The Adare Manor Resort

April 6, 2012
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After our day of adventure in Dublin and a lovely night at the Croke Park Hotel we were off to traverse the Emerald Isle to find our more permanent home at the Adare Manor, in Adare, a small town just outside of Limerick. As soon as we pulled out of Dublin we were captured by [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 4.4.2012

April 4, 2012
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

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The Guinness Storehouse, Dublin

April 2, 2012
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My total drop off the face of the earth last week may have alerted some of you that something was up. And it’s true–I escaped the US and jumped over the pond to the Emerald Isle for 10 amazing days in Ireland! And I went sans computer (although I did have my trusty Kindle Fire) [...]

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Walking with the Presidents: Montpelier, Monticello, and Ash Lawn Highland

March 30, 2012

In my last post on the wineries of Central Virginia that we visited during my birthday bonanza weekend, I mentioned that the side of history was a bonus when Noel shared with me what he had planned for my birthday weekend. And it truly was. I may not have explicitly mentioned this–although my major in [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 3.28.2012

March 28, 2012
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A Wine Tour of Central Virginia

March 26, 2012
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Our original stated purpose for spending my 30th birthday weekend in Central Virginia was to visit wineries. Originally I had wanted to go to California wine country, but we had decided on a certain other trip instead. The history was an extra bonus. I have lots of friends that rave about Virginia wine. I’m a [...]

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Birthday Weekend at the Mayhurst Inn

March 23, 2012
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I was lucky enough to spend my 30th birthday weekend in Central Virginia Wine country, just north of Charlottesville, Virginia. Noel booked us a room at the Mayhurst Inn in Orange, Virginia. It is a beautiful antebellum house built in the Italianate style, where Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee once stayed. One of my [...]

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Wordless Wednesday 3.21.2012

March 21, 2012
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