Signs of a great weekend

Hi friends!

Last weekend we headed south to Fredericksburg, this weekend we headed north to Frederick. 🙂

We took a walking/eating tour of the historic downtown area.   We didn’t plan for it to be that way, but there were some yummy stops and we were hungry.  We used to come here antiquing when the kids were toddlers quite often.  We even bought a spur of the moment back-pack style baby carrier up here years ago to accommodate our little excursion.  So being here with Nathaniel for the first time brought back memories.

We started out in the “Shabby Row” district of Frederick and right smack in front of us was this shop.  Who could resist a stop for Fudge (gosh, did we just do that last weekend?).  As you may recall, I am an official fudge taste-tester.

After stopping in a couple of antique malls, it was time for lunch.  We stopped here and enjoyed some scrumptious cheese bread.  They sell them in mini loaves.  Next time everyone is going to have to get their OWN!

Since there was a little chill in the air, why not stop for cocoa?  We sure picked the right place.  The hot cocoa from The Perfect Truffle was actually Belgian chocolate that they melted right from the pan and boy was it sinfully rich.  Check out their link, it even shows a little video.

Isn’t this a nice shot, with the church steeple peeking out from behind…what, another ANTIQUE shop!  Oh we had to stop there.  It’s the infamous Great Stuff by Paul.  Everyone knows about this place.   Who knows what you’ll find in here….goat carts, enamel pitchers, old school desks and stained glass windows from England.

My favorite stop was a place called Emporium Antiques where I found a great vintage dress form(note, I say “found”, not purchased !).   I’ll save that vintage dress form discussion for another day though.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures from our day trip.    Have a great week ahead! 🙂