On the Trails: Otters in my backyard

A week or two ago, I enjoyed watching a young otter, grooming and snacking, on the banks of my home pond.

VAN ZANT: Duck hunting ends with barely a quack

After a fair season for hunting ducks, the last two days were complete disasters. According to Cal Van Zant, their club members not only didn't shoot a duck they didn't see many ducks over their blinds.

10 of Tokyo's best high-end restaurants

Only in Tokyo can you sample the finest sushi from a skyscraper, try tofu beside a carp pond or taste tempura under an oversized fedora. Robbie Swinnerton picks the best upmarket restaurants • As featured in our Tokyo city guide Kozue No other restaurant in Tokyo has a setting to rival Kozue. Perched far above the fray on the 40th floor of the Park Hyatt, Kozue is still as swish as the day it ...

DHEC inspections for restaurants in the Myrtle Beach area for Jan. 26-Feb. 1

• Aisla Pub, 4601 Girvan Drive , Myrtle Beach, R, 89

My Biggest Catch Ever

This week I am devoting my column to a time when I was around 14 years of age, living in Dothan, Alabama with my mother, sister and dad. This was the city I was born in and where many of my mother's side of the family lived. Her dad W. K. Edwards owned a blacksmith shop in downtown Dothan and every minute he was not working he was looking for a place to go fishing.