Thomas Cizauskas, in his blog Yours for Good Fermentables has posted a photo-journal detailing what goes on behind the scenes in preparing a firkin of fresh Clipper City ale. As a fan of the Clipper City Heavy Seas line, I found it quite interesting. I…

Tuesday, 8th [April 1862]We have had a grand a[nd] glorious victory in Tennessee but our commander in chief Gen’ A. S. Johns[t]on was killed, Gen’ Beauregard’s official dispatch says.Battle of Shiloh Sunday 6th [April 1862]We this morning attacke…

We just got back from seeing the Rude Mechanicals perform Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” at the Third Floor Arts Space at 810 Caroline Street. I vaguely remember the theater troupe from our early days in Fredericksburg, when my husband and I would…

Not to beat a dead horse (I’m already looking forward to the next chase) but here are a couple of maps of our location and viewpoints for the 8 May events courtesy of Mapquest.com. The top map shows our southern Palmyra location (white dot and yellow …

I’ve said before that I’m a big fan of Bridges Brick Oven Pizza. But I’ve always been a little confused by their claim to be authentic New York style. The Bridges pizza just doesn’t jibe with my experience as a NY teenager who spent many aftern…

Note: For another perspective on the events in Fredericksburg in these days, see A Slave No More by David W. Blight, which has the text of a memoir by John Washington of Fredericksburg. [Sunday] April 6th [1862] Since our forces have fallen…

Here are a few vidcaps from yesterday’s chase. The later (darker) two are from video taken north of town where we witnessed at least one tornado. They seem to indicate touchdowns on the left and right of the main funnel…possibly a very broad circu…

We left home around 5:45 pm to creep through rush hour traffic and head for Thornburg to get our bearings as conditions for storms were looking better to our SW. Once we checked out current conditions and forecasts we proceeded from there down Rte 208…

The Fredericksburg area is well-represented at the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition. The first round results are in and local home brewers have made a good showing in the regional judging for the South. Congratulations fol…