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January 15, 2008

Woodstock, VT

This past weekend, Brent and his family came with my family and me to the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, VT to go skiing. My family has been going there forever and Brent's family has come for a couple different trips with us, so we know or way around pretty well.

Brent drove up with us because he was already in Greenwich staying overnight after our job interviews. He and I played Nintendo DS all the way up because we're that cool. Brent couldn't put his down when we stopped at a rest stop, so he took his Star Wars game in with him. Having a boyfriend is sometimes like having an eight year old:

Our room:

When we arrived, Brent's parents were off cross-country skiing, so Brent and I went for a walk in town. Woodstock is one of the cutest towns I have ever been to and I highly recommend visiting. I linked the Wikipedia article for Woodstock, VT above (in the first paragraph) so check it out to read more about the Woodstock story.

Here's a picture of Bentley's, one of our favorite restaurants in Woodstock. We were going to eat there on Sunday night but the power went out in the village (luckily the Woodstock Inn still had power!) so we ended up eating right at the Inn both nights at Richardson's Tavern. Here's Bentley's as Brent and I passed it in the village, though:

The main little shopping street in Woodstock:

Brent and I went into our favorite Vermont bookstore, Shiretown Books. They have a big black cat there named Mr. B (he's the real reason we went):

Mr. B has the longest, silkiest fur you will ever feel. He's such a great cat, I wish I could take him home. He's so used to all the people coming in and out that nothing bothers him. He wanders around looking at books with customers, jumping up on stools to get more attention, and following people from one row of books to the next. I asked Brent how he thought Shadow would do as a bookstore cat and he just laughed. Shadow is a little high-strung to live in a bookstore. I can only picture Shadow and her reign of terror over the quiet, unsuspecting customers.

Brent and I continued our walk and came across Whitcomb's Block (you can read the cement sign at the top of the building). Whitcomb is a family name from Brent's dad's side, so Brent wondered if it was named after some ancestor:

Art in the alley:

Sale at the toy store (so cute):

Brent and I came upon the Coffee & Tea Company which neither of us had ever been in before. If you read my blog regularly, you know that book shopping and coffee drinking are two of Brent's and my favorite activities. Therefore, after Shiretown Books we obviously had to stop at the Coffee & Tea Company (also called Woodstock Coffee & Tea).

The menu was written on burlap sacks which I thought was pretty cool:

Also, decorating the shop were jars of coffees and teas:

This actually sounds like it could be pretty good:

Brent and I both ordered hot cider and it was fantastic:

We took our cider outside to drink by a beautiful nearby stream:

I'm not sure what this is, whether it's a house or a commercial building of some sort, but it was just so white. Anyway, I had to take a picture because it fascinated me:

Looking down the street:

How cool is this:

Woodstock is prepared for the next Red scare:


Gillingham's General Store:

Gillingham's is such a cute store. I guess store cats are all the rage in Woodstock, because Gillingham's has one, too. My mom went and saw their new cat, but I remember their old one, Henry, who was HUGE and sat at the checkout counter purring all day long.

The Woodstock Town Crier:

Brent and I stopped back at Shiretown Books again to see Mr. B who was asleep this time:

It started getting a little late so we headed back to the inn. I took these pictures on the way back:

I really like something about the contrast between a twilight blue sky and the yellow/orange lights. This is the village library:

Woodstock Inn:

Funny sign - "Dog waste is a threat to the health of our children - degrades our town - transmits disease." Do you think they could have just left it at "Clean up after your dog"?

I'll be posting more soon with some skiing pictures. Have a great night!

-Lauren

Posted by lauren at January 15, 2008 04:35 PM

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Posted by: brent at January 19, 2008 11:57 AM