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Weekend Reads v. 30.8.2024

Soaking up these last days of summer

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Aug 30, 2024
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Virginia, you’re one gorgeous place sometimes. Credit: JacobH

How are you celebrating this weekend, a.k.a. the unofficial farewell to summer? Will you have one last hoorah by the water? Or will you have completely turned your back on Summer to embrace a cozy, pumpkin-spiced autumn? It’ll be a birthday-themed weekend for me. I’ll be enjoying birthday flowers, a birthday brunch for a fun friend, and reminiscing about the incredible meal my husband and I enjoyed at The Inn at Little Washington. (I mean, that meal was once-in-a-life wowzers.) I hope the weekend is kind to you!

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