Get the heck out of town! While Charlottesville is AMAZING, our lovely little area has so very much to offer outside of town. We have compiled what we think is our local area’s best…check it out and PLEASE let us know of anything that may have missed the AMAZING list (we will try it and add it to our next Out of Town Suggestion Post).

North Garden:

Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie – I said it once, I’ll say it again…incredible pizza and excellent atmosphere (checkout our review).

Afton:

Blue Mountain Brewery – obviously we all know (from comments on the site and personal experience) this place is terrific (yes, I am bringing terrific back-use it at your leisure). Get the sampler – it is yummy and will help you figure out just what one of their brews makes you swoon. Also, excellent view and satisfying pretzel.

Afton Mountain Vineyards – This place has location, location, location. It is a beautiful place with some good local wine. Mmmmm…wine. Two French guys that make the wine their were at the cvillain pub crawl, they were pretty cool and knew their stuff when it came to wine.

Waynesboro:

The Purple Foot – Yes, you should eat at a place with FOOT in the name. This place makes potato salad that will knock your socks off (your feet!). Stop by and grab some sandwiches and potato salad for a picnic. This place is only open until 2pm–sorry no dinner for you. Waynesboro has a great park called Ridgeview Park, perfect for a quite picnic.

Ridgeview Park – This park is great for a mellow afternoon or a warm evening. While, this is no Gypsy Hill Park (more to come on GH Park), it is green and relaxing. The park offers “Movies in the Park” during the summers months as well as an Annual Summer Extravaganza – July 12 & 13, 2008. I have been to this park for an afternoon picnic and let me tell you, it screams romantic.

Ridgeview Movie Schedule:
September 26- Meet the Robinson’s

Artisans Center of Virgina – This is VA at it’s finest. They have beautiful art from all over the state displayed and for sale. Everything in site is gorgeous. Great place to get some relief from the summer heat or the winter chill.

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You know you are a little crazy about food when you trap your friend into driving over an hour from Charlottesville to Richmond to eat dinner at a place called “Si Tapas.”  My companion goes “but Thor, why do we have to go to Richmond, can’t we just eat at Mas!?”  I told this one (who grew up hunting wild animals and knows how to wrestle bears, but barely knows how to use the internet) that it’s something I’ve been meaning to do and we can’t question my intentions.  I digress.

In case you didn’t know, Si Tapas will open in the old Star Hill space in Mid-Town within two weeks.  It’s an exciting competitor for Mas, which is loved and hated by Charlottesville for its food and service, respectively (despite the employee praise that happens on this site, it’s a common issue).  What better way to preview it for Charlottesville than to visit the Richmond location?

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Thanks to Jim’s Twitter Feed for this one! Since we are being elitist, we may as well make fun of Richmond. F*ucking Capital VA!

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Two years ago, my wisdom teeth broke through my gumline.

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In case you didn’t know Regent University was founded by televangelist Pat Robertson. Recently a student posted a freeze-frame picture from a YouTube video on FaceBook where Robertson is giving the middle-finger. Guess what happened?

The second-year law student said officials at the private Christian university in Virginia Beach demanded that he publicly apologize, then withhold public comment about the matter, or submit to the law school dean a legal brief defending the posting. Key chose the latter, arguing that his posting was satire protected under the First Amendment.

Video link is here. Sorry, couldn’t find it on YouTube.