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August 2010

Pie

Grandma Maxine Tillford, Pie from The Old Mill Cafe

By Melissa Wynn

photos by Melissa Wynn

The economic demand for double income families and the convenience of fast and prepared foods have made good old fashioned, down home cookin’ a dying art. Dessert has come to mean ice cream from a carton or perhaps some cupcakes

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Follow the Herd to Buffalo Chips Pizza

By Melissa Wynn

Greetings, Mountain Valley neighbors! This month I have the pleasure of sharing with you my unrivaled favorite pizza and sandwich place on the planet. Buffalo Chips Pizza is just a few blocks walk for me down to 322 Birch St. in Westwood, Ca.  I am lucky  to enjoy the

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Pamper Your Body and Spirit at Steamboat Hot Springs Healing Center and Spa

By Melissa Wynn

In a charming Spanish Mission type building between Reno and Carson City on US 395, I found a place of healing peace. My sister and I were off for a girls getaway to visit the old west in Virginia City, Nevada and decided that a relaxing day at the spa would

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Visit the Old West at Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon

Visit the Old West at Gold Hill Hotel & Saloon

By Melissa Wynn

The balcony view from our room #9

After being cooped up in the house through a seven day series of Sierra snow storms, my sister and I decided to cross the mountain. We were in search of some fun and sunshine in Nevada’s

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