Ashburn, VA

A local mom shared a site with me that could prove use­ful given all the upcom­ing sum­mer movie screen­ings. kids-in-mind.com reviews movies and rates their appro­pri­ate­ness for chil­dren. I have looked over the reviews of a few movies we have seen recently and they seem to be accu­rate and thor­ough. Summer Family Movie Screenings: Regal […]

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20375 Clairborne Parkway Ashburn (Ashburn Farm), VA (map it) We had a great time at Trailside Park in Ashburn today! As its name sug­gests, there is access to the W&OD trail there, but in our half-dozen vis­its we have never made it past the play­ground. We like that it is set away from both the […]

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Check out this arti­cle in today’s Washington Post! After read­ing it you’ll prob­a­bly be inter­ested in advice regard­ing what to do when you encounter a bear.

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Leesburg Farmer’s Market Hours 9am-1pm accord­ing to the sign 8am-1pm accord­ing to the web­site 9am-12pm win­ter sea­son (November-April) The sign and web­site con­flict, so you may need to wait a bit if you plan to arrive before 9am. There’s not much I can say about the Leesburg Farmer’s Market that another local blog­ger has not […]

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It has come to my atten­tion that I am not the only one who wishes we had a Trader Joe’s in Loudoun County. Apparently there is a grass roots effort to attract them to a new shop­ping cen­ter in Ashburn. Hooray! To join this effort all you need to do is fill out Trader Joe’s […]

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Sport Bounce is here!

February 13, 2008

Sport Bounce 44710 Cape Court # 116 Ashburn, VA 20147 info@sportbounce.com We finally vis­ited Sport Bounce, and have pos­i­tive feed­back to share. We went to today’s after­noon open gym half expect­ing the two year old to be tram­pled by big kids since Loudoun County schools were closed, but it was not too crowded. My kids had […]

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The Ashburn MOMS club is host­ing a preschool forum next week­end. Check out this Leesburg today arti­cle for more info.

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20035 Ashbrook Commons Pl #194 Ashburn, VA 20147 (map it) (703) 723‑3065 I’ll spare you a repeat of my com­ments on Starbucks, but wanted to high­light that we have drive through cof­fee here in Loudoun County. I love drive-thru coffee!

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