FALL FOLIAGE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

Have you noticed? The fall foliage at the Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm is promising to be outstanding this year. We took a short jaunt along Skyline Drive on top of the Blue Ridge recently and were excited to see the beginning of spectacular color.

Did you ever wonder how we get the beautiful fall foliage that we all love so much? Well, here's the reason we're going to have great color this year -- Last spring we had numerous gentle and plentiful rains which gave the trees an especially full and lush new leaf growth with vibrant green colors. The reds, golds, oranges and yellow colors are always present in the leaves, but in spring and summer the colors are masked over by the green of chlorophyll. When the growing season is over and trees stop making chlorophyll - Voila! the spectacular leaf color (that was always present) shows through.

Virginia Wineries, Art In The Vineyard Special Event

An outstanding Charlottesville Winery Event, Art in the Vineyard, will take place at one of the best Virginia wineries, Saturday and Sunday, October 17th and 18th at White Hall Vineyard. The Vineyard is just a quick 5 minute drive or refreshing 20 minute walk from The Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm. This is such a fun event in a most beautiful mountain setting.

Tony and Edie Champ are friends of ours and put on a wonderful annual October art and wine festival celebrating local artisans. They suggest that you bring a picnic lunch to enjoy with their award winning wine. Charlottesville's fine local artisans will display (and sell!) watercolors, pottery, sculptures and jewelry.
The $5 entry fee includes a winery tour, tasting and embossed wine glass.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA ARTS AND CRAFTS STUDIO TOUR

You have never seen finer arts and crafts than those created by these artisans of Virginia. Fred Williamson, our neighbor in Sugar Hollow creates the most exquisite wooden bowls from a single piece of wood  that you have ever seen. Fred's studio is just a short walk down the road from the Inn.

If pottery is your pleasure I can tell you personally that Suzanne Crane's work is a study in patience and detail. I have purchased pieces of Suzanne Crane's pottery for gifts. Her tiny detailed hand work in her pottery is jaw-dropping amazing.

You will thoroughly enjoy each artist participating in the Studio Tour and even more so when you use The Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm as your home base.

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JIMMY BUFFETT COMING TO CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Margaritaville - another musical first for Charlottesville! Parrotheads mark you calendars for Tuesday, November 17. Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will perform in Charlottesville's spectacular John Paul Jones Arena as part of his "Summerzcool" Tour 2009.

JB's new album, Buffet Hotel (yes, one t) will be released in December. The title song has a strong West African influence and was inspired by Jimmy's trip to "Festival in the Desert", an annual festival in Timbuktu, Mali. The hotel was the music venue and inspired several of Jimmy's new songs included in his 2009 set list. "Summerzcool" a quintessential beach song, is one of the new songs and became the tour name.

Charlottesville Winery Cooking Class

First Colony Winery offers an excellent cooking class with guest chef Terre Sisson of Charlottesville Wine and Culinary. The next classes are Sunday, October 11, and Sunday, November 8, 11am - 2 pm. Give it a try! First Colony is just over a pleasant 30 minute drive south of Sugar Hollow.
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