March Madness is one of my favorite times of the year as top teams crumble and Cinderella stories make small towns proud. It’s a time when colleagues, friends and family go head to head in bracket challenges, sports stores overcharge on college apparel and it is acceptable-in some places- to follow the big game in your workplace cube. But, before you get ready to...
When Buddy the Elf called our Visitor Center to say he’d be coming to Loudoun, he already had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to do. “I planned out our whole day. First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, and then we’ll go ice skating, and then we’ll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we...
Leesburg native Carolyn Landes recently journeyed home to finish up her holiday shopping, and provides us some insights on her favorite shops. You can read more of Carolyn’s work as a contributing writer to The Georgetowner here. Strolling around Loudoun County this time of year feels a lot like entering a scene from a vintage holiday postcard. Paned shop windows are trimmed with...
Tom Bobak is the editor-in-chief of American Craft Beer and recently spent a weekend exploring the LoCo Ale Trail. Here is part II of his journey. I was recently invited to spend a couple of days in Loudoun County, Virginia, a scenic expanse of small towns, rolling hills and mountain vistas just northwest of Washington, DC. It’s a beautiful part of the country, rich with wineries...
The Appalachian Trail weaves in and out of Loudoun County from Route 50 to the south, and extending north until crossing the Potomac River towards Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. This stretch of trail is home to the notoriously difficult “Roller Coaster” in which climbers ascend and descend more than a dozen significant hills for a total of 5,000 feet of gain as you make your way toward...