Rail Museums celebrate Virginia’s Rail Heritage with exciting special events on May 14, 2011 photo © 2006 Emmett Tullos | more info (via: Wylio) Roanoke’s rail museums are teaming up for Roanoke Rail Day on May 14, 2011 and offering a supersized day of fun for train fans of all ages. Visit the O. Winston Link Museum [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia, a set by sundaydriveapp on Flickr. Some photos to tease you to get outside and innjoy this beautiful place we call the Blue Ridge! Come and see us at The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast, just 15 miles from MP 121. Life is too short for bad coffee…Shellie your innkeeper @ The [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Dairy Queen and Bluegrass go hand in hand in Rocky Mount, VA where you get your fill of hot biscuits and hot bluegrass! Rocky Mount Dairy Queen hosts the DQ Band every Thursday morning (Sept thru May) from 9-10AM. They make a fine biscuits and gravy! Go back in the evening every 2nd and 4th Thursday [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...RECREATION AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS TAKE NOTE! Here is your list from RoanokeOutside.com of Upcoming Events photo © 2008 Tony Harrison | more info (via: Wylio) Visit The RoanokeOutside.com Calendar of Events for details on these upcoming events! Weekly bike rides throughout Roanoke & NRV Valley Monday Bike Polo Tuesday Tune Ups Thursday Happy Hour Floats [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...“IF MAMA AIN’T HAPPY AIN’T NOBODY HAPPY” Is it a misconception that men only stay at B&B’s to please their ladies? Well let me share a little news with y’all: Yes, men innjoy staying here too! What do men like? To share a story which is both good and bad but seems to be a [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Visit Roanoke VA just launched a brand new gorgeous website chockablock full of useful trip planning features! I hope you will take advantage of this new website to assist with your travel plans Funky Downtown Roanoke – Live Music, Shopping, Great Food and Fun! Roanoke is at the halfway mark on the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA MP121 [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...FAN-tastic Guests here at The Claiborne House in Virginia! Variety is the spice of this innkeeper’s life… NASCAR at Martinsville Speedway is a crowd pleaser! I am here to share some guests info with you from this weekend and clear up some misconceptions. We had a full house of NASCAR FANS here for the Martinsville Speedway“paperclip.” [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...MORE BATTLES WERE FOUGHT IN VIRGINIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR THAN ANY OTHER STATE photo © 2008 Marion Doss | more info (via: Wylio)A hush fell over the crowd filling the elegant hall in downtown Richmond, Va. The vote was about to be announced, and a young staffer of the Museum of the Confederacy balanced [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...GIRL FRIEND FAST-GET-AWAYS! Here is a photo from The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast parking lot today. Yeah your innkeeper drives a Hemi and got to meet a new friend “Delilah” also a Challenger from Florida who is staying with us a few days. The owner of Delilah is female, a bit younger than I [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...THERE IS NOTHING PINK IN OUR INN! Even Frankel Fitzpatrick Claiborne our resident gnome is cool! How about that. I just wanted y’all to know, people think ALL VICTORIANS are dripping gingerbread frou frou and girlie. The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast is a sophisticated lady, but she is not girlie. Nothing against bed and [...]
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