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Reopening Report:  Winery at La Grange
Lifestyle

Reopening Report: Winery at La Grange

byLeslie Carbone July 2, 2020November 22, 2021

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…

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Restaurant Report:  Carlyle in Shirlington
Lifestyle

Restaurant Report: Carlyle in Shirlington

byLeslie Carbone June 4, 2020November 22, 2021

Northern Virginia began reopening under Phase One last Friday, and two friends and I made plans to meet for our first restaurant…

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Colonial Williamsburg — part 8 of the great American road trip
Road Trips

Colonial Williamsburg — part 8 of the great American road trip

byLeslie Carbone June 13, 2019June 1, 2022

Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot stars Jack Lord as John Fry, a fictitious Virginia planter elected to the House of Burgesses…

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Tennessee to Virginia — part 7 of the great American road trip
Road Trips

Tennessee to Virginia — part 7 of the great American road trip

byLeslie Carbone June 7, 2019April 11, 2022

Great Smoky Mountains National Park spans the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. The roughly 40 miles that I drove up and…

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How to Beat the Crowds at Colonial Williamsburg
Travel Tips

How to Beat the Crowds at Colonial Williamsburg

byLeslie Carbone January 19, 2018April 11, 2022

There’s no place in the world quite like Colonial Williamsburg.  The living history museum recreates Virginia’s second capital city during the time…

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Wines and Walks in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
Destinations

Wines and Walks in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley

byLeslie Carbone July 20, 2017June 14, 2022

“I’m glad we’re in the Jeep,” I told my travel companion as we drove up a long narrow gravel road lined with…

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Two Days in Williamsburg (and a Night in Jamestown)
Historic Sites

Two Days in Williamsburg (and a Night in Jamestown)

byLeslie Carbone April 1, 2014April 11, 2022

Patrick Henry stood in front of Virginia’s capitol building and read aloud the Declaration of Independence, reminding the gathered crowd of the…

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Fredericksburg:  From Revolution to Civil War
Destinations

Fredericksburg: From Revolution to Civil War

byLeslie Carbone January 30, 2014February 27, 2022

Say “Fredericksburg” and most people think of Civil War history.  That’s understandable.  The Virginia town was home to one of that conflict’s…

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Leslie Carbone

I believe that food and travel have the power to connect us to our shared past and to one another.

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