Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011- Shopping in Williamsburg
After breakfast at the hotel, we drove north to the Williamsburg area. The temperature was cooler today, only in the 40s, but still warmer than we’re used to.
We started at the Williamsburg Pottery. We had built it up quite a bit in our minds, because we used to come here so much when relatives would come down to visit. It was something of a disappointment. There were very few other people shopping there and the big, cinder-block and sheet metal buildings seemed empty. There wasn’t very much merchandise either, maybe because it was off-season. We did see a model and an artist’s rendering of a new Pottery with colonial façades reminiscent of Canturbury Village in Michigan. It’s scheduled to open in 2012. Emma asked if that was the REAL Pottery.
From there we went to the Williamsburg Antique Mall. We went through rather quickly, but Scott did pick-out a washboard from several choices that Julie found. He wants Brian Seibel to play it for Rush the Growler.
Anna and Emma were bored by the antiques (and Emma was freaked out by some of the dolls), but they were looking forward to the next stop- the Prime Outlet shopping center. We ate in the food court and then the girls went off shopping for several hours. They went to stores like Aeropostale, Journeys, Gap, and others that they picked out. The girls were allowed to spend the $100 allowance (that they were each getting from the family tax return) though neither spent it all. While the girls shopped, Scott sat in the food court and wrote some on the computer.
By mid-afternoon, we arrived at the shops at Merchants’ Square, next to Colonial Williamsburg. We explored several of those shops before we headed down the Duke of Gloucester Street. Just as we used to do, we didn’t have tickets to go in any of the buildings, but we did have a good time looking at the scenery. We passed the Governor’s Palace and went all the way to the King’s Arms Tavern to see the colonial Capital Building, taking pictures and looking at the sights all the way. We considered eating at one of the colonial taverns in the historic part of town, but some were closed and others were more expensive than we wanted to pay.
We left the old town to a pleasant surprise. We stopped at the Yankee Candle Village, outside of town. It’s a lot like the Boyds’ Bears Store in Gettysburg that the girls love so. More than just candles, it had a lot of interesting things including a toy section, a Christmas village (with a starry sky overhead) and a clock that has a periodic Chuck E. Cheese style show. Our time was cut short there, but we bought a few things. We then went next door to the Carrabba’s for dinner. Then we made our way back to the hotel at Virginia Beach again.
We started at the Williamsburg Pottery. We had built it up quite a bit in our minds, because we used to come here so much when relatives would come down to visit. It was something of a disappointment. There were very few other people shopping there and the big, cinder-block and sheet metal buildings seemed empty. There wasn’t very much merchandise either, maybe because it was off-season. We did see a model and an artist’s rendering of a new Pottery with colonial façades reminiscent of Canturbury Village in Michigan. It’s scheduled to open in 2012. Emma asked if that was the REAL Pottery.
From there we went to the Williamsburg Antique Mall. We went through rather quickly, but Scott did pick-out a washboard from several choices that Julie found. He wants Brian Seibel to play it for Rush the Growler.
Anna and Emma were bored by the antiques (and Emma was freaked out by some of the dolls), but they were looking forward to the next stop- the Prime Outlet shopping center. We ate in the food court and then the girls went off shopping for several hours. They went to stores like Aeropostale, Journeys, Gap, and others that they picked out. The girls were allowed to spend the $100 allowance (that they were each getting from the family tax return) though neither spent it all. While the girls shopped, Scott sat in the food court and wrote some on the computer.
By mid-afternoon, we arrived at the shops at Merchants’ Square, next to Colonial Williamsburg. We explored several of those shops before we headed down the Duke of Gloucester Street. Just as we used to do, we didn’t have tickets to go in any of the buildings, but we did have a good time looking at the scenery. We passed the Governor’s Palace and went all the way to the King’s Arms Tavern to see the colonial Capital Building, taking pictures and looking at the sights all the way. We considered eating at one of the colonial taverns in the historic part of town, but some were closed and others were more expensive than we wanted to pay.
We left the old town to a pleasant surprise. We stopped at the Yankee Candle Village, outside of town. It’s a lot like the Boyds’ Bears Store in Gettysburg that the girls love so. More than just candles, it had a lot of interesting things including a toy section, a Christmas village (with a starry sky overhead) and a clock that has a periodic Chuck E. Cheese style show. Our time was cut short there, but we bought a few things. We then went next door to the Carrabba’s for dinner. Then we made our way back to the hotel at Virginia Beach again.
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