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Farmer’s Market in Reston

Every Spring and Summer there are farmer’s markets all over Fairfax County, Virginia. The towns in the county have them on different days, presumably to avoid duplication. And competition, for that matter.  Anyway, Reston has a farmer’s market from early May through mid-November on Saturdays. So I went over to Lake Anne to take a […]

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The Cardboard Regatta

Every year around this time Reston, along with local businesses, sponsors an annual “Cardboard Regatta”.  Basically, school kids, often with the aid of their parents and teachers build cardboard boats for a sailing competition in Lake Anne. Teams get in the boats they designed and constructed,  and then they are launched. The teams compete to […]

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A Quick Visit to the Jersey Shore

We were able to take a quick trip up to the Jersey Shore to see friends, including a couple from California who rented a house in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island. It’s been quite a while since we stayed on LBI. It has really been built up; especially since the times we went there […]

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