October 2008 Issue
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The October 2008 issue of Virginia Living highlights the revival of the succulent Lynnhaven oyster and flies high with the Flying Circus of Bealeton. Also inside: Get back to nature, creatively, at Flower Camp; learn which lineage society might be right for you; tailgate sumptuously at the Montpelier Races; peek inside a tranquil refuge on the Rappahannock; and visit Falls Church. Want else? Try a fashionable road trip, beavers, Revolutionary reenactors, Richmond restaurants and more.
Catching the Eye
This waterfront contemporary in Kingsmill provides more than a splash of continental style to a Colonial town.
(Photography by Kip Dawkins)
Dr. Mira Dunn couldn’t figure out why she hadn’t seen the female duck that frequented the water behind her estate home in Williamsburg’s Kingsmill resort community this spring. Then, one day […]
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