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Tailgating at the Middleburg Spring Races
February 4, 2019
•Tailgate and picnic with fashionable Middleburg crowd all while watching the thrilling sport of horse racing. The Middleburg Spring Races is an exciting and fun event in our historic Virginia […]
Traditional Christmas Fun in Middleburg
November 22, 2017
•One of the things for which the quaint yet sophisticated village of Middleburg, Virginia, is best known happens on the first Saturday of December. Since 1979, most of the town (pop. 800) and some […]
Georgetowners Love Living in St. Michaels
September 13, 2017
•Many Georgetowners consider St. Michaels their favorite out-of-town hangout. In fact, for a growing number of D.C. residents, the town on Maryland’s picturesque Eastern Shore — about two hours’ drive from […]
Kazakhstan: A Land Almost Lost, Now Found
August 9, 2017
•Our flight from Washington took us through one of the world’s oldest capital cities, Istanbul, once Constantinople, to set us down in one of the world’s newest. At 4 a.m., […]
Liverpool: Beatles and Birdies at the British Open
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Standing beneath the liver bird-topped buildings of Liverpool, surrounded by “Scoucies” wearing Doc Martens next to statues of the Beatles, I found it hard to believe that the British Open […]
How to Travel Wisely
August 8, 2017
•To travel wisely, one needs to think about why one is traveling to a specific country in the first place.
A Tony, Townie Getaway to Frederick
July 26, 2017
•Stroll north from the Square Corner, the intersection of Market and Patrick Streets in downtown Frederick, Maryland, and a freestanding mansion will appear mid-block, like a bolt from the blue. […]
‘No Tax’ Relaxation With Puerto Rican Tree Frogs
February 13, 2017
•The most recent, non-important, non-urgent vacation realization to dawn on me did so on an evening walk back to my room from the Plantation House at the Bahia Beach St […]