One of my favorite places for a great meal and really great English-style pub atmosphere is the Hunter’s Head Tavern in Upperville, just a few miles west of Middleburg on Route 50. You’ll spot its signature red phone booth outside (the second one on Route 50 in Loudoun – know where the other one is?). Here, in this circa 1750 home, a warm fireplace warms...
Next time you’re at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, I highly recommend you take a spin on its historic carousel. Its not hidden, right at the Food Court and visible from outside above the entrance opposite Cheesecake Factory. Built in Venice, Italy, the carousel is in the style of the carousels of the 1800s with murals hand-painted by Venetian artists. The molds of the horses and...
I love the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Its got some of the coolest planes and spacecraft on the planet (or in the galaxy). There’s the Concorde, the awesomely shiny Flying Cloud, the SR-71 Blackbird (flew from LA to DC in 1 hour and 4 minutes!), and of course, the Space Shuttle Enterprise. They even have an F-14 Tomcat (think...
Our trip down Route 50 (the John S. Mosby Highway) heading west continues into the town of Middleburg. I included the image of the entrance sign for a reason: we hear from lots of visitors that they like the ride to Middleburg as much as they like the town itself. Its a sumpremely picturesque drive, past rolling horse farms, polo fields, vineyards, and along...
In Loudoun County, Route 50 is called the John S. Mosby Highway. It’s named for the Confederate ranger who operated in the area during the Civil War. The village of Aldie, just west of the Route 50 and 15 intersection of Gilbert’s Corner (its the site of one of a series of four new round-abouts in the county), is a great place to stop...