Canaan Valley, the first commercial ski area in West Virginia, will be celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The anniversary weekend, Dec. 8-10, will feature games, music, ski and snowboard events and prices that reflect the occasion: $35 lodging, $35 lift ticket/ski rental combinations and 35 cent food and beverages. Airboards — inflatable snow body…
At Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia, Soaring Eagle provides the big excitement this year. It’s the name of a new condo complex at the Top of the World and a new high-speed quad lift to take you there. The Soaring Eagle Express replaces the old Widowmaker lift and reduces the ride from about nine…
Carytown Seafood at Innsbrook Rating: Where: 4040 Cox Road (Shoppes at Innsbrook) Phone: (804) 965-5514 Highlights: Carytown Seafood’s new West End restaurant and market doesn’t live up the original market’s precedent of consistently fresh fish. Entrees, including seafood, beef and pasta, are reasonably priced but zig-zag wildly between worthwhile and washout. Reservations accepted. Smoking: Smoking…
Emilio’s Restaurante Rating: Where: 7016 Woodlake Commons Loop (Woodlake Commons Shopping Center) Phone: (804) 639-8099 Website: www.emiliosrichmond.com Highlights: Emilio’s spreads its saffron-infused influence south of the river with a second location, serving tapas, authentic Spanish entrees and plenty of energy. Live music on weekends draws crowds, but sampling and socializing at a leisurely pace is…
RELATED West Nursery’s Maize Quest Tired of the kids? Well, tell them to get lost. This weekend, West Nursery in Mechanicsville will be opening its Maize Quest cornfield maze. With 10,000 feet of paths through a 5-acre cornfield, it’ll be easy to lose the kids for a couple of hours. In fact, Carrie Galla of…