My husband had a few days off so we took a day trip to Yellow Springs, Ohio. It was a perfect day, with a gorgeous blue sky and puffy white clouds. Yellow Springs is a fun place to visit for a day trip or weekend adventure. The hippie town boasts an array of entertaining activities that appeal to a range […]
My daughter gave me my fabulous Mother’s Day gift last week and we celebrated her successful nursing career by staying in a beautiful cabin, just the two of us, at Hocking Hills, Ohio. We walked to two different caves, went in the hot tub at the cabin, cooked steak on the grill, ate out, did some sightseeing and we relaxed. […]
Since we missed out on our cruise to Hawaii last year, due to the pandemic, my husband had 3 weeks vacation built up that he needed to use it or lose it. Monday we decided to visit a new place called Roscoe Village in Coshocton Ohio, pictures below. Tuesday we headed towards Cleveland to eat at a place called Fat […]
My cousin and I took a guided tour through the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio. This is where the Shawshank Redemption movie was filmed. I thought I would share my pictures with you since I took the day off from cooking. There have been multiple movies and a video filmed here including being filmed as a Russian prison for the […]
Today is my husband and my 30th wedding anniversary. The picture above is from our 25th wedding anniversary when we went to Alaska. For our 30th anniversary we had planned to fly first class, cruise in a mini suite and tour Hawaii to celebrate these wonderful years together. We planned and saved for this trip for five years. Instead, my […]
This Christmas Eve I will be busy preparing for Christmas Day at my house. So instead of a recipe, I thought I would share with you pictures of our visit to the zoo (with all of our grandchildren). It wasn’t too cold and a perfect family night, everything was so beautiful. Below is a short video of the lights followed […]
Last night we celebrated our 29th anniversary at Don’s Pomeroy House (a mansion turned into a restaurant) in Strongsville, Ohio. I surprised my husband with this trip out of town and it turned out to be the best food either of us had ever tasted from a restaurant. I ordered a lobster tail, scallops, crab dip, crab salad, lobster mashed […]
Have you ever eaten at a Japanese Restaurant? If you haven’t and you ever get the chance….go! It is so much fun and entertaining. This post is about a trip to a Japanese restaurant called Samurai. My daughter took my grandson to a dinosaur performance, my husband had to work and I took my 8 year old granddaughter for some […]
As promised I will be back to posting recipes again tomorrow. Until then check out the last of our Hocking Hills Day Trip. Hocking Hills, in Logan Ohio, has unique rock formations, bridges, rock stairways, tunnels, stone walls and the most amazing site of all was Old Man’s Cave! I have many pictures below so scroll on down if you […]
Wednesday was the most gorgeous fall day ever, 74 degrees and sunshine. We drove for three hours to get to our destination and I have a lot of the most beautiful pictures from there which I will post tomorrow. Today I will show you the two places we ate, a pencil sharpening museum and the injury my husband got while […]
In Dianes Kitchen 