Jennifer Visits Philly

It was so fun having my friend Jennifer come visit from Minnesota. I loved showing her all of my favorite haunts and getting to catch up. Thanks for the visit!

Getting coffee at the URBN headquarters.

Maine

This summer we took an 8 day trip up to the beautiful state of Maine. It is somewhere I have been wanting to go since I read 'Sarah Plain and Tall' in 4th grade. So I was excited when a few friends of ours wanted to share a house for the week near the stunning Acadia National Park. It was a relaxed week of hiking, eating good food, exploring, shopping Bar Harbor and chill time in the hammock. Here are some of the highlights. You can check out more pics here and here.

All of us on top of Cadillac Mountain.

A day of exploring and looking for lighthouses.

Popovers at the famous Jordan's Pond House.

Lobster night!

Sand Beach in Acadia National Park.

Lunch on a cliff.

We made it to the top of the Beehive!

Camping

Spring camping at our usual spot in Jim Thorpe, PA.

Trying out our new tent.

Fly fishing.

Making hobos for dinner.

Chillin' by the fire.

Birthday donuts for Danelle!

Birthday hike.

Cave hiking.

Helmbergers/Brandenburgs

Vespermans in Philly

Over Memorial Day Weekend our friend's Pat and Molly came by for a visit while on their East Coast tour. It was fun hosting them and showing them our stomping grounds. Here are a few of the fun things we did with them...

A picnic in Rittenhouse Square.

Running the Art Museum stairs just like Rocky.

Cooling off in LOVE park.

Lawn games...

...and dinner in our courtyard.

Boston

After a fun 2 days in Brimfield mom and I headed to Boston for Mother's Day weekend. Here are a few pics from our trip...for more you can click here and here...

Walking through the beautiful Public Gardens.

Shopping in the South End on Mother's Day:)

Dinner in the North End.

Brimfield

This May mom and I headed up to Brimfield, MA for the famous Brimfield Flea Market. It was so much fun to finally be there after hearing about it for the last few years. Here are a few photos from our trip. And if you want to see more you can click here, here and what I bought...

In front of our beautiful Bed and Breakfast.

Out and about in the fields.

Mom searching for a fork from her antique silverware collection...she found it!

Glamping in Virginia

The last week of April Ben and I along with our good friends the Helmbergers headed back to Virginia for a long weekend of glamping (glamorous camping) in a yurt. We also visited many of the beautiful wineries in the area and on Saturday went into Charlottesville for brunch, coffee, shopping and mani/pedis (well at least the girls did:) in this beautiful town. Here are a few pics from our trip...

Ben felt so at home at the Doner Bistro...serving delicious Doners like he used to get in Germany.

Wine tasting at La Grange Winery.

 Our yurt for the long weekend.

 Lots of gaming on the deck.

Our favorite vineyard from the weekend...Sharp Rock Vineyards. 

Picnicking at Sharp Rock.

All of us at King Family Vineyards.