Love Adventure--Will Travel

I'm not sure if Day Trip Adventure Lover is written as part of my profile or not, but it should be! I love outings that include friends or family, crafts, little shops, antiques, and food.

This week my friend, Dorothy, emailed to say she was in Lynchburg visiting her daughter at Liberty University and what would I think of driving there to have lunch with her.

Okay!...when and where do I meet you?

Here's Dorothy at Olive Garden with her birthday cake and candle the waitress brought when she found out we were celebrating Dorothy's birthday this week--Black Tie Mousse Cake. (You can find the recipe here at Food.com if you'd like to make this four-layer delicacy.)

And here the two of us are just before leaving. We had a very enjoyable time together, and I'm so glad I didn't already have plans on Thursday...such an unexpected treat!

On the way home I stopped at this little antique shop that I've seen many times but never had time to check out--Bittersweet Branch Primitives. It's located at 7 River Road in Faber, Virginia, and that picket fence has always called my name, especially when the shop used to be a nursery located there years ago!

Bittersweet specializes in folkart, garden items, and antiques. You can see some of their outdoor display here. This is the right side of the courtyard with lots of ironware and an antique birdhouse:

And this is the left side with lots of enamel pots and jugs on display:

So if you're ever traveling Route 29 between Charlottesville and Lynchburg and if you like primitives, stop in at Bittersweet Branch Primitives.

This was a "just looking" adventure...nothing came home with me...except the calories from the Black Tie Mousse Cake!

~Deb

Comments

[Dorothy]

Deb!!!! Thank you so much for coming to Lynchburg to see me & thanks for treating me to lunch for my birthday! It was so fun to be together! I appreciate your friendship so much! Glad you stopped by that shop...looks like a fun place to visit. I love you! <3

[Stephanie in Mi]

What a fun day. I think I'm a lover of day trips, too, though I never considered it before. I definitely do love it. That antique shop is so incredibly adorable. Wow! I would love to stop there!

[Leslie from Virginia]

I figured that you might have gone to Olive Garden!! :) What a special day for you and Dorothy!

[Chris]

What could be more fun than a day trip? A day trip will special friends! Looks and sounds like it was a very sweet day. What a blessing for both of you.

[Tammy]

Glad you got to spend time with your friend Dorothy.Cake looks yummy.

Always interesting to see buildings go through different names and businesses.The candy shop in downtown Wake Forest used to be a ice cream cafe and before that a jewelry store.

[Rose]

How nice that you could both meet up like that! Those sorts of day trips are such fun.

[Kathryn Duke]

Friends are such a gift from our Lord!!
I did not realize that I had missed reading several of your posts...your family friends that sang on the video were wonderful..what talents they have...your quilt with the jelly roll looks to be a challenge too...and going to be very pretty...love the oranges!!

[Connie]

Lovely photos, lovely ladies!