We spent final Friday evening and most of Saturday in Richmond! Right here’s the recap.
Thomas’s Aunt Layton lives in Richmond and provided to host the boys for an evening whereas we had mother and father’ evening out at a lodge. In fact we jumped on the provide. Layton and her associate John had numerous actions and scrumptious meals deliberate. They roasted s’mores on the hearth pit and performed with Layton’s yoga studio in her basement. The boys had an exquisite go to.
Whereas they had been with Layton and John, Thomas and I spent the evening on the Quirk Lodge!
I’d been to the Richmond Quirk for lunch earlier than and completed at Staycation on the Charlottesville location, however I’d by no means stayed at this property. It’s critically one of many cutest lodge lobbies there may be!
Perks with Capital One Enterprise X
I booked our stick with my Enterprise 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 stability, so our keep was no value to us. PLUS, because it’s a Life-style Assortment lodge with Captial One, we had been upgraded to a set and given $90 of on-site credit to place in direction of drinks and breakfast! I didn’t understand we had these perks and we used them enthusiastically. Learn extra concerning the Enterprise 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 dwell saxophonist. Mine was Rye Whiskey and Thyme. I liked it!
We shared fried oysters and french bread to begin.
I liked my crab cake with crispy potatoes and asparagus. Thomas had a shrimp spring risotto that he liked.
After Dinner Drinks
We obtained 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 I had an Outdated Usual and Thomas an Espresso Martini. They had been perfection and the bar ambiance was simply what we wished.
Quirk Lodge 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 & Wholesome with a Greek yogurt parfait and avocado toast plus a facet 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 right chilly, wet day exercise.
The boys liked the pace displays, 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 extra space music!)
I couldn’t resist getting some astronaut ice cream to share round afterwards.
We mentioned goodbye to Layton and John and headed again to Cville for the remainder of the weekend.