In Eckleburg's Eyes - 1/21/2009, Part 4

News & Notes from Tuesday, January 20th, 2009, Part 2

-After getting securing LMM’s book shelf in the XTerra, JTH and I began the first leg of the trip back to Tennessee.

-We stopped in Crozet, Virginia, when we saw a sign for King Family Vineyards. There, we purchased a King Family Vineyards blanket for ALK, whose last name is King. She is not interested in politics in the least so this proved to be a good souvenir for her. Plus, she is always cold.

-Exhausted, we decided to stay in Lexington, Virginia. After driving by the VMI campus and the Stonewall Jackson House (whom my grandmother insisted I was related to though how I cannot tell you), we decided to eat at The Patisserie. The big draw for us was that it had parking.

-The Patisserie is a local bakery located at 107 N. Main Street in downtown Lexington. There is no menu per se. Meals are prepared throughout the day and heated when ordered. It was a very froufrou place. To make matters worse, I ordered quiche! I could not have appeared more effeminate. At least, JTH ordered the manly beef stroganoff. The food was good and would have been better had we come earlier. It honestly felt like we were eating leftovers.

-We drove back towards I-81 and stayed in room 118 of the Super 8 in Lexington. We watched Hardy Candy, a disturbing independent movie starring Ellen Page. The movie tells the story of a confrontation between a sexual predator (Patrick Wilson) and the 14-year-old girl (Page) he attempts to ensnare. The film held my attention but I was exhausted. It took every ounce of my will to stay awake until the end of the movie, but I was asleep almost the moment the film was over.

-It had been a long day. We were glad we had made the trip but we were equally glad the Washington, DC, leg of the trip had been completed.