Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
Welcome to the inaugural post of my new “Three For Free” series. Traveling can be expensive. One of the best things about visiting the U.K. (where I’m headed today!) is all of the free museums, but even in America free fun can be found if you look hard enough. So I’m starting the Three For…
One of my biggest travel tips for people is to check event calendars in a location you’re visiting. It’s a great way to find local, less “touristy” things to do whilst you’re in town. That’s exactly how I found about about the paranormal investigation at the Hanover Tavern in Hanover, VA just outside of Richmond,…
I was really impressed with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA. I ended up at VMFA because I was lucky enough to be in town for their Friday Art & Wine night. Every Friday, the museum stays open late, from 5pm-8:30pm, and offers discounted beer and wine in their cafe. It’s a…
As has happened with much of the rest of the country, the craft beer movement has taken over Richmond, VA. That’s a great thing of course, because no matter what Brazilians and the English think, Budweiser is an embarrassing product to put forth as a country. Though, I think that’s more of a “when in…
Once upon a midnight dreary… well, not more like mid-day dreary, but dreary none the less, I made a long cold rainy horrible walk to the number one attraction I had to see while in Richmond, The Poe Museum! Edgar Allan Poe has long been one of my favorite writers, not far behind my…
I hate to do a “how to do Richmond in x number of days” after having been there only 3 days myself. That hardly makes me an expert. So, here’s how I did Richmond in 3 days. I’m sure I obviously missed many things, but I think I did pretty well for a limited time. …
