Mom and Dad's December date day review.Picture perfect and tucked in the heart of Plaza Midwood, the VanLandingham Estate is (in my opinion) Midwood's best kept secret! I say that it's a secret because Bryan and I lived down the street from the VL for 3 collective years and never stepped foot inside until last weekend.
We were supposed to have a picnic lunch, but it's so flipping cold here in Charlotte that they opened the house to picnickers. We were given a private suite upstairs complete with a lit fire, a picnic basket of BBQ, fresh lemonade, a bottle of wine, and among other things - a book of love poems. It was fun, quiet, romantic and just a nice change from the usual. Truth be told, I purchased our surprise date day through Groupon.com so we got it for a steal. If you purchase directly through VanLandingham, they have several different menus to select from (none of which include BBQ!).
Anyone in Charlotte looking for a last minute Christmas gift - I HIGHLY recommend!
We giggled our way through some poetry:
But mainly relished in the fact that we were warm and alone in a 100 year old B&B:
This sounds so wonderful!!! Ian and I need to make a trip sans kiddos and do this. I have always wanted to go to a B&B. What a fantastic date!
ReplyDeleteKristin, it WAS wonderful! Yes, yall come up in the spring and do you picnic on their 5 acres of gardens! That would be totally diff from our experience and so fun. We'll keep the girls!
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