Veteran’s Day for me is a day to both honor fellow veterans but also be humbled by the fact that I had the privilege of serving my country. I wanted to use this blog entry as a way to thank the many veterans in my life: My family: My wife […]
I made it to my first University of Virginia football game in exactly 10 years. My last game was the homecoming game in 2001… and UVA beat Duke. So today they upset the #12 team in the country, previously unbeaten Georgia Tech. So yeah, UVA is undefeated when I’m at […]
So we finally packed up the kids and made it over to the new Preddy Creek Park off of Burnley Station Rd in northern Albemarle County. Years ago a co-worker of mine volunteered some time to preparing the trails with the Charlottesville Area Mountain Biking Club so I’ve been eagerly […]
I’ve already written about how much I love Barboursville Vineyard. In addition to what I still think is the finest red wines in Central Virginia, it is also home to one of my favorite photography locations. Fernando, the vineyard’s viticulturalist and long time friend, found a batch of kittens on […]
Our neighborhood has an annual neighborhood yard sale. We were rained out last year and our rain make up day wasn’t advertised very well, but this year it looks like a go! We have over 21 families that have planned to participate and there’s usually more that take advantage of […]
I just noticed that more and more of my blog postings are about ‘places’ or ‘events’ around Charlottesville. I really do intend for this blog to be a place to talk about the family, but Charlottesville is very dear to me so I think I’ve added it as an official […]
One of my favorite things about Charlottesville is its ability to attract great shows. When I left Charlottesville in 2001 to join the Army, there were definitely some great bands to come through, but it seems that UVA’s addition of John Paul Jones Arena has greatly increased the level of […]
I had an early dental appointment (with Dr. Haines who I highly recommend) so I just took the rest of the day off to hang out with Holly and my youngest. We had lunch at Peter Chang’s China Grill, Holly’s first visit to the new restaurant that I wrote about […]