There were two things Diamondqueen really wanted for herself out of our Virginia sojourn: to go to the Dooney & Bourke store at Prime Outlets in Williamsburg and to visit Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. Since Charlottesville was along our return route to Lexington, where we were spending our last night on the road, Monticello was [...]
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Posted in Dog Stories, Hippos and Dooney, The Hooligan Chronicles, Travels Here & There, Virginia, tagged build-a-bear cheetah, builda-a-bear hippos, cute doggies, going home, Krispy Kreme on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
We were all ready to go home by Sunday morning. We had a good time, but even the beach can wipe you out after awhile.
While Diamondqueen took a load of bags down to the car, I snapped a photo of the hippos and Dooney the cheetah on our room balcony. Funny, they didn’t look tired at [...]
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After spending several hours at the beach late Saturday afternoon with Diamondqueen and the Hooligans, with the smoky wind swirling and the waves the roughest we’d seen yet that week, I was ready for another meal like this one. We weren’t sure if the dining room downstairs would be crowded at that time on a [...]
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It seemed so simple. Rather than go out and get our third consecutive breakfast buffet somewhere, why not get some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and bring them back to the room? There was a Haagen Dazs store right across the street from our hotel, and in the window was a neon sign advertising Krispy Kreme. We all [...]
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Posted in Hippos and Dooney, The Hooligan Chronicles, Travels Here & There, Virginia, tagged build-a-bear hippos, sidewalk surfing, stuffed animals, summer vacation, the boardwalk, Virginia Beach on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
After our dinner in the hotel restaurant, Diamondqueen, the Hooligans, and I went out for a stroll on the boardwalk. Naturally, we had to take the two hippos with us. After all, they’d come with all their beach gear and were ready for a good time.
J.Hooligan dressed Harold the Hippo in his shades and muscle [...]
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Somehow we’d developed the habit of skipping lunch during the trip (the kids were always snacking in the hotel room, and eating a big breakfast late kept Diamondqueen and me going). By Thursday evening, though, I wanted a real meal, preferably seafood.
The night before, S.Hooligan and I had walked two blocks down to McDonald’s and carted back sacks [...]
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We all slept in on Thursday morning, so we were more than ready for breakfast by the time we pulled ourselves together. I thought there must be plenty of eateries along Atlantic Avenue, so we herded the Hooligans into the elevator and out onto the streets of Virginia Beach.
We walked one block, then two, then [...]
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We had a long day of driving from Lexington across Virginia; but the scenery through the mountains was spectacular, and we broke for a stop at the outlet mall near Williamsburg.
I took the Hooligans with me so Diamondqueen could wander unprovoked through the offerings of the Dooney & Bourke shop. As a reward for them [...]
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Posted in Graveyard Visits, The Hooligan Chronicles, Travels Here & There, Virginia, West Virginia, tagged A Christmas Story, Lexington Virginia, Mothman, Stonewall Jackson, West Virginia on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Yep, we got back from our trip on Monday–totally worn out but having had a great time. It’s taken me all week to recover (and to enhance the digital photos I took). Now I’m ready to relate a few of our adventures and to post an image or two.
We drove to Virginia via southern Ohio [...]
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S.Hooligan had her first ballet recital last Saturday. Actually, she’s in pre-ballet class, but she and all her fellow tiny dancers got to dress up as if they were doing “Swan Lake.”
We weren’t quite sure what to expect of S.Hooligan on the stage. She has a mind of her own. We were encouraged by her [...]
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