Reopening Report: Winery at La Grange
The Winery at La Grange in Haymarket, Virginia, features 5.6 acres of vineyards and a three-storey, red-brick, 18th-century manor house with a…
Restaurant Report: Carlyle in Shirlington
Northern Virginia began reopening under Phase One last Friday, and two friends and I made plans to meet for our first restaurant…
Colonial Williamsburg — part 8 of the great American road trip
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot stars Jack Lord as John Fry, a fictitious Virginia planter elected to the House of Burgesses…
Tennessee to Virginia — part 7 of the great American road trip
Great Smoky Mountains National Park spans the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. The roughly 40 miles that I drove up and…
How to Beat the Crowds at Colonial Williamsburg
There’s no place in the world quite like Colonial Williamsburg. The living history museum recreates Virginia’s second capital city during the time…
Wines and Walks in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
“I’m glad we’re in the Jeep,” I told my travel companion as we drove up a long narrow gravel road lined with…
Two Days in Williamsburg (and a Night in Jamestown)
Patrick Henry stood in front of Virginia’s capitol building and read aloud the Declaration of Independence, reminding the gathered crowd of the…
Fredericksburg: From Revolution to Civil War
Say “Fredericksburg” and most people think of Civil War history. That’s understandable. The Virginia town was home to one of that conflict’s…