By Bonnie Williamson

A place where a kid and a parent can be a kid. That place is Wonderment Puppet Theater at 412 W. King Street in Martinsburg.

"We want children to run around and be kids. We have balloons on the floor. A hallway that is touchy touch, made up of puppets and materials puppets can be made out of.

By Bonnie Williamson

There's an old saying, "One man's junk is another man's treasure." Well, Bill Bowen of Bunker Hill Antiques Associates, has more than 35,000 square feet of both junk and treasures at 144 Runnymeade Road, Bunker Hill, West Virginia. Of course, he considers them all treasures. Bowen became the owner of the antique mall in 2001.

By Rick Hemphill

Granite was and is created deep in the fire of earth's furnace of molten rock and during volcanic eruptions. The fire rock is old. It looks out across the Gaza Plain in Egypt sitting as the huge blocks that are the pyramids and their cousins carried water in the Roman aqueducts almost to this day. Most of the granite available today which is cut and polished for your kitchen countertop or bathroom vanity was created millions of years before fish swam in the sea or dinosaurs rumbled across the landscape.

By Debra Cornwell

Have you been to Hong Kong, lately? Me neither. However, after dining at 9 Dragons, I've taken a culinary journey worthy of an Emperor. . .or Empress. It is a real treat when a restaurant has a rich story--food, service, presentation, decor, and interesting traditions.

It would be impossible to escape noticing a five-foot crab attached to the top of a building anywhere, but on Winchester Avenue in Martinsburg, WV, it's a real eyecatcher. An icon on the street since 2005, it lured me in once to buy a bushel of hard shell crabs in 2006.

by Rick Hemphill

There was a time when the native roar of gasoline- powered piston engines entwined with the sweeping arcs of turning propellers. When several thousand dedicated workers put in long hours to turn out the silver aluminum-covered wings and fuselages for our Army Air Corp and then the U.S. Air Force. The freshly assembled motors lifted small trainers and then huge, for the time, transport planes into the Washington County skies as they were tested by local young test pilots prior to delivery.

by Rick Hemphill

By Rick Hemphill

The sizzle of cooking meat is unmistakable. Meat is so desirable and comforting to most Americans that, during a World War II USO radio show broadcast the GI's, overseas, requested that Bob Hope and Lana Turner place a microphone up to a frying steak, so that our servicemen and women could take comfort from the sound over the radio.

By Debra Cornwell

Since mid-June 2012, Dan & Charlotte Aufdem-Brinke have realized their dream of opening a popular dining and craft beer establishment. Simply called Dan's Restaurant & Tap House, the newly remodeled building on Boonsboro's Square is casual with stylish touches and is a great anchor for the square and the community. Their goal is to offer the best of local breweries, vineyards, and farms plus a taste of the world.

What's the real difference between the offerings of a "Chinese restaurant" and an "Asian gourmet"? This is the question implied by the menu of the Wok Zone, an up-andcoming purveyor of Asian cuisine in Winchester, Virginia. By definition, the word gourmet denotes the use of high-quality or exotic ingredients, and the innovators behind the Wok Zone, Sam and Gina Kim, work tirelessly to ensure the designation fits.