Tag: Virginia
48 Hours in the Southern Capital of Richmond, VA
It was ridiculous. We had lived in the D.C. area for over eight years, yet we had never visited the Southern Capital just to our south (more on why in a minute). A long holiday weekend, coupled with a good hotel deal, created the perfect excuse to escape D.C. & finally learn more about our neighbors to…
FriFotos: Local
This week’s #FriFotos theme fits in perfectly with my blog series on visiting my own backyard, Washington, D.C.!
Hotel Review: Lansdowne Resort; Leesburg, Virginia
Last year, I wrote about this little (random) golf resort in Leesburg, Virginia (just past Dulles Airport), but neglected to take any photos. Good thing we went back this year! Thanks to a LivingSocial deal, we spent last weekend enjoying a pre-Valentine’s Day weekend at the resort, getting massages & hunkering down from the random…
Washington, D.C.: fancy pants dining in Old Town Alexandria
One of my favorite things about living in the Old Town area of Alexandria (located about nine miles south of D.C. in Virginia) is the great number of restaurants. Fancy places. Less fancy places. Not fancy at all places. Today, I thought I’d share with you some of our favorite fine dining places. The kind…
Richmond, VA: Hollywood Cemetery
At best, I normally skim through the tourist information guides which are found in most hotel rooms. However, without anything else to read during our trip to Richmond, I actually read the guide a bit more closely, & boy am I glad I did. Somehow, in all my research to plan our trip, I had…