This weekend we took our last trip as a family of two... I'm sure we will go places just the two of us again but it will be a long time before we go without worrying about the little ones we are leaving behind.
Our friends Lindsey and Justin were getting married in Highlands, North Carolina this weekend. So we decided to make a long weekend out of it and make it a dual purpose (Babymoon/Wedding) trip. We left early Friday morning for Asheville, North Carolina where we did the Biltmore estate tour. The house is absolutely beautiful and gigantic! We did the audio guide which I highly recommend. The guide gave a lot of interesting information about each of the rooms on the tour. If we didn't have the guide I probably would have just walked aimlessly from room to room and wouldn't have gotten much out of it. After our tour (which was about 2.5 hours), we drove over to Antler Hill Village which is located on the Biltmore property and had lunch. Then Rich did a wine tasting (I got to smell the wine) and picked out a few bottles to purchase and bring home so I can taste them in a few weeks!
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| Me with a statue of Cedric (the family dog) and Cornelia Vanderbilt in front of our lunch spot (Cedric's Tavern). |
Next we walked around downtown Asheville. There seemed to be a lot of fun restaurants and bars, but not much shopping. We found this little gem though... a Jazz club named Tressa's.....
On Friday night we drove to the Highlands, checked into our hotel, had dinner at a nice restaurant in town (Paoletti's) and called it a night.
On Saturday during the day we shopped and ate lunch in Highlands. There are tons of cute little shops. We stumbled across a little market where a woman had a 3 week old goat on a leash! He was adorable! He kind of reminded me of a cat the way he let you pet him.
Then on Saturday evening we watch our friends get married in an absolutely beautiful ceremony at the Farm at Old Edwards. Every detail of the wedding was perfect... the flowers, Lindsey's dress, the food. I lasted until about 10:30 before I had to call it a night and take the shuttle back to the hotel.
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| Lindsey and her father walking down the aisle. |
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| Rich and me during the cocktail hour |
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| The beautiful tables set in the reception hall. |
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| The venue was beautiful. Windows on all four sides with gardens around the whole building. |
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| Us with the bride and groom!!! |
It was a wonderful Babymoon/Wedding weekend. I can't believe it's over. Now I have to stay put in Atlanta and wait for our little Pumpkin to arrive.
Until next time,
Tressa
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