OK, so maybe it wasn’t the President’s birthday – but it was my son’s. When I asked him what he wanted to do to celebrate, he told me he wanted to “finally” see Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson (third president of the USA and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence). “Finally” is a […]
Two Fall Virginia Getaways
Returning home after days in Europe has a way of making you dream about new getaways to exotic international locales. Not wanting the adventure to end, seeing new places, tasting local flavors, the notion of taking a fall getaway consumes my thoughts. Realistically though, between school schedules, birthdays and non-specific family commitments, a fall getaway […]