Soooooooooo I'm a big proponent of flying whenever possible. DCA makes it so easy to get in and get out and not spend hours at the airport. But we drove to upstate New York for Thanksgiving.

Two words: the dog.

Ok...is it weird I'm still embarrassed to sit around a table taking pictures of my food and drink?  My friends don't care, my husband doesn't care, but I just feel so strange doing it.  Total aversion (face in hands).

Anyway, I went to Richmond on Saturday to visit a good friend.  I was really impressed by the food and drink scene--not so much by the impossibly horrible traffic getting down there from DC on a Saturday. I mean, yea I know I live in a major metropolitan area known for terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad traffic, but I really don't sit in traffic that much. Well, I got my full yearly dose yesterday.  I had no idea that 90 miles could take 4 hours, but guess what, it can!

Sigh.  But I have to say that the company and the beer (and the tacos) really made up for it.  Let's first start with the three breweries.  

You'll see that short and sweet trips are a theme around here.  DH and I both work full time, in jobs we actually don't want to quit, so we squeeze in trips whenever we can, including the occasional road trip.

One weekend a year, before Memorial Day (since that is when people gaggle like geese & beaches close to canines), we take our dog to Virginia Beach.  Yes, the reason we go there *really* is for the dog.  

Did I mention princess hates the waves/ocean?  Yup.  So we essentially take her so she can run in the sand.  That sounds a teensy bit ridiculous....[embarrassed face].  But then again, our whole relationship with our dog is ridiculous, so whatever. She loves it there, so, so do we.