More Friends! The Schaffers plus 1/2

I am one lucky girl. I am blessed with so many visitors this summer. Last weekend, Mike and Angela made a one night stop in Williamsburg on their tour around the East Coast. My dilemma was how to make Williamsburg (oh, the fun lil' town that it is) compete with the other places they visited (Chicago, New York, Boston and DC), but I was up for the challenge. Mike was Brian's best man and Angela was a reader in the wedding, so it was good to see them again. It's too bad Brian couldn't be here to, but so goes the summer.

I know you're waiting with bated breaths, "What fun things did you guys do in Williamsburg?" you're asking. You guessed it! We ate ourselves around the town. For those of you that are loyal blog-readers, I promise I'm not holding out on all the cool things in Williamsburg. So be prepared for some old favorites...but we did find some new things, too.

Mike, Angela (and the 1/2, they're expecting a little one in October) and I, went to...



Colonial Williamsburg...

The infamous Sno-to-Go

Note to self:
My Nemo and Angela's Summer Sky,
make the favorite flavor list!

We were up early on Saturday morning to get to the Saturday market before everything was picked-over or gone, so after lunch we rewarded ourselves with pool time! (Which included Bloody Mary's, unless you were drinking for two.)

All of these things, I've already written about, so we found some other fun things to do!

Friday night, we went to dinner at King's Arm.
Mike was wishing that Brian was there to join us....


I have to admit, I was skeptical. It is a colonial style restaurant, right in the heart of Colonial Williamsburg. Turns out, the food was fantastic and they provided period entertainment that was entertaining. Wonder what that was, you may have to come and check it out for yourself!

There are two soups here that I would call "local:" peanut soup and she-crab soup. Peanut soup was on the menu here, and it was good. Especially, if you like peanuts.

You've seen pictures and heard us talk about Pierce's BBQ Pit, but Mike and Angela were ready for something a little more off the beaten track. It was time for some real BBQ, so we headed to Smokin' Joes. Pierce's is good, and it's famous in these parts, but Smokin' Joes. That's a BBQ experience. The typical order is a pulled pork sandwich and you have your choice of two sides:
Mac and Cheese, french fries, baked beans, fried okra, coleslaw, potato salad or hush puppies. My favorites? The baked beans for sure, and usually Mac and Cheese.

What's so great about Smokin' Joes? THE SAUCES. They have six on the table so you make your sandwich the way you want. It's great! It's fun to see the difference between BBQ sauce and North Carolina sauce.

It was great to have these two visit and I hope we can see them soon. As for this picture - they were kind enough to pose for my action shot. Yes, it's a grocery store. But how often do you walk into a grocery store that is right next to a corn field! It makes me smile every time!