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getaways 1 month ago

I didn’t want a party for my 40th birthday; I wanted to go away. So we went to the Burlington, VT area for a few days, even taking E out of school on Monday, my actual birthday.

I really just wanted to be entertained and relax, so mostly what we did was indulge in “agritainment.” We went to Ben & Jerry’s, Lake Champlain Chocolates, the Cabot Cheese factory, Magic Hat Brewery, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, a winery, a glass blowing place, Green Mountain Coffee visitor center, King Arthur Flour, Gardener’s Supply Company, and probably more that I’m leaving out. Samples everywhere! S compared it to driving around the wine country tasting everything.

We also went to the ECHO aquarium and shopped in the Church Street Marketplace of Burlington. And of course ate out a lot, and went swimming at the hotel.

And since Halloween happened while we were there, we took a little Harry Potter out to trick or treat. We drove around until we found a residential neighborhood with Halloween decor on most houses and costumed folk roaming the streets.

This trip was probably more low key than S might have liked to give me, but it was what I wanted. Lots of variety, which I like. Little stress, which I like. Being with the people I like best. Being in pretty surroundings (mountains!)

Nov 04, 03:24AM PST | 7 cheers

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little_terry is giddy with success.

low key

That is exactly what I like to do on vacation. I like the Church St Marketplace a lot. I tend to be there in January, which is an unpleasant time to be at an outside mall, but it’s still a cool place.

Happy Birthday again!

Nov 04, 03:45AM PST | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

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Marketplace

I only wish there were more independent stores and fewer chain stores. Like all those areas, it has been attracting chain stores that are beginning to steal its uniqueness. However, E has a limited tolerance for shopping so it was good to walk by many saying, well, we don’t need to go to that, we have that at home.

Nov 10, 03:49AM PST | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

little_terry is giddy with success.

my first visit

there were more independent stores. There was what felt like a silly indoor mall, but having been there in January now, it felt less silly.

Is the independent bookstore still there? Perhaps one way my bil impressed me badly was telling me some disparaging nickname for it, implying that it was expensive. And since I worked at a bookstore and know that there was no way they were making much money on books (the markup on books is much lower than typical retail) well, I seethed.

Nov 10, 04:07AM PST | Respond to this