Monday, May 31, 2010
Memorial Day Weekend.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Weekend Review.
48 hours
1100 miles
3 states
4 cities
one wedding
one trip to the farmer's market
one dress fitting
2 tanks of gas
four meals with family
four snacks for the road trip
one Roy D Mercer comedy CD
1100 miles
3 states
4 cities
one wedding
one trip to the farmer's market
one dress fitting
2 tanks of gas
four meals with family
four snacks for the road trip
one Roy D Mercer comedy CD
Monday, May 17, 2010
The Games We Play
What were your favorite games to play as a child? Clue was my favorite! The card game Uno would probably be a close second.
I never really played Monopoly. I remember playing with the fake money, rolling the dice, going to jail and choosing a cute game piece, but that's about all. I certainly didn't play by the rules.
This past weekend after some wings and burgers at Allsports Cafe, hubs and I picked up a Monopoly game from Walmart for just ten bucks. We brought it home, set it up and got down to business. Real estate business that is.
Having never really played the game, I got the sense early on that I wasn't going to like it. I wanted to hold on to my money, not give it up to purchase some property on the board my husband may never land on. I did eventually buy the deed to Board Walk. Too bad for me my husband bought the deeds and houses to one full corner of the board. Three hours later and with only $30 left, we called it quits. Or I guess I should say, I called it quits, and then pouted for the next thirty minutes about losing.
One good thing about being married to my best friend is that he still loves me after I've been such a sore loser! Thanks babe!
I never really played Monopoly. I remember playing with the fake money, rolling the dice, going to jail and choosing a cute game piece, but that's about all. I certainly didn't play by the rules.
This past weekend after some wings and burgers at Allsports Cafe, hubs and I picked up a Monopoly game from Walmart for just ten bucks. We brought it home, set it up and got down to business. Real estate business that is.
Having never really played the game, I got the sense early on that I wasn't going to like it. I wanted to hold on to my money, not give it up to purchase some property on the board my husband may never land on. I did eventually buy the deed to Board Walk. Too bad for me my husband bought the deeds and houses to one full corner of the board. Three hours later and with only $30 left, we called it quits. Or I guess I should say, I called it quits, and then pouted for the next thirty minutes about losing.
One good thing about being married to my best friend is that he still loves me after I've been such a sore loser! Thanks babe!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Weekend Review No. 2
Mr. Price usually works every Saturday, and soon I’ll be working at least two Saturdays a month. So we decided a few weeks ago that we needed to take a mini vacation before our weekends are full of nothing but work!
On Friday night we drove about an hour down Route 221 through the Blue Ridge Mountains to Stonewall Bed and Breakfast, which would serve as our home base for the next day and half. We arrived at about 9 pm, greeted by the owner’s dogs (we soon dubbed them “The Welcoming Committee”). We got settled into the “apple” room and I was asleep by 9:30.
If you feel like roughing it a bit, the Stonewall B&B also offers one room cabin accommodations with no plumbing, just an outhouse.
The next morning we woke up to the smell of a country breakfast cooking down the hall. Sally and Scott, the B&B owners, cooked a wide array of breakfast specialties, such as quiche, scrambled eggs, French toast, eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, blueberry cobbler and fresh fruit.
After filling our stomachs, we got in our car and traveled to the most photographed spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Mabry Mill. Ed Mabry built the mill nearly a century ago to grind corn for his neighbors. This created a community gathering place, and is now a popular attraction along the Parkway.
We picked up a few souvenirs for family members at the gift shop, and headed back to the car. But not before we attempted to photograph ourselves in front of the mill. As we were trying to capture ourselves, I saw a man walking towards us. I thought he would offer to take the picture for us. No, he was Peter Frank Edwards, a photographer for Travel and Leisure magazine, and he wanted to take a picture of us, taking a picture of ourselves. So we obliged. I doubt it will make it in the magazine though.
(Our theory is that he didn’t want to take our picture because we were holding two Nikon cameras and he was of course shooting with a Canon. haha…jk)
Our next stop was the town of Floyd. I was quite impressed with this quaint town. Floyd is a rural, one stop light town, yet full of culture. We just meandered down Locust Street into a bookstore, then Mitchell Music Co. - a community music store for a musical community, and finally to the The Floyd Country Store which features merchandise, food and music. Actually the Country Store is a venue for the Crooked Road Music Trail. (Read more about that in the links I provide below.)
The wind was blowing very strong on Saturday and ruined our plans for a picnic. So we headed back to the B&B for a little nap, which was just as nice.
For dinner we jumped back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and traveled to Chateau Morrisette Winery. The Morrisette family has produced premier wines since 1980. The property features a winery and restaurant. Unfortunately we could not tour the winery because of a wedding being held there.
We literally stuffed ourselves with gourmet food! We started off with an appetizer of Firecracker Shrimp- five hot and spicy shrimp on a bed of pineapples and green peppers. I ate Shrimp and Grits, a dish the waitress said people travel 200 miles for. The grits were deliciously accented with a creamy roux, and the shrimp were seasoned just right. Mr. Price chose the Trout, which was crusted with cashews and served over couscous and collard greens. But they weren’t just your limp, soggy, chopped greens. These were fried, then steamed and seasoned with sausage. If you don’t eat collard greens, you would probably eat these.
And although we were already stuffed, we decided to get a Molten Lava Cake served with homemade Espresso ice cream! I think that speaks for itself. We didn’t think we were going to be able to make it back to the B&B we were so full. But we did and again I was fast asleep by 9:30 pm
We headed back home this morning after another great breakfast, and were home before 10:00 am just in time for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I called dibs on the couch and caught up on my blogs, and Mr. Price enjoyed being lazy in the recliner watching the documentary It Might Get Loud featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
It was a great weekend, one we will be reminiscing about for years to come.
You can read about the places we visited by checking out the links below.
Stonewall Bed and Breakfast
Mabry Mill
Floyd, Virginia
The Crooked Road Tour
The Chateau Morrisette
Peter Frank Edwards
On Friday night we drove about an hour down Route 221 through the Blue Ridge Mountains to Stonewall Bed and Breakfast, which would serve as our home base for the next day and half. We arrived at about 9 pm, greeted by the owner’s dogs (we soon dubbed them “The Welcoming Committee”). We got settled into the “apple” room and I was asleep by 9:30.
If you feel like roughing it a bit, the Stonewall B&B also offers one room cabin accommodations with no plumbing, just an outhouse.
The next morning we woke up to the smell of a country breakfast cooking down the hall. Sally and Scott, the B&B owners, cooked a wide array of breakfast specialties, such as quiche, scrambled eggs, French toast, eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, blueberry cobbler and fresh fruit.
After filling our stomachs, we got in our car and traveled to the most photographed spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Mabry Mill. Ed Mabry built the mill nearly a century ago to grind corn for his neighbors. This created a community gathering place, and is now a popular attraction along the Parkway.
We picked up a few souvenirs for family members at the gift shop, and headed back to the car. But not before we attempted to photograph ourselves in front of the mill. As we were trying to capture ourselves, I saw a man walking towards us. I thought he would offer to take the picture for us. No, he was Peter Frank Edwards, a photographer for Travel and Leisure magazine, and he wanted to take a picture of us, taking a picture of ourselves. So we obliged. I doubt it will make it in the magazine though.
(Our theory is that he didn’t want to take our picture because we were holding two Nikon cameras and he was of course shooting with a Canon. haha…jk)
Our next stop was the town of Floyd. I was quite impressed with this quaint town. Floyd is a rural, one stop light town, yet full of culture. We just meandered down Locust Street into a bookstore, then Mitchell Music Co. - a community music store for a musical community, and finally to the The Floyd Country Store which features merchandise, food and music. Actually the Country Store is a venue for the Crooked Road Music Trail. (Read more about that in the links I provide below.)
The wind was blowing very strong on Saturday and ruined our plans for a picnic. So we headed back to the B&B for a little nap, which was just as nice.
For dinner we jumped back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and traveled to Chateau Morrisette Winery. The Morrisette family has produced premier wines since 1980. The property features a winery and restaurant. Unfortunately we could not tour the winery because of a wedding being held there.
We literally stuffed ourselves with gourmet food! We started off with an appetizer of Firecracker Shrimp- five hot and spicy shrimp on a bed of pineapples and green peppers. I ate Shrimp and Grits, a dish the waitress said people travel 200 miles for. The grits were deliciously accented with a creamy roux, and the shrimp were seasoned just right. Mr. Price chose the Trout, which was crusted with cashews and served over couscous and collard greens. But they weren’t just your limp, soggy, chopped greens. These were fried, then steamed and seasoned with sausage. If you don’t eat collard greens, you would probably eat these.
And although we were already stuffed, we decided to get a Molten Lava Cake served with homemade Espresso ice cream! I think that speaks for itself. We didn’t think we were going to be able to make it back to the B&B we were so full. But we did and again I was fast asleep by 9:30 pm
We headed back home this morning after another great breakfast, and were home before 10:00 am just in time for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I called dibs on the couch and caught up on my blogs, and Mr. Price enjoyed being lazy in the recliner watching the documentary It Might Get Loud featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White.
It was a great weekend, one we will be reminiscing about for years to come.
You can read about the places we visited by checking out the links below.
Stonewall Bed and Breakfast
Mabry Mill
Floyd, Virginia
The Crooked Road Tour
The Chateau Morrisette
Peter Frank Edwards
Monday, May 3, 2010
Music Monday
I am happy to introduce the first post by my husband! He is introducing a new series to The Price Report: Music Monday. Music has always been one of his passions. He's been playing the guitar and cello for more than 14 years. When we first met, he introduced me to Jeff Buckley, Derek Trucks, Ours, Muse, Jennifer Knapp, Keb Mo and Jonny Lang to just name a few. I loved it! He definitely helped me expand my music interests beyond the pop music that is always playing on the most popular radio stations. He loves to analyze music, and he has taught me to listen for cool things like key changes and time signature changes. Hopefully through Music Monday he'll do the same for you!
I love it when I come across an album that I've never heard from one of my favorite bands. (I have a few hundred favorite bands, so I still haven't heard all of their albums.)
My most recent find is Blind Melon's newest, titled For My Friends (2008).
From the first time I heard their self-titled album, it was, and has always been on my top ten list. A few years ago, I listened to Soup, and it was hit and miss. Some great songs, some fillers. For My Friends has a little filler, but overall it's a great album. Of course, Shannon Hoon isn't on it, but the new singer sounds a lot like him!
Here's a sample:
While I'm at it, Blind Melon's lead guitarist, Rogers Stevens, is incredible. It's hard to tell just from listening, but when I try to play his stuff, his style is so unconventional and creative, I have a hard time keeping up. And I love that. It's not just shredding solos. His ability to to blend lead riffs into verses is a rare one. It's like the color in a coloring book, perfectly inside the lines.
I love it when I come across an album that I've never heard from one of my favorite bands. (I have a few hundred favorite bands, so I still haven't heard all of their albums.)
My most recent find is Blind Melon's newest, titled For My Friends (2008).
From the first time I heard their self-titled album, it was, and has always been on my top ten list. A few years ago, I listened to Soup, and it was hit and miss. Some great songs, some fillers. For My Friends has a little filler, but overall it's a great album. Of course, Shannon Hoon isn't on it, but the new singer sounds a lot like him!
Here's a sample:
While I'm at it, Blind Melon's lead guitarist, Rogers Stevens, is incredible. It's hard to tell just from listening, but when I try to play his stuff, his style is so unconventional and creative, I have a hard time keeping up. And I love that. It's not just shredding solos. His ability to to blend lead riffs into verses is a rare one. It's like the color in a coloring book, perfectly inside the lines.
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