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Halloween Trivia, 2011
Halloween is a little more than a week away, which means that you’re either scrambling to buy enough candy for trick-or-treaters, or your trying to perfect your children’s outrageous costumes (or...
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Veterans Day, 2011
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never...
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Our Lady of the Angels, Crozet, Virginia
We all have that one individual in our lives for whom it is impossible to buy the perfect gift. Christmas shopping for this person involves wracking our brains for unique ideas, usually...
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Sunspots Studios, Staunton, VA
If you read out previous Iris Inn blog post, you know that we suggested gouda cheese from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery as a Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for individual. We now have another...
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Amazing Cinnamon Rolls from the BBAV Cookbook
One of the most well-loved holiday traditions is baking. Whether you’re cooking for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or New Years, family recipes are always a must during the holiday season. Here at the...
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Iris Inn Gift Certificates
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” — Washington Irving Just in case you have forgotten, Christmas is only two days...
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Iris Inn Romance, 2012
“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in...
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Iris Inn Gift Certificates, Oh Yeah!
The holiday season is upon us, and even if you’ve forgotten, the stores certainly haven’t. (Poor Thanksgiving seems to have become the forgotten middle child in between Halloween and Christmas.) If...
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New Year’s Masquerade at Veritas Vineyard
“Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most intimate details of our life.” –Fernando Pessoa Masquerade. The word itself holds many connotations...
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Candlelight Christmas Tours at Montpelier
Montpelier—home to Father of the Constitution and former president of the United States, James Madison, and his beloved wife Dolley. It was here at this large plantation that the couple retired in...
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Fourth of July at Monticello
“It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the men whose people have been here many generations.” –Henry Cabot Lodge As you are well aware, July 4th is coming up soon....
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Sunspots Studios & Glassblowing: An Artsy Adventure
“As difficult as it is to master, glass blowing, in even the simplest piece done by a novice, is simply magical, which, perhaps, has helped this archaic form of art has live on.” –Memorials.com Have...
View ArticleVeterans Day, 2011
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never...
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4 Reasons You Need an Iris Inn Gift Card
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole...
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Candlelight Christmas Tours at Montpelier
Montpelier—home to Father of the Constitution and former president of the United States, James Madison, and his beloved wife Dolley. It was here at this large plantation that the couple retired in...
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Celebrate the Fourth of July at Monticello
“It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the men whose people have been here many generations.” –Henry Cabot Lodge As you are well aware, July 4th is coming up soon....
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Sunspots Studios & Glassblowing: An Artsy Adventure
“As difficult as it is to master, glass blowing, in even the simplest piece done by a novice, is simply magical, which, perhaps, has helped this archaic form of art has live on.” –Memorials.com Have...
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Spark Your Romance at Iris Inn
“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in...
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4 Reasons You Need an Iris Inn Gift Certificate
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole...
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Activities for Your 3 Day Weekend
As short winter days gradually lengthen, office workers all across the nation are antsy for more sunshine. While we still have a while to wait for the return of warm weather, we are all blessed with a...
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