Breakfast Meeting At Tealside Diner

Tealside Diner1096 Old State Route 74 Batavia, OHOpen 7am-9pm Monday they Sat, 7am-3pm on Sundays Tealside Diner1096 Old State Route 74 Batavia, OHOpen 7am-9pm Minday they Sat, 7am-3pm on SundaysBreakfast meeting with Pappy.  I don't get to go on as many as he does but this was a good one.  We were gifted a gift card and decided to try it out.  Pappy has been

It's Been A Bit

 It has been a bit since I have been on this blog.I want to share something that I think could be very cool.These are chives.  They are perennial which means they come back every year.  The other night, I was looking at Facebook and my friend Jamie Kiner posted that you could make chive vinegar.This is a quart of chive vinegar that is making itself lovely.The RecipeChive

Oh My Chocolate Goodness

 If I close my eyes and pretend I am sitting on the back deck at our house in WI I can smell the Nestle's factory in Burlington.  If the wind is just right you can smell chocolate goodness.  It sure is better than the other smell we smelled most of the time...cow manure.I am so lucky that the Wammyville parents load up chocolate candy after Trick-or-Treat.  This year

Basil Salt

 I used my last bunch of basil to make some basil salt.  Boy, am I ever glad I did!  Is it ever tasty!  And so easy to make.Here is the link if you want to give it a try.  You can thank me later!Basil SaltIt is delish on warm just off the vine tomatoe

NATION MILFORD

 NATION KITCHEN & BAR  1200 Broadway StreetMilford, OH513-381-3794(I borrowed the pic from FB)The menu made my mouth water!  But the WV in me told me that I needed to try the fried bologna.  I know, I know.  The good thing is we WILL go back!This is Kaitlin.  She was so funny, kind, and knowledgeable about all the aspects of the place.  And come

Still Working Our Way Through Gift Cards

 This little Spring Break adventure sure has been fun!All Hail The Biscuit877 State Route 28Milford, OH513-340-4811(I grabbed this photo from their FB page)We got there just at the right time.  The line was clear to the door and stayed that way until we were ready to leave.  Great food and a great place to people-watch.  Today their lots of little people!  My kind

It's Been A Hot Minute...

 Since I last wrote anything on this blog but I am here to make up for the lost time.  Mark and I have a boatload of gift cards stashed away and we have decided that this Spring Break we should use some of them.  With no yahoos and really not much else to do except eat and dream and plan about the gardening status for this year...we have decided to try new places with our