Archive for the ‘Getaways’ Category
Getaways: Chincoteague & Assateague
Relinquish control to nature. That’s extremely difficult for an urbanite like myself. But, I was on the fast track to total anxietyville and desperately needed an escape. What better way to unwind than leaving yourself behind on a five mile bike trek through a barrier island refuge? Sighing upon spotting wild ponies? Napping on a [...]
More »Getaways: Nags Head, OBX
My senior year of college, I read Herman Melville’s Moby Dick during spring break, which I spent quietly with my grandparents in Florida. This may have been a regrettable decision, because now the book and its contents are so knotted up with my experience sitting in the sand peering out onto the infinite sprawl of the [...]
More »Getaways: Rehoboth Beach
‘Sandy Palimpsest’ courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’ From boardwalks, to seafood, to sandy stretches to outlet shopping, Rehoboth Beach in Delaware has everything you could ask for in a beach. Three of my friends and I recently struck out for a relaxing escape-our-stressful-jobs girls weekend. We’re twentysomethings on budgets, so we stayed at the Atlantis Inn. [...]
More »Getaways: Virginia Beach, Part 2
’40Off Blue Team Pics’ courtesy of ‘visitvirginia’ I won a mystery trip to somewhere in Virginia last month, and Katie told you all about day one already. The adventure continues… The day before, our trip organizers had announced that we would be going kayaking on day two of our all-expenses-paid exploration of Virginia Beach. Everyone [...]
More »Getaways: Virginia Beach (Part I)
This is a special edition of Getaways, which will be broken into two parts. Since Jasmine and I were both lucky enough to head to Virginia Beach, we’re tag teaming the trip for your reading pleasure. Jasmine: Like many of you, after reading Katie’s post last month on Virginia Tourism Corporation’s mystery vacation giveaway, I [...]
More »Getaways – At the Drive-In
‘Templeton Drive-in Theatre – Movie’, courtesy of ‘ciao-chow’ When someone mentions “drive-in” to you, do you think of fast food, or gargantuan screens in front of rows of parked cars, playing B-grade horror or sci-fi flicks? The relics of a bygone era, the drive-in theater still exists, just not in abundance anymore. Any drive down [...]
More »Getaways: Artists Inn Residence
Sigh. Stupid economic apocalypse. I really wanted to get away for my birthday this year. Rough times on all fronts. Originally I had some fantasy about skipping town to Barcelona or Marseilles. But, no such luck. So, I settled for a staycation and escaped for the night to exotic Dupont Circle. The bed and breakfast [...]
More »Getaways: Happy Valley
Nestled in the hills and valleys of the Allegheney Mountains, just 3 1/2 hours from the hustle and bustle of power brokers, power breakfasts, and newly powerful administrations, lies the scenic centre of Pennsylvania, perfect for a weekend getaway. State College, home of Penn State University, along with Nittany Lions with their legendary coach Joe [...]
More »Getaways: Charlottesville, Virginia
A month or so ago, Matt and I went on a weekend getaway to Charlottesville, Virginia. I was looking to shake DC for the weekend, and Charlottesville is about 4 hours away (round trip), a perfect weekend trip. Matt got his masters degree at UVA, and so he was thrilled to get to show me [...]
More »Getaways: Wineries and a Pumpkin Patch down 66
Weeks ago I was perusing my favorite local DC food blog, metrocurean, and got inspired by the Hurricane Wine Tasting post that blogger Amanda wrote about her recent winery trip. Having been to Barboursville recently, and loved it, I was antsy to take a trip out 66 to the wineries closer by, and Amanda provided [...]
More »Getaways: Lynchburg, VA
Tom and I were in Lynchburg, VA this weekend for a dear friend’s wedding. I left the office early on Friday, hoping to dodge the traffic, but of course we were not successful, arriving at our hotel at 8:30 PM. The beautiful fall scenery would have to wait for our trip back on Sunday [...]
More »Tourism: Fall Apple Picking at Carter Mountain Orchard
Fall, while not my favorite season, (fall does end in winter – you all know that, right?) does have some merits. Halloween, Thanksgiving, my birthday, and apples. Yummy, delicious apples. And where better to get crispy, fresh apples, but right from the source? So on a recent trip to Charlottesville, we headed to Carter Mountain [...]
More »Quattro Goombas Winery
My father was in town this past weekend so we took him on a short tour of the Virginia wine country in Aldie and Middleburg. Actually, we visited one winery and drove by two or three others along the way. Quattro Goombas Winery is on Rt. 15 about a mile north of Rt. 50 in [...]
More »Featured Photo
A River Runs Through It by Brian Knight Fact: I love DC. Fact: I love this photo that was taken in Harpers Ferry. Fact: Harper’s Ferry is in West Virginia, not in DC. Can’t we all just get along? I’ve been to Harpers Ferry a few times since I moved to DC a few years [...]
More »Getaways: Gettysburg
IMG_4238, courtesy of Cavalier92 Located only two hours from downtown DC, Gettysburg is probably the most well-known Civil War battlefield in the nation. Originally begun as a memorial in 1864, the battlefield was established as a National Military Park in 1895 and transferred to the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service in 1933. The [...]
More »Getaways: Ocean City
Ocean City, Maryland, courtesy of amishah When it came time to come up with this week’s getaway column I stepped up to volunteer to cover Ocean City. Why write a full column all by myself when I can instead lean on my darling fiancée to provide me with material on her hometown? The trip out [...]
More »Getaways: Middleburg, VA
Middleburg Benches by compulsion An hour outside DC, in the middle of hunt country, is a tiny little town called Middleburg. I’d been meaning to get out and explore it, and this summer’s CSAdventures have given us just the opportunity. Our farm, in Bluemont, and our friends’ dairy farm, encircle a 100-mile circuit with Middleburg [...]
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