Stewart's Visit Willyburg

What a treat! Of all the friends that we have, the Stewart's were amongst the last that we thought would ever make it to Williamsburg, but wonders never cease. The Stewart's would be the first to admit this! I (Sarah) use to work with Shelby, and we have become great friends with the two of them. But they have two (adorable) little girls, both work more than full time and always seem to be busy, so we were totally excited when they decided to come to town! We had a great time showing them around.

We made sure they visited the historical triangle with a quick drive through of Jamestown, Yorktown and back to Williamsburg. We ate at our favorite BBQ place (so far, all of our guests have enjoyed Smokin' Joes!) and they were in town for one of the famous things that Williamsburg does, GRAND ILLUMINATIONS!

The first Sunday in December is Grand Illuminations. So, we headed into Willyburg in the late afternoon to walk through Colonial Williamsburg. They still decorate for Christmas like they did in Colonial times. So no electric lights, it's all done with organic materials. Each door is adorned with a Christmas wreath and every wreath is different. Rather that use ribbons and pinecones for decoration, wreaths are decorated using fresh fruit (apples, pomegranates, lemons and pineapples (of course)) and other materials (cotton, sticks, feathers) and the result is very cool. We rested at the Cheese Shop with a great bottle of wine (Cameron Hughes Syrah Lot 24).

then we walked to the lawn in front of the Governor's Place to listen to the fife and drum before the fireworks. It was a 20 minute show and really was well done.

We were sad to see these two head back to Seattle - but we knew we'd see them at Christmas...
post to come soon.....