by eric | Aug 15, 2021 | Food & Drink, USA Travel
On this trip we managed to get to the Blue Ridge Parkway twice, Sunday and again on Friday. On Sunday we decided to have a picnic dinner, first stopping to pick up food from Ingles and Publix, then driving along the parkway till we found a nice spot at the Haywood...
by eric | Aug 10, 2021 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
Much like previous summers, we spent a few afternoons visiting local wineries and breweries in July. Lenz Winery, Peconic We’ve been members for years now, and Lenz always has some interesting wines available. This year they still had the outdoor tables, and we...
by eric | Aug 7, 2021 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
On a Thursday with beautiful weather we set our emails to out-of-office and drove with my parents out to Orient, the very end of the North Fork of Long Island. Our first stop was at Opties and Dinghies for lunch. This small restaurant had a handful of tables (outdoor...
by eric | Aug 5, 2021 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
We were much more active this summer compared to 2020, and since things were generally open, we were able to return to old favorites as well as try some new spots. In general chronological order: Roadhouse Pizza, Riverhead Really tasty traditional thin-crust NY pizza....
by eric | Aug 2, 2021 | Travel, USA Travel
In 2021 we made a concerted effort to get to a beach for sunset several times a week – while conditions didn’t always cooperate with great light, each visit was still worthwhile. Bailie Beach A great beach for walking, with sandy cliffs and piles of...