Queenkv in the Capital

colonial_church

Originally uploaded by queenkv.

Last Saturday, Steph, Mark and I drove down to Williamsburg, VA. They have this recreation of a colonial town…from colonial times.

In the post office - they have this book on pictures of Williamsburg - during different decades. Back in 1922 - it looked like a suburb. Then the townsfolks figured they could make the place a tourist trap and rake-in the tourist bucks. So, they got rid of the modern-day street traffic on Duke Gloucester. They forced people into colonial costumers. They renovated a bunch of buildings to their colonial glory….

In case you couldn’t figure it out…this is a colonial church…and it still has worship services going on.

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oldtown

Originally uploaded by queenkv.

Last Sunday, Mark and I drove down to the historic old town - Alexandria. It was a favorite hang-out place for George Washington and Robert E. Lee.

A bunch of the buildings and street names are from colonial times. Plenty of modern businesses flourish here as well - from Starbucks to GAP.

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Andrea convinced us to drop what we’re doing and head up to the Whitetail Ski Resort in VA.

I’m quite happy I followed her advice.

Sure, we had a final paper and presentation due on Monday….

Sure, I had to produce a 27 minute news magazine by next week…..
But those are not good enough excuses to miss out on a beautiful day for skiing - sunny, powder snow and hardly any winds.

….and I’m hosting these pix on Flickr again…

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kelsey spinning on the kitchen floor

Originally uploaded by queenkv.

We took a spin down the 270…and then I didn’t pay attention and we missed a turn off for the PA Turnpike…eventually, we made it into the down of Butler. We visited Kane - Mark’s best friend and his best man for our wedding…

It was a relaxing President’s Day Weekend. Kane and Missy were lovely hosts. Yummy home-cooked food and three adorable girls. We played Clue and Spades on our last night. I rocked that game!

A quick side note…I’m posting pix to flickr.com. We’ll see how this work’s out. Click on Kelsey’s spinning pix - if you want to see bigger pix.

Louie came along….I tried to introduce him to the girls - but they started pulling him away…and I figured Louie wasn’t ready to play with them. I’ve seen what they did to their toys. Louie’s a world traveler…and well…he’s not just any toy.

Here’s me, Louie - trying to figure out Kane’s cool TV. It’s too complicated for a simple bear like me. Too many clickers.
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