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September 3, 2010
in North Carolina, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

Thursday. After a bagel with Will. After a quick stop at the rest area because Flopsy needed a bathroom break. After a detour to see a big pencil. I left Virginia and rolled my way into North Carolina. I headed out to Mt. Airy, North Carolina: AKA Mayberry. A town devoted to Andy Griffith. And I met up with Sadie! Sadie is a HungrySister who I know through competitive eating and is awesome and saw that I kind of had not much to do for a bit and offered to let me come stay with her a day earlier than planned! In "Mayberry" there was a...

September 2, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

It's weird how unweird things are sometimes. Like how you can spend a night hanging out with someone you met in a bar in a foreign country two years ago and hadn't seen since and how it's weird but not really that weird at the same time. Like Wednesday. Wednesday I woke up in a cheap Super 8. I bided my time watching Food Network as I got ready for the day and didn't check out until right before the 11am check out as I still had no idea what the actual plan for the day was. Determined to get coffee that wasn't...

August 31, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip, wine

Sometimes a trip seems a day or two too long. It can happen when you need to get from point A to point B to point C and point B is only in town on a Wednesday and point C is going on on a Saturday and there was no reason not to leave point A on the previous Saturday. And so you just have all this extra time and not enough planned out to see. And let me tell you, I'm a planner. Yesterday and today were just those days. When I set out planning I wasn't sure where or...

August 29, 2010
in Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, travel, United States, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip

I made the decision, this morning, on the second day of my Virginia road trip, to make a b-line for Alexandria. I had a few stops at roadside attractions scheduled but nothing really stood out and I figured I'd rather make it to Virginia early. And by early I mean early afternoon. I did drive by a giant cross which was not as impressive as the world's largest cross in Effingham. And I stopped off to see the world's largest apple. Which was awesome. And then I drove to Alexandria to see Rob and Christine. We chilled around their place and watched Plan 9...

August 28, 2006
in movies, travel, United States, Val's best year ever, Virginia, Washington DC

So, I just got back from my extended weekend in Washington D.C., my last scheduled event for Val's Best Summer Ever (although since it doesn't officially end until I find a job, whether next week or next February, stay tuned for more events!) and my first time seeing Rob since he moved there like a billion years ago. Yay, 'twas tons of fun! Here's a recap:   BUT FIRST! SNAKES ON A KITTY!   Thursday: So, I was supposed to meet everyone in Washington D.C. and go out to a cool seafood place for dinner and drinks and fried donuts, but alas my flight...

August 24, 2006
in travel, United States, Val's best year ever, Virginia, Washington DC

I'll be in Washington D.C./Virginia until Monday! Yay! Hmm, I need to either find a job or schedule more vacations now. :) Here is a tentative schedule of doings for the weekend according to Chris: Thurs: Val shows up, group dinner at Flying Fish, meet, greet, laugh, shake off jet lag. Fri: DC At Night. Dinner somewhere or other, go into the city after dark and see monuments. Perhaps late night snacks/drinks if we're feeling bold Sat: Zoo. See animals, laugh, eat outrageous zoo food. Sun: Art. See the hirshorn, see awesome art, eat outrageous museum...

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