Briar Patch 2

Now that I've explained why we were out in Middleburg, VA... on to the fun stuff!

They took their "Briar Patch" theme very seriously. There were little bunnies hidden all about the b&b and the yard. I took this picture for Lara because of the little one on the end cleaning his ear.

We stayed in the "Hyacinth" room, all done up in blues and purples. John liked it because there was an external heater that you could stick your shoes under for toasty warm toes. On the right there is the view from our room, looking out over the front drive.

John was not made for a cerca-1805 built house. The people then were much shorter.

The manager warned us to take the signage seriously, not just laugh and then hit our heads as we went into the bathroom. (Yes, that is the wall slanting out into the doorway.)

Beware the ghost light! The owners had put a journal in each room and the first entry was them telling us a little bit about our room. Our room was haunted! Most of the sightings were things being knocked off tables and such, so it was an amiable enough spook. We laughed at first, but then had a few incidences with the ghost light and were made believers.

As any good b&b would have, there was a plethora of friendly animals. These guys were less concerned with strange people than they were with staying warm as it was a bit chilly.

However, my favorite kitty was this guy, who I called "Little Hitler." His mustache just cracks me up!

Did I mention that the outlets had a William Sonoma store? There was a lot of linens and tableware, but over in the super-sale section was the best cake-form ever! The cupcake is 7 x 6 inches! ... The only problem is that John will inevitably say, "But I only ate one cupcake!"

And have you ever seen a million dollar house before? NoVA is being built up like crazy and all the houses are waaaay overpriced (250k for a townhouse!) but this one neigborhood in development caught our eye and we took a drive through it: "Starting in the 900s" eek! (Oh, buy the way, this big-ass house had a separate 2-story, 3-car garage / shop.)