A Wine Lover's Haven: the Finger Lakes

It shouldn’t take an award to make us appreciate what we have here in the Finger Lakes, but sometimes, it does take acknowledgement to remind us of how important it is to share our passion for all that our region has to offer with others. What am I rambling about? Well, the Finger Lakes recently…

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Brew, Brats, & Bliss

“This is bliss”. Yes, those words actually came out of my boyfriend, Pete’s, mouth during our day trip to Naples in the Finger Lakes on Saturday. Despite the fact that we were driving past a road actually named Bliss at the time and he may have just been being smart, I reveled in the fact that the…

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Summer weekends on the lake

Summer weekend at the lake! We travelled to Hamilton for our annual reunion with my husband’s family. Of course, there were the usual cottage activities: boat rides, swimming, bocce games and cook-outs. But, one of my favorite traditions is that everyone goes to the farmers’ market downtown on that…

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Finger Lakes Food Fixation

One of the opening scenes of the play, Titanic, has the pursar singing the items that were to be loaded on to the ship to feed the passengers during its transatlantic voyage. This song went through my head as I loaded our Ford Flex for the trip to the QVC headquarters. David Venable, the host of "In…

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Top 10 Must Tastes

Let me start with a few questions... have you ever have a Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake? Or have you tasted a still warm, just picked strawberry, blueberry or cherry tomato? How about a Grape Pie? I thought as much. Here then, is my list of Top 10 Finger Lakes tastes you can't miss during your visit: 1…

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