Thursday, September 10
Took Union Pearson Express to Pearson Airport
Paid $25 Excess Baggage Fee
Flew US 3783 from Toronto to Philadelphia
Ate a cheesesteak from Tony Luke's at Philadelphia Airport
Ate a pretzel from Philly Pretzel Factory at Philadelphia Airport
Flew US 4819 from Philadelphia to Charlottesville
Took Yellow Cab to Air BnB
Bought books at Blue Whale Books
• 115 W. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Ate supper at Citizen Burger
• 212 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Friday, September 11
Ate breakfast at The Nook
• 415 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
• Lucy was our server
Participated in Heritage Harvest Festival
• Attended Tomatoes in America -- Then and Now workshop with Craig LeHoullier.
• Attended Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onion workshop with Ira Wallace.
• Attended Thomas Jefferson's Taste for Tea workshop with Bruce Richardson.
• Toured Thomas Jefferson's Fruit Garden with Gabriele Rausse
• Attended Fun with Fermented Foods workshop with Dawn Story and Brian Neitzel of Farmstead Ferments.
• Took Monticello Vineyard Tour with Jessica Bryars
Ate lunch at the Monticello Cafe
Ate supper at Ten
• 120 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Saturday, September 12
Ate breakfast at City Market
• Pork sandwich from Hog Haven Farm
Visited the the Frailin Museum of Art
• Saw the Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson
• Enjoyed the Jacob Lawrence: Struggle... From the History of the American People Exhibition
Saw Wahoo Walk in West Parking Lot
Saw the Declaring Independence: Creating and Re-creating America’s Document in the Alderman Library
Saw Notre Dame at Virginia
Ate supper at Tastings &ndash A Restaurant, Wine Shop & Wine Bar
• 502 E. Market St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
• Louis recommended these wines:
• Blenheim Roussane
• Ox-Eye Scale House Reserve Riesling
• Rosemont Merlot
• Paradise Springs Norton
• Thibaut Jannisson Brut
Sunday, September 13
Ate breakfast at McDonald's
Visited Monticello
• 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Took Hemings Family Tour
Ate lunch at the Monticello Cafe
Visited Poplar Forest
• 1542 Bateman Bridge Rd, Forest, VA 24551
Got lost in the backwoods of Virginia. Use paper maps, sometimes you go off the grid!
Visited the Confederate Cemetery at Appomattox
Ate supper at Three Penny Cafe
• 420 W Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Tom the souschef recommended the duck and it was great
The gumbo had amazing ocra from waiter Sean's two-acre garden
Monday, September 14
Ate breakfast at The Nook
• Tara was our server
Visited Monticello
• Toured museums and bought books
Ate lunch at Barbeque Exchange
• 102 Martinsburg Avenue, Gordonsville, VA, 22942
• Best BBQ in Virginia
• Enjoyed the Soo-et Sauce – Memphis style BBQ sauce
Visited Montpelier
• 11350 Constitution Highway, Montpelier Station, VA 22957
• Took Slavery at Montpelier Tour
Ate supper at Tailwind at Charlottesville Airport
• Burrito
• Wild Wolf beer
Flew US 4845 from Charlottesville, Va. to Charlotte, NC
Flew US 4554 from Charlotte, NC to Toronto, Ont.
NEXT TIME
Restaurant Pomme
• Best restaurant in the area but it is in Gordonsville!
Bluegrass Grill & Bakery
• 313 2nd St SE #105, Charlottesville, VA 22902
• Best breakfast in town but closed on Mondays
Daedalus Bookshop
121 4th St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
• Best used bookstore in town
Historic Tour of UVA
