largest city in Britain after London, and enjoying a pint and a steak and kidney pie and chips at The New Inns, a classic old pub built in the early 1900s. As has been the case for centuries, the pubs are mostly very welcoming, particularly those outside the trendy city center areas, and intentionally provide a warm and cozy atmosphere somewhat representative of people’s living rooms.
The news of Loretta Houck’s freakish yet awful accident last Thursday evening has resonated around the Valley as much as any such tragic accident in recent years.