Loudoun County

I did not get around to work­ing Regal’s Free Summer Movies into our sum­mer sched­ule until their final weeks. This left my chil­dren with a taste of the movie the­ater and a han­ker­ing for more. Luckily, the folks at Tally Ho in Leesburg know school hasn’t started yet, and have us cov­ered with their $1 […]

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Razzle Dairy Bar

August 23, 2009

Razzle Dairy Bar 13 Fairfax St SE (map it) Leesburg, VA 20175–3617 (703) 777‑1420 A visit to the Razzle Dairy Bar can com­plete a sticky sum­mer after­noon or evening, and is some­times just the thing to shake up a win­ter rou­tine. Razzle is located in an often over­looked cor­ner of the Virginia Village shop­ping plaza […]

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There’s a fab­u­lous free event com­ing up in Leesburg on August 29th: the Airport Open House! Leesburg Airport Open House 1001 Sycolin Rd SE (map it) Leesburg, VA 20175 August 29th,  10 AM — 4 PM Free admis­sion and park­ing We pre­viewed the event last year and my four year old and his friend had […]

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Just pop­ping on to my neglected blog to share info on an upcom­ing book sale that has been passed along to me… Come buy used chil­dren and teen books, videos, and music at the Ashburn Library Advisory Board (ALAB) sale on Sat, June 27th, 10 am to 4:30 pm at Ashburn Library ( 43316 Hay Rd […]

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Valerie Cook of Better Choices, a ven­dor par­tic­i­pat­ing in Earth Day @ Loudoun 2009, asked me to pass the fol­low­ing announce­ment along: EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival will be held on Sunday, April 26th from 11–3 at the Willow Creek Farm by Clyde’s, 42920 Broadlands Blvd.  Vendors will be offer­ing green ser­vices and goods.  Local artists will […]

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Moms through­out Loudoun County are col­lec­tively growl­ing at Hamilton’s deci­sion to close Hamilton Community Park to drive in traf­fic. Local politi­cians will likely arrive at the office Monday morn­ing to a heavy vol­ume of calls and emails ask­ing the town to recon­sider their deci­sion. Everything I know about it I read in Friday’s Leesburg Today […]

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UPDATE: Leesburg Dog Park opens May 9th! I went walk­ing at Olde Izaak Walton Park this morn­ing with kid and dog and was tick­led to see that the fence on the dog park has been com­pleted. I was also greeted by this sign: The dog park has a pic­nic table both inside and out­side the fence. I’d […]

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I have never been to the Ashburn MOMS club annual preschool forum, but their spread­sheet cat­a­loging local preschools and the scrib­bled notes of par­ents who attend are hot com­modi­ties passed around moms groups through­out Loudoun County each year. Here’s the info they passed along announc­ing their upcom­ing event! The MOMS Clubs® of the Ashburn Area are […]

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TALLY HOme for the Holidays

December 10, 2008

If you are stick­ing around for the hol­i­days and need to escape from the extended fam­ily for a while, check this out. The Tally Ho Theater in down­town Leesburg is offer­ing $1 screen­ings of Family Holiday Favorites & Childrens Christmas Classics between December 19/20th and 24th. Call or check the web­site for exact dates & times.

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