Germany Valley Overlook Cabins is a scenic place to rest your head after a day of outdoor adventure. photographed by NIKKI BOWMAN If you want to experience Almost Heaven, spend the weekend at Germany Valley Overlook Cabins. It is hard to describe the panoramic view without enlisting clichés like “breathtaking,” “jaw-dropping,” and “heart-stopping,” but when I think about sitting on…
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This classic Williamstown restaurant serves up inspired Italian fare in Wood County. At Da Vinci’s Restaurant, the overwhelming feeling is of abundance. It’s there in the food—mounds of pasta covered in rich sauces, glasses brimming with generous pours of wine, layers of sugar rising high off the plate to form luxurious desserts. It’s there on the menu—a two-page spread that…
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Cody Thrasher’s insatiable curiosity and love of food inspire his culinary creations. Cody Thrasher didn’t go to culinary school. He created his own. Early in his career, he bought the Culinary Institute of America cookbook at Barnes & Noble and read it cover to cover. Later, he and his cook friends would get together each Sunday evening, since most kitchen…
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The Vintage Lady brings artistic items to historic Harpers Ferry. When her husband retired as a professor at Marietta College, Cindi Dunn decided that if she wanted to do something besides working as superintendent of a school system in Ohio, now was the time. The couple moved to Harpers Ferry and she began working at a local jewelry store. When…
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Karen Vuranch brings the passion and dedication of a renowned West Virginia author back to life. Karen Vuranch has been portraying beloved West Virginia writer Pearl S. Buck for over 20 years. In 1992, for Buck’s 100th birthday, Vuranch joined a project for the now-shuttered College of West Virginia that was based on the author’s story. Since then, she has…
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