Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Bungalow Kid: A Catskill Mountain Summer

“For a 1950s kid from the Bronx, `The Mountains’ (Sullivan County, New York) was a familiar, essential, alternate universe. Philip Ratzer’s nexus was Pesekow’s Bungalow Colony on the shores of redundantly named Loch Sheldrake Lake. His affectionate, vivid recollections center on this small summer resort and the adjacent village of Loch Sheldrake. Ruby the Knish Man, who stopped at Pesekow’s,

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’101 Unique Places to Dine in West Virginia’ for Summer Road Trips

Even the “Foodie Blogs” are writing about West Virginia’s “unique” road food… The many Americans who learned everything they know about West Virginia from John Denver probably don’t realize the state is renowned for its chili dogs and pepperoni rolls, two foodstuffs featured prominently in the brand-new brochure “101 Unique Places to Dine in West Virginia.” The brochure, issued last

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