A Fall Interlude

-

Had a great time in North Carolina - visiting vineyards, historic sites and going to a wedding!  The weather was wonderful - fall colors were beautiful.  The occasion for our trip was the wedding of Steve and Sandi Winter's daughter, Stacey in Greensboro, North Carolina.  We decided to make a little mini-vacation and certainly enjoyed ourselves.  We flew into Charlotte, rented a car and explored a bit of the state.   Drove from Charlotte to Lexington where we stopped at Childress Vineyards.  Did some wine tasting and had a delicious lunch in the Bistro overlooking the vineyards.
Childress Vineyards

Then we drove to Winston-Salem where we stopped at Old Salem, originally a Moravian settlement.  Wandered around the village, taking pictures, going into some shops and a bakery.  There were  school groups there as well as others enjoying the beautiful afternoon.
Old Salem


  




Our next stop for the weekend was Greensboro where the sit in at the Woolworth lunch counter happened in February, 1960.  Another beautiful day as we visited the civil rights museum which is housed in the old Woolworth store and wandered around downtown Greensboro.  The late afternoon was the reason for the weekend - the wedding of Stacey Winter and Paul Matrafailo.  Stacey is the 3rd daughter of Steve Winter, Paul's high school friend.  We enjoyed the wedding and reception very much.
Greensboro
Good to see long time friends again and catch up.

A few pictures from the wedding - taken by the photographer -



Popular posts from this blog

-
 Christmas 2023 A great day with family! Celebrated at John and Sasha's house in Oak Park.  John, Sasha and Xochitl along with Kristin and Scott, Anna, Jim and Luke plus Paul and I and Mom. Photo Highlights here .
Read more

Spring Has Sprung! The Time to Travel has Begun!

-
Spring has sprung! And the time to travel has begun.  Retirement is great because we have time to do the things we want to do, including traveling as the weather warms up. Of course we are traveling safely, wearing masks and not making contact with too many people. This March we drove out to the Cape to visit my mother. I have been going to the Cape in March for a number of years, though I never made it last year. Paul was able to go with me this time. The weather was decent - at least no rain - so we tried to spend some time outdoors. When I go to the Cape I always want to "find the water" and eat fish and chips. This time we found the water at Dowses Beach, the National Seashore, Plymouth Harbor and the Sandwich boardwalk. We had fish and chips from Bobby Byrne's Restaurant and Seafood Sam's.  Finding the Water We had a nice visit - drove out to Provincetown one day, stopping to see the water in various places. We drove to Plymouth to visit the harbor, see Plymouth ...
Read more

Home Improvement - Part 2

-
Kristin has been staying here for the past few days - and while she has been here she has been working on painting the 3rd floor.  The bathroom is now slate blue instead of green.  And she is working on John's old room painting in there as well - a rather pleasant shade of lilac - not sure exactly what the paint shade is - but it looks good so far.  There is lots of wall space to cover so it has been taking time.
Read more