We had a great weekend being tourists in Charlottesville + the surrounding area because my mom was in town.  She came up for a quick visit and we all had a blast!

We celebrated May the Fourth…

Went on wine tastings…

Explored the farmer’s market…

Five fun highlights were –

{1} Charlottesville City Market.  We saw someone hand-pressing tortillas so obviously we had to get a chicken taco.

Plus I never turn down Vietnamese iced coffee.

{2} Rocket Coffee in Crozet.  I had a great iced latte plus a bagel (<– shipped in from H&H in NYC!) with cream cheese.

{3} Spirits from Vitae.  We loved it here!  So many Caribbean flavors and they did a theme menu for May the Fourth.  I had a taster of paw paw liquor plus a Cantina Punch – golden rum, mauby syrup, pomegranate juice, lemon, and aloe juice.

{4} Dinner at Maya.  I didn’t snap any pictures but it was the best meal of the weekend!  I had the crispiest, most succulent duck confit of my life and we shared a s’mores torte with housemade marshmallow fluff!

{5} Dinner at Tillmans.  Greek salad plus pimento cheese served with red pepper jelly and crostini.

Hope it’s a great week!