We spent final Friday evening and most of Saturday in Richmond! Here’s the recap.
Thomas’s Aunt Layton lives in Richmond and supplied to host the boys for an evening whereas we had mother and father’ evening out at a lodge. Of course we jumped on the provide. Layton and her accomplice John had a number of actions and scrumptious meals deliberate. They roasted s’mores on the fireplace pit and performed with Layton’s yoga studio in her basement. The boys had a beautiful go to.
While they have been with Layton and John, Thomas and I spent the evening on the Quirk Hotel!
I’d been to the Richmond Quirk for lunch earlier than and carried out at Staycation on the Charlottesville location, however I’d by no means stayed at this property. It’s severely one of many cutest lodge lobbies there may be!
Perks with Capital One Venture X
I booked our stick with my Venture X card, which is my favourite journey card. I had a $300 journey credit score with this card and a few factors to cancel out the $50 steadiness, so our keep was no value to us. PLUS, because it’s a Lifestyle Collection lodge with Captial One, we have been upgraded to a set and given $90 of on-site credit to place in the direction of drinks and breakfast! I didn’t understand we had these perks and we used them enthusiastically. Read extra in regards to the Venture X advantages right here.
Our Loft
Our loft was spacious and really cool.
Dinner at Chez Foushee
After we modified for dinner we walked 2 blocks to Chez Foushee.
The ambiance was upscale and classic such that I felt like we had stepped into France.
We had a few cocktails whereas we listened to a reside saxophonist. Mine was Rye Whiskey and Thyme. I beloved it!
We shared fried oysters and french bread to begin.
I beloved my crab cake with crispy potatoes and asparagus. Thomas had a shrimp spring risotto that he beloved.
After Dinner Drinks
We acquired again to the Quirk round 8 and didn’t need to go to mattress, so we ended up utilizing our lodge credit on a spherical of drinks! I had an Old Fashioned and Thomas an Espresso Martini. They have been perfection and the bar ambiance was simply what we needed.
Quirk Hotel Breakfast
We loved Blanchards espresso (and appreciated the free refills!) from the foyer and ordered breakfast with the remainder of our credit score.
I had the Hearty & Healthy with a Greek yogurt parfait and avocado toast plus a aspect salad. Thomas had poached eggs over biscuit with gravy.
Science Museum of Richmond
After we reunited with the boys, we went to the Science Museum of Virginia. I used to be particularly excited for the planetarium. It was the proper chilly, wet day exercise.
The boys beloved the pace reveals, and we noticed the creepy bugs and snakes.
The spotlight for me was The Dome the place we noticed a big display screen movie about astronauts coaching underwater for area walks. Afterwards we had an astronomy lesson. It was superb (however might have used more room music!)
I couldn’t resist getting some astronaut ice cream to share round afterwards.
We stated goodbye to Layton and John and headed again to Cville for the remainder of the weekend.