Virginia is for Lovers- Part 1

Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to accompany my dear husband on a little business trip, a little perk of his travel-all-the-time-job. Flights were cheap, so why not? A goal of ours is to travel as much as possible before it is our time to have little ones, and this seemed like a perfect chance to go somewhere where neither of us had ventured before- Richmond, Virginia.

He told me before we left that the hotel we were staying at was a historic hotel, so I assumed that it would be pretty sweet, but I was wrong...try AH-MAZ-ING.

A little history, this beautiful hotel was opened in 1895, which makes it approximately 115 years old, which seemed pretty awesome to us. Of course it went through several openings and closings throughout the century, but is now alive and flourishing. The hotel prides itself not only in the beauty of its building and detailing, but also that 12 presidents have taken advantage of the historic accomodations, as well as hundreds of other celebrities, from Ray Charles to Elvis to Frank Sinatra. And, obviously, the hotel was named for this guy:

Sunday evening, after walking around in awe of the beautimous surroundings, we enjoyed a very delicious dinner at the hotel's restaurant, The Lemaire.

And then wandered aimlessly around the hotel, again.