It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Pig!

(You're going to have to stick with this to find out about "the pig.")

Of all things, a baby shower brought us to one of our favorite places after way too long a time.

One of the ladies who works in the Foundation office is expecting and a surprise shower was planned for her and her husband at Keswick Country Club in Charlottesville. So last Saturday found us winding our way through the beautiful countryside of central Virginia.

The thing is, Keswick was the home course for St. Anne's Belfield golf team when Rob played as their #1 player when he was a freshman in high school. What a treat to be there again. Keswick is an absolutely gorgeous hotel and club that used to be owned by Laura Ashley's son of all people. What a beautiful afternoon.

Following the baby shower, Dan, Josh and I drove from Charlottesville to Wintergreen for the first time since selling the house we used to have on the mountain. How many memeories can flood your mind in a one hour drive?

Wintergreen is where we had a vacation home for many years, used both in summer and winter. We also lived there for one full year following 9/11.

No, our house was on top of the mountain but Wintergreen includes both mountain and valley and the golf course in the valley is truly beautiful.

The house at 18 Coopers Vantage has been given lots of love and attention by its new owners, a new roof, new kitchen, new furniture and PAVED driveways. Can't say that I cared too much for that, after all it is supposed to be a mountain house! But it looks good.


OK, here's the deal. We ate two actual meals while at Wintergreen (the rest was just snacks at the golf course) and BOTH were at:

Yep, the Blue Ridge Pig. Nellysford, VA's own 4 star dining shack. Nobody does southern bar-be-que and dill potato salad like Strawberry at The Pig. (Yes, the owner's name is, in fact, Strawberry.) And it has not changed one bit.

Somewhere on one of those walls is Dan's old business card from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in DC. It smells just as wonderful when you walk through the door and the limeaids are just as refreshing as ever on a hot summer day and the dill potato salad is still to die for. Pictures were taken and immediately sent to Daniel and Rob who were suitably jealous (via email). We have all agreed that someday the Callister Clan will hold a family reunion in Nellysford and the only planned activity will be eating at The Pig.