By Pamela Stricker In this season of summer vacations, family reunions, weekend getaways — however you may be spending your time away — one thing that seems to always accompany the return to home base is that satisfied sigh of relief that echoes Dorothy’s sentiments from “The Wizard of Oz” film: “There’s no place like […]
I did my share of camping as a child. I think the concept is better in theory than in execution, but the cheapest way to take a family of six around the country is to camp. I have to admit that the significance of the historical sites and battlefields that my dad dragged us to […]
By Sarah Allen Kelly LeVangie and Rob MacGregor. In an age of retail stores and prescription pills, Naturally By Nature is a store that aims to bring people back to their roots. The store was first opened in 2014. Since then, Naturally By Nature has “taken different shapes along the way,” said owner Kelly LeVangie. […]
By Jane Beathard Brianna Pfeiffer is a club “tadpole.” From top, Blake Beiting, Hunter Schneider and Dan Hechler. The two boys in the boat fishing are Hunter Schneider and Tyler Reed. They are at Hidden Valley Lake. Butler County resident Angela Poling calls her last seven years as advisor to the Cincinnati Youth Bass Club […]
Do a little research before investing too much into that ‘game of a lifetime’ By Dana Dunn PGA pro Mike Deters (tall guy in hat), of Snow Hill Country Club, gives lesson to John Schram of Wilmington. Never played golf and thinking about teeing it up for the first time this summer? Some 2.2 million […]
By Tristen Phipps Pasta and chicken go together like peanut butter and jelly. I’ve lived on pasta and chicken through my college years, whether it was chicken-flavored Ramen or something more legitimate like chicken Alfredo, I was all over it. After three years of the pasta, chicken, pizza diet, my taste buds decided they were […]
By Sarah Allen Tri-County Real Outdoor Women participants cook over a campfire during a recent program. For many women in Highland, Brown and Adams counties, the chance to learn something new, get closer to nature, and make new friends was only one evening class away. The Tri-County Real Outdoor Women program was created last year, […]
By Amy Eddings Mimosa sangrias, with orange juice, peach schnapps, Champagne and fresh blueberries. Photo | PrettyPlainJane.com. A pavlova of egg whites and sugar topped with mascarpone whipped cream is drizzled with a strawberry balsamic vinegar sauce. Brandy J with her son, Bingham, dressed for the Cincinnati Reds’ chilly home opener last April. Jettie blows […]
By Amy Eddings Michael Lablonski of Mike’s Bees n’ Honey breeds bees and sells honey from his hives. One of the many hives dotting Michael Lablonski’s bee yard at his home. Mike Lablonski, beekeeper, wood worker, auto mechanic and beer brewer, describes himself this way: “I’m that little geeky kid, sitting on a stump,” he […]
By Amy Eddings Richard Schnipke has the United States Army to thank for introducing him to barbecue, and his wife, Paulette, for getting him in the restaurant business. Ottawa, too, owes a debt of gratitude to the Army and to Paulette, because they were the impetus for the Red Pig Inn Pork House and Pub, […]