2013 Yuletide Feast at Michie Tavern

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zgZbWpOV9Nmwc73s31Dobh_hOlEUuwamY6ohNhhKB2bz7gkv9O9DY149tfOxAToIPHtmRXOC5215B-QTB1OSBZTsOSibRnF-KX0KQiMCE0dixchj5gLYOGYOPb_bZ99KPqE-tu-2RmOy/s1600/Michie+Tavern+Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zgZbWpOV9Nmwc73s31Dobh_hOlEUuwamY6ohNhhKB2bz7gkv9O9DY149tfOxAToIPHtmRXOC5215B-QTB1OSBZTsOSibRnF-KX0KQiMCE0dixchj5gLYOGYOPb_bZ99KPqE-tu-2RmOy/s400/Michie+Tavern+Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><h2 class="entry-title">2013 Yuletide Feast</h2><h3>Friday, December 13th and Saturday, December 14th</h3><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Tickets remain for Friday, December 13 at 8:00,<br />all other seatings have sold out.</span></b><br /><br />Each evening strolling Tavern musicians will entertain guests dining by candlelight.  The Ordinary will be decorated in festive 18th-century tradition, featuring fresh greens and fruits.   There will be <b>6:00 and 8:00 p.m. seatings each evening.  </b><b>Advance ticket purchase required. </b>The <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.michietavern.com/candlelit-tavern2/"><span style="color: blue;">Candlelit Tavern</span></a></span> will be open for our dinner guests.<br /><br /><b>The Bill of Fare</b> features a traditional Virginia holiday banquet including such favorites as country ham with raisin sauce, roasted turkey and giblet gravy, cornbread stuffing, candied yams, mashed potatoes, green beans with carrots, squash casserole and homemade biscuits.  For dessert we will offer our hot peach cobbler a la mode and introduce other traditional favorites. To complement your meal, assorted wines along with traditional lagers and ales are available.<br /><ul><li>Advance ticket purchase is required (see ticket information)</li><li>Price includes full buffet, non-alcoholic beverages and dessert</li><li>9.3% sales tax, alcoholic beverages and gratuity are not included</li></ul><h4><b>Ticket Information</b></h4>Tickets are available by phone or in person on a first come, first serve basis. <b>(see below)</b><br /><ul><li><b>Date of ticket sales: Monday, November 4, 2013 beginning at 8:30 a.m. </b><b>Phone in</b>: please call (434) 977-1234 with your desired date and seating. <b>In person sales</b>: doors open at 7:30, sale will begin at 8:30 a.m.  Major credit cards accepted.</li></ul><ul><li><b>2013 Adult: $37.95 plus tax</b></li><li><b>2013 Youth (10 years of age and under): $18.95</b> <b>plus tax</b></li></ul><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.michietavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/YuletideFlyer_2013.pdf" target="_blank" title="Michie Tavern's 2013 Yuletide Feast"><span style="color: blue;"><b>To download or to print our Yuletide Feast flyer click here</b></span></a></span> Please e-mail us at <span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:info@michietavern.com"><span style="color: blue;">info@michietavern.com</span></a></span> if you would like to be on our Special Events mailing list which includes Yuletide information.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.michietavern.com/2013-yuletide-feast/">Michie Tavern</a> 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, Virginia 22902

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2013 Yuletide Feast Friday, December 13th and Saturday, December 14th Tickets remain for Friday, December 13 at 8:00, all other seatings hav...

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Charlottesville: Trump Winery's Eric Trump nominated as rising star

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A day at Monticello ... part 2

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'The Hook' is folding

"The Hook," Charlottesville's popular free weekly magazine found on grocery store and convenience store news stands around the central Virginia area, is folding at the end of September and joining forces with "C-ville Weekly."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbc29.com/story/23361710/hook-closing">NBC-29</a> published the announcement Friday:<br /><blockquote>The Hook will publish its final issue on Thursday, September 26, the free weekly newspaper's parent company announced today, and its editorial and business resources will be folded into a bigger, better version of C-VILLE Weekly.<br /><br />Two-and-a-half years after a parent company was formed to run the two competing weeklies, its owners have decided that the readers, advertisers, and staff would be best served by combining the resources of the two papers to create a more robust print and online hyperlocal media organization.<br /><br />"Charlottesville is an amazing media market that has allowed two weekly papers to co-exist, basically because people demand high quality local journalism. After taking our time to look at it from nearly every angle, we came to the conclusion that the best way to serve the community was to combine the papers," said Blair Kelly, a partner in the parent company, Charlottesville Publishing Group (CPG). "We think the decision is the best way forward from both a business and an editorial perspective, and we look forward to serving the community with outstanding journalism for another 25 years."<br /><br />The Hook has built a reputation for feisty, timely local news reporting. The new version of C-VILLE will carry that legacy forward while building on its own 25-year history as an intelligent, progressive journalistic voice for news, arts, and culture in one of the country's great university towns.</blockquote><a href="http://www.nbc29.com/story/23361710/hook-closing">NBC-29</a> has more information about this change in the hard-copy publishing world.

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Nelson County: A trip to Saunders Brothers for Virginia apples and peaches and garden veggies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl9CPGv43NMhRf15FznHxxXJUxMmY2WDrLgp-iuJ2WJL2W6Kf7F11WLKewc2Ga9gIArYFD48enyoxlGv520i0t0oHqd6RcqSl5WzBE7wQcnQOZ4Oy1mAYIyUpxIyP5l4z1IADC5XrzjZi/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl9CPGv43NMhRf15FznHxxXJUxMmY2WDrLgp-iuJ2WJL2W6Kf7F11WLKewc2Ga9gIArYFD48enyoxlGv520i0t0oHqd6RcqSl5WzBE7wQcnQOZ4Oy1mAYIyUpxIyP5l4z1IADC5XrzjZi/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the best things about summer in Virginia is the fresh produce available from local growers. My Richmond sister and I met up in Charlottesville Wednesday and headed down Rt. 29 to <a href="http://www.saundersbrothers.com/">Saunders Brothers Produce</a> in southern Nelson County. The ride was gorgeous through the rolling countryside with vistas of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. We passed through Lovingston and on to Rt. 56 where we turned toward the mountains. Just a couple of miles up the road on the right was Saunders Brothers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LJTXqfktnSJpzh7QX0ILTeI0c3gexghv5yjHcG8UlkHg18QOz5WmnucJozTHpaq6GC0Pw40z2wxdY1-gSAdOkA3SaT7OAQLbFen3lcxmJGZtfYFoCn-ESj1-wkVVTMAD4VtNZbjt50o/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00LJTXqfktnSJpzh7QX0ILTeI0c3gexghv5yjHcG8UlkHg18QOz5WmnucJozTHpaq6GC0Pw40z2wxdY1-gSAdOkA3SaT7OAQLbFen3lcxmJGZtfYFoCn-ESj1-wkVVTMAD4VtNZbjt50o/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> What a treat to find Gala apples available as well as late summer peaches -- white and yellow -- and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. We loaded up on Galas, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, corn on the cob, and yellow squash. Who needs meat for dinner with all those veggies?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyw4XJdh3axdPG3BTq7KK4oUnSnLKI-NixcwSUitBnDAJc1Tzt06QbTezmfWWWUAuNoJVDcbNWG1zcY3qSIttEImYNWZjiUPRmDJc8VvKkiy9qhuEA0d0bSzvwKB1oeCNDFz_o_9n3a83/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyw4XJdh3axdPG3BTq7KK4oUnSnLKI-NixcwSUitBnDAJc1Tzt06QbTezmfWWWUAuNoJVDcbNWG1zcY3qSIttEImYNWZjiUPRmDJc8VvKkiy9qhuEA0d0bSzvwKB1oeCNDFz_o_9n3a83/s400/3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So for lunch and dinner I've been cooking squash and onions and corn on the cob, and adding them to the tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers out of our garden. Oh man ... that's good stuff. I'm trying to enjoy as much of this as possible because it's getting late in the summer growing season which means the fresh goodies will begin to play out. My kitchen smells like ripe peaches as I wait for them to get to <i>just the right ripeness</i> to peel and cut up for the freezer. That will extend summer for a little longer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIEAbhdwDrCl8epLCpfSJr5s0BXecdrKScEwUWKkOUVe-7H7JJNR_N7oK87Mgsmki7GVESRs59M57nYEjwz4y7SfOiXvg8leS18eepbcomzb5vB0-QMptxf8hDiK_IYxORrMASXzPpfs2/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIEAbhdwDrCl8epLCpfSJr5s0BXecdrKScEwUWKkOUVe-7H7JJNR_N7oK87Mgsmki7GVESRs59M57nYEjwz4y7SfOiXvg8leS18eepbcomzb5vB0-QMptxf8hDiK_IYxORrMASXzPpfs2/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Saunders has lots of fall apples that will be coming in through October plus whatever other produce will be available. This was our third trip this summer ... we'll be back before too long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS-7tBhD_ZN3Fz9lkWz84yiZ5hDuOoz0vZ8IM_noyMNyTo3MpuuYojZxjLUXYnqNauZOuT0_k55FBLxogjuiyVKsgrQ_JGolhZKLzYFQktEI-NozM9gaWu_fp0zUsHhK9WQW7-gJbYO-h/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS-7tBhD_ZN3Fz9lkWz84yiZ5hDuOoz0vZ8IM_noyMNyTo3MpuuYojZxjLUXYnqNauZOuT0_k55FBLxogjuiyVKsgrQ_JGolhZKLzYFQktEI-NozM9gaWu_fp0zUsHhK9WQW7-gJbYO-h/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Saunders Brothers is a family business that started in 1915. Through trials and tribulations, they have made it to the point where they are today. Virginians supporting Virginia businesses....<br /><br />Cross-posted at <a href="http://vapolitics.us/2013/08/nelson-county-a-trip-to-saunders-brothers-for-virginia-apples-peaches-and-garden-veggies/">Bearing Drift</a><br /><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />August 21, 2013

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Charlottesville: Fry's Spring Station restaurant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzBoSQOnBSpdudIrRpNbXdQoHVCXVPCc0qS0sMvOJRJvD7mrXP29MQyKt2qP9unqsgf_FyGHXB4riI4U_dNscPtYJkbOM0BGgr4EjzS1rmvuZl6bxwOCjyoaw7bwktwTxytbwnQ9vbZ61/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzBoSQOnBSpdudIrRpNbXdQoHVCXVPCc0qS0sMvOJRJvD7mrXP29MQyKt2qP9unqsgf_FyGHXB4riI4U_dNscPtYJkbOM0BGgr4EjzS1rmvuZl6bxwOCjyoaw7bwktwTxytbwnQ9vbZ61/s640/8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a renovated 70-year-old service station on the corner of Charlottesville's Jefferson Park Avenue and Maury Avenue, <a href="http://www.frysspringstation.com/menu.php">Fry's Spring Station</a> is an award-winning restaurant offering gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan courses that are appetizing for all palates.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0zTY30EmoI-3YFPWRzFFut8KuJ_Eykpppa-GohuXvLKgNIlYPmLw5LQNATXzEGx-fow-27l8R-aQsRyvRoNsG2qLbjxzcNmWMhCgC_Igaf73YjF4XW3P-MryOpCq-h_OmUVKpfjwlduT/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0zTY30EmoI-3YFPWRzFFut8KuJ_Eykpppa-GohuXvLKgNIlYPmLw5LQNATXzEGx-fow-27l8R-aQsRyvRoNsG2qLbjxzcNmWMhCgC_Igaf73YjF4XW3P-MryOpCq-h_OmUVKpfjwlduT/s640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A brick oven is capable of cooking 22 wood-fired pizzas at once. They also offer crisp and crunchy salads, pastas, and Paninis on Foccacia bread, with a variety of entrees, sides, and appetizers as well as a large <a href="http://www.frysspringstation.com/menu.php#drinks">selection of adult beverages</a>, many from local vineyards and breweries.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Plentiful outdoor seating beckons guests on warm and cool evenings, thanks to year-round heat lamps, while inside 100-person seating ofers exposed brick and reclaimed heartwood pine floors. With a mixture of Spanish, Jeffersonian, and Art Deco architecture, Fry's Spring Station offers a sophisticated, one-of-a-kind dining experience in the heart of Charlottesville.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNU4aMSo3KvW1wr0b1zLMQAJ4zWvGlAxI78vVZdsIzNAXYS9CXJboUe4R6Rx7Gn8ohcYFrXIm-NHK7w4HyE5hSL1tBy2cObZb1cAvqkR6UiC_KMwPXy00LEUqRdPl5VWQxUpAZWOjFwbg2/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNU4aMSo3KvW1wr0b1zLMQAJ4zWvGlAxI78vVZdsIzNAXYS9CXJboUe4R6Rx7Gn8ohcYFrXIm-NHK7w4HyE5hSL1tBy2cObZb1cAvqkR6UiC_KMwPXy00LEUqRdPl5VWQxUpAZWOjFwbg2/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Margherita Supreme wood-fired pizza: roma tomatoes, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella. Scrumptuous.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLr5NTvQRQvgmu7KNdYs_eESpwTgv35_ep3tPPzR2YdrULM_NlSnpXPsjl0qS900j58YDh7JiFkfJJSCVqGenoRAiSYwHn1FiWQm2kzeaVpHaawnROS_6ISJv9yFP2LiygumieYfTavk-/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLr5NTvQRQvgmu7KNdYs_eESpwTgv35_ep3tPPzR2YdrULM_NlSnpXPsjl0qS900j58YDh7JiFkfJJSCVqGenoRAiSYwHn1FiWQm2kzeaVpHaawnROS_6ISJv9yFP2LiygumieYfTavk-/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fry's pretzel appetizer with three dipping sauces -- honey mustard, ranch, and marinara. Also pictured: spinach salad with roasted red peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, hard boiled egg, bacon, and tangy vinaigrette.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXyXrxk2ugpSiQkEHdQBw3qFQnw0pWbDqHTpeeuXOlXpzRzSLj7-Pj7udQOb9pZwOtolvra1OZJQsD_270TJRMmKJf5x75pOueF_l-qid7M6ZvqtqclU7FEZJbaSm9y9pNNNjILeIlnIo/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXyXrxk2ugpSiQkEHdQBw3qFQnw0pWbDqHTpeeuXOlXpzRzSLj7-Pj7udQOb9pZwOtolvra1OZJQsD_270TJRMmKJf5x75pOueF_l-qid7M6ZvqtqclU7FEZJbaSm9y9pNNNjILeIlnIo/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chicken Club panini with side garden salad. Not shown: Bold Rock cider from Bold Rock Cidery in nearby Nellysford, a crisp and refreshing hard cider crafted with care using Virginia Apples. The guys in our group proclaimed it some of the best they had ever tasted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_yK5w9qSp5gNXz-MKD15k7SjrYqKxFCklbIHYwrtVAiAC3tSUS2F8mfhAOptytJjJLYZT97MiNTV7qf47q37U-yjZ-B-Z1KDHllMpmoYLws6y2eCbe9b1990jNkAUu73zhbHhkYbPu8b/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_yK5w9qSp5gNXz-MKD15k7SjrYqKxFCklbIHYwrtVAiAC3tSUS2F8mfhAOptytJjJLYZT97MiNTV7qf47q37U-yjZ-B-Z1KDHllMpmoYLws6y2eCbe9b1990jNkAUu73zhbHhkYbPu8b/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Jefferson wood-fired pizza: white pizza with fresh arugula and prosciutto. Not shown: Pear and Gorgonzola salad made of mixed greens, grape tomatoes, candied walnuts, sliced pear, gorgonzola, and orange vinaigrette. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8udatJX-G8b7__zOu_0j4dDAhCKHNRnvF4SJICv6EPkfew6jGsKOQk9t_ZOvDrBAKiwwkWaibWg6La3Bv3XPU36GN3BEZ_5AwYHfjnHeSttDbMi0s9eF1tvko07K_mErqr-b9woPSmnn/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8udatJX-G8b7__zOu_0j4dDAhCKHNRnvF4SJICv6EPkfew6jGsKOQk9t_ZOvDrBAKiwwkWaibWg6La3Bv3XPU36GN3BEZ_5AwYHfjnHeSttDbMi0s9eF1tvko07K_mErqr-b9woPSmnn/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Framed prints on the walls are scenes reminiscent of service stations from an earlier time. By the time we left, patrons were inside and enjoying the outdoor patios.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGU8uT-2tzdn9sEn1oIsqGJjZEUU5DFq1xQe609FpaHU5ZvSyKNMClYWnix6TNque6S14yDKBtnlr2rVKRhbGFItyp-uGbsQzRl327CRozbyRnwPBcNVaAUQ9kEYlUWpvSckgFuWPOK6H/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGU8uT-2tzdn9sEn1oIsqGJjZEUU5DFq1xQe609FpaHU5ZvSyKNMClYWnix6TNque6S14yDKBtnlr2rVKRhbGFItyp-uGbsQzRl327CRozbyRnwPBcNVaAUQ9kEYlUWpvSckgFuWPOK6H/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One down side: There are five tight parking spaces behind the building and no on-street parking. It's obvious they have a lot of foot traffic. Other than that, the food and atmosphere definitely make it a popular choice for lunch or dinner.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell</div><div style="text-align: left;">August 1, 2013 </div></div>

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