Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival 2014: Menus and Pictures

Busch Gardens’ second annual Food & Wine Festival is going on now through June 29 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Guests at the Williamsburg, Virginia theme park can purchase sample-size portions of native food and beverage items from a variety of countries and regions. Most of last year’s culinary regions have returned. Austria is one […]

Busch Gardens Ambassador Blogger Meet-Up and Opening Weekend

I just had the best weekend ever. The weather was beautiful (it’s snowing now, but let’s not dwell on that), I got in a ton of walking time, rode some fun rides, saw a couple of shows, smelled some lovely spring flowers, met the most adorable puppies on earth and learned about a really cool […]

Five ‘Fs’ for Fitness

Reebok’s motto (according to the little hang tag thingy on my most recent purchase) says “Find your own fitness.” I like that. Whether we’re into fitness for the fun of it, for health reasons, or for the competitive spirit, and regardless of whether we’re running, bicycling, jogging, walking, or swimming, we are up and moving. […]

Busch Gardens’ Christmas Town 2013: Blogger/Media Preview

From pine-scented pathways and colorful conifers to whimsical wreaths, sparkly garlands, and more than six million lights, it’s all in the details at the fifth annual Christmas Town event at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. An all-new decorating tour, animal encounters, joyful musical shows, and the park’s always delicious food and beverage choices enhance the thrills of […]

Athleta is coming to Richmond, Virginia at Short Pump Town Center

When I find something I like, I tend to stick with it. I’ve used the same brand of pen for nearly 20 years (Pilot, in case you’re wondering), and I’ve owned a Ford for at least 18 years. Clothing, on the other hand, is something I’m a little more fickle about. If it fits and […]

Howl-O-Scream 2013: Busch Gardens ups the ante for Halloween events everywhere

  How do you take an already great Halloween event and make it even better? If you’re an ordinary theme park, you add themed dining to the venue and call it a day. If you’re Busch Gardens, you add themed dining and insert amazingly talented actors into it for an extraordinary dinner theatre experience. Oh, […]

Darius Rucker Rocks Richmond at Innsbrook After Hours

Newly appointed Grand Ole Opry member and front man of Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Rucker performed to a sold out crowd at Richmond’s Innsbrook After Hours concert series. The Thursday, September 6 performance at the Snagajob Pavilion just snagged its place at the top of my list of best concerts ever. Brinn Black, a […]

#TEAFRESHING Giveaway from TEAS’ TEA

Enter the TEAS’ TEA giveaway for some really refreshing prizes. What goes better with summer time than a tall glass of iced tea with lots of clinking ice cubes? Previously a black tea drinker, I’ve recently discovered the goodness of green in TEAS’ TEA. The leading supplier of green tea leaves and beverages, TEAS’ TEA […]

Busch Gardens: Mom and Me Meet-Up with Mom Central founder Stacy DeBroff

We watched wolves, fed lorikeets and flew over Europe, all without ever leaving Williamsburg, Virginia. The natural fun of walking, riding thrill rides, enjoying beautiful landscaping and learning about conservation was better than any iPad, Wii or Internet provider could have offered. We weren’t even deterred by a few drops of rain. Along with a […]

Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival 2013: Food and Fun Combine for a VIP Experience

Look out, Epcot. There’s a new theme park food festival in town, and it’s making a great first impression. Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival just wrapped up its second weekend (it runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 23) with an invitation-only VIP Experience to preview the park’s first-ever food and wine festival. The […]

RVA Dessert Diary: Part 1

While not on the mainstream foodie front as such cities as San Francisco, NYC or L.A., Richmond has a restaurant scene all its own. From elegant settings in refurbished tobacco warehouses to the casual coziness of exposed brick and beams to the tried and true, hole-in-the-wall eateries that only the locals know about, there is a […]