Featured image by Cheryl Landes Spaces are still available for the Sparkle with Your Mom Brunch on Saturday, May 13, at the Wooden Shoe Vineyards at the Wooden Show Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon. Treat your Mom to assorted quiches, fruit skewers, yogurt parfait, scones, muffins, and a choice of mimosa made from the vineyard’s … Continue reading Treat Mom to brunch May 13 at the Wooden Shoe Vineyards

All photos by Cheryl Landes Thanks to cooler than usual spring temperatures, tulip fans can enjoy the blossoms a few days longer in Woodburn, Oregon. Usually by April 30, the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm’s Tulip Fest ends, but in 2017, the owners have extended the event through Sunday, May 7. At the Willamette Valley’s largest … Continue reading Tulip Fest extended through Sunday in Woodburn, Oregon

Photos by Cheryl Landes Updated August 30, 2019 If you saw a billboard along the highway advertising America’s Worst Apple Pie at the next exit, would you stop and try it? I didn’t the first time, but I couldn’t forget that sign on Interstate 80 in northwestern Pennsylvania. During my next drive across Pennsylvania, the … Continue reading America’s worst apple pie is among the best