Apologies for the late local travel story. I've been in DC most of the day taping a television show (more glamorous than it sounds) and just got back...

By popular demand (OK, one reader's suggestion), this week's destination is Greensboro, in the green Garden County of Caroline.

My last visit to Greensboro, which just off Route 404 not far from Denton, it was Christmas 2006. I was there to write about a lovely hotel, The Riverside, that was going out of business. The place was eerie - made beds, tip envelopes on the night stands, even coffee stirrers in the kitchen. But no one had slept there in nearly a year.

I hope someone bought it. Anyway, if you visit, see if you can walk around to the back of the hotel for a view of the Choptank, which hardly looks like the same river you see in Cambridge. Narrow and muddy, it's a prime nesting spot for all manner of birds, and there is a nice little walking path. For those Crumpton lovers who talked about their camp a little while ago, the back of the Riverside reminds me of where I went to camp in New England and the Ware (where?) River that ran alongside the road.

The main attraction in Greensboro is Harry's. Or, more specifically, Harry Wyre, the affable host who presides over exquisite food at the Goldsborough House downtown, a lovely historic home off the main street. I interviewed Harry a couple of years ago, but I never ate his food. (and there's no Elizabeth Large review in our archives.) He wasn't open yet, as it was early on a Sunday afternoon. No matter. I was entranced by the historic furnishings and the story that always goes with such a showplace.

Harry has a visiting French chefs program, where he brings in cooks from all over the countryside to stay at the house and cook. I checked the site and the next time there's a special is Easter, but you can contact Harry directly for more information.

I'm curious to try Harry's next time I'm in town. Maybe during French chef week?