Hallways and Tulle
I was a bit confused when I opened the glass door to Guibord’s School of Dance, and parents came pouring out with swarms of toddlers around them. “Am I at the right building?” I asked myself. I checked the words on the door again. Yup, this was definitely it. I set foot inside after holding the door open for a few more moms, dads, and excited-looking little kids and found myself standing at one end of a long hallway. Read More

The Balm in My Bag
I had been hearing a lot of hype from locals and Shania Twain over the past year about Bag Balm. Bag Balm, an ointment created by the Dairy Association Co., Inc. in Lyndonville, Vermont in 1899, was originally used on cow udders and teats that became chapped by milking in the cold and dry winter months. Evidently, it became a popular non-farming household name when farmers’ wives began noticing their husband’s hands were smooth and soft in the dead of winter. Read More

A Taste of Downstate Here in Plattsburgh
Strolling through downtown Plattsburgh one cold winter day, I caught a glimpse of a new downtown eatery on Brinkerhoff Street that had the allure of a city bagel shop with a dog as its mascot.  With bagels topping the list as one of my favorite foods, I made sure to head over to this restaurant which somehow seemed to fly under my radar for the past few months since its opening. Read More