LET’S GO: Butler barns driving tour
There aren’t enough days in the week or months in the year to see everything I want to see. So when I hear of something good — even if I […]
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TIPSY TOURIST: Triple Creek Winery
We needed to get away from the beach traffic on Route 50 and Route 404 when we stumbled on Triple Creek Winery, a family winery in teeny Cordova in Talbot County, Maryland. […]
Fields of lavender in Western Maryland
A purple mailbox on the way to Deep Creek Lake was the first signal that we were about to get off the beaten path. And it really was a road […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Mark Cascia Vineyards
Just across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on a flat piece of land jutting out into a picturesque part of Cox Creek, an aerospace engineer and a judge are growing grapes and […]
TIPSY TOURIST: On Gettysburg’s wine trail
Is there ever a day as fine as one spent on roads that wind along rolling hills, past orchards and vineyards, and right to the doorstep of local wineries? On […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Firefly Distillery
The road to Firefly Distillery is long and winding, lined with crooked trees dripping with Spanish moss. It’s not far from downtown Charleston, but this spot on Wadmalaw Island is miles from the […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Harvest Ridge Winery
Sometimes you have the privilege of seeing a winery in its infancy. You know…you can still smell the fresh paint on the walls. The vines are thin and wispy, hinting at […]
Beyond the sand and surf in Virginia Beach
Lighthouses, new and old, at Cape Henry, where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet. Beyond the beach, beyond the sand and even beyond the boardwalk, there are some […]
Fall rambling near Thurmont
It felt like fall today. Though the afternoon temperature at home may have reached the high 70s, the early morning temperature was in the 50s. It felt like a day […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Elk Run Vineyards
“Wine is all about tradition,” says Carol Wilson, who co-owns Elk Run Vineyards in Mount Airy with her husband, Fred. They planted their vines in 1995. And for Elk Run, […]
