1201 24th St. NW (in the Park Hyatt), Washington, DC 20002
202.419.6755
www.blueducktavern.com
We ate at Blue Duck Tavern in DC last night with our friends Kirstin and James. They came to visit after a trip to New York, before heading home to England. If you get the chance to eat here…GO!!! Seriously, make your [...]
19307 Promenade Drive (Lansdowne Town Center), Leesburg, VA 20176571.333.5637www.notyouraveragejoes.comThis is my second visit to NYAJ in Lansdowne, I went with a friend for lunch today. Again, the foccacia and dipping oil was superb, but that’s as far as that went. I ordered the Spinach and Pear salad, and asked for them to add chicken to [...]
6190 Georgetown Road, Broad Run, VA 20137
540.347.3475
www.pearmundcellars.com
I had heard a lot of good things about this winery, but why we waited so long to try them out is still a mystery. SQ and I were trying to decide what to do on this Friday, Syd was at school, and we wanted to get out [...]
42920 Broadlands Boulevard, Broadlands, VA 20148571.209.1200www.clydes.comI met up with a friend, Amy, at the newest of the Clyde’s chain in Ashburn this evening. The weather was gorgeous so we decided to sit outside on their expansive patio. The restaurant itself is absolutely huge, constructed of something like three different very old buildings meshed [...]
955 Edwards Ferry Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176
703.669.5505
www.brgrill.com
I have mixed feelings about Blue Ridge Grill. I don’t like the location, and it’s rather awkward to get to it. The atmosphere is bland and suburban, and people flock to it as if there is no other option in Leesburg. There are other options, [...]
1750 Clearwater Largo Rd, Clearwater, FL 33756
727.559.0506
Back in the Tampa area after our overnight outing to Siesta Key. This restaurant is actually in Clearwater, hiding behind some trees on Clearwater Largo Road. It’s very cute on the outside, and it’s exactly what it says on the inside - a friendly neighborhood restaurant. [...]
300 John Ringling Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34236
941.388.2888
http://www.tommybahama.com/TBG/StoresAndCafes/TropicalCafes.jsp
Still in Tampa…Stacey wanted to take a drive down the coast until we found somplace charming and cute to stay the night. No specific plans, no specific destination, no reservations. Not the way I usually travel, and it unnerved my normally very ‘do advance research and plan’ [...]
Turtle Beach Resort
9049 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key, FL 34242
941.349.4554
www.turtlebeachresort.com
Ophelia’s On the Bay
9105 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, FL 34242
www.opheliasonthebay.net
After heading out from St. Armand’s Circle, we passed through Sarasota and on to Siesta Key. We were getting a bit desperate for someplace to stay for the night. Most of the places we had [...]
717 South Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606
813.250.1661
www.seven17south.com
We were in the Tampa area visiting our very good friends who have recently moved there from Virginia. This was our second evening down there, we were without all the kids so had our free run of going wherever we wanted.
I will start by saying that this [...]
19307 Promenade Drive (Lansdowne Town Center), Leesburg, VA 20176
571.333.5637
www.notyouraveragejoes.com
I had attempted to eat here before, but the power went out all over Lansdowne, all the way to Leesburg. All I had at that point was some of their foccacia bread and dipping oil. I should have quit while I was ahead and taken [...]