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weekend get-away

went to visit delaine this weekend at her adorable cottage in covesville.  she has an amazing view of the mountains and has the place set up like a quaint little b&b.  very relaxing!

we toured downtown charlottesville and had a picnic on the lawn at uva.  the weather was amazing.  hard to believe it was a summer day in the middle of july!

we had dinner at a tapas restaurant called “mas” in downtown charlottesville.  everything was delicious, but we fell in love with “queso con miel de castana” – an oven roasted toast topped with austrian wild chestnut honey and bica cheese – to die for!  after dinner we went to “the creperie” and had a strawberry and chocolate crepe.  however, a few too many sangrias at mas sent us straight back to covesville!

delaine works up at wintergreen.  we headed up the mountain and stopped at wintergreen winery.  we sampled quite a few wines and selected our favorites.  on our way to the resort we stopped at a quaint little store and found some artisinal honey – hoping to make a replication of the tapas the night before!

after lunch at the wintergreen resort we headed to “king family vineyards” to watch a polo match.  again, the weather was amazing!  we pulled up for a little tail gating and enjoyed the game as well as the scenery.

(had to document this truck that was pushing me down the road.  yes, he is passing me and i am going 85mph.)

we went to see the durham bulls on friday the 13th.  it was actually a really exciting game, even though the bulls lost 4/3 in an extra inning against buffalo.  after the game they had a huge fireworks display, largest we had ever seen.  (wish i had the camera, but i forgot to bring it with me.)

after fireworks we went to tyler’s taproom.  we each had a beer, yes, i had beer!  however, it was peach beer.  did not taste like beer at all!  then we shared a plate of nachos and thai chili hotwings and discussed priorities for our upcoming home purchase. 

we had a great night.