http://www.visitloudounblog.com Things to see and do in Loudoun, Virginia Tue, 15 May 2012 02:20:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 visitloudounbloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/05/14/new-food-tour-comes-to-downtown-leesburg/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/05/14/new-food-tour-comes-to-downtown-leesburg/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:18 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1860 With all of the great culinary offerings downtown Leesburg boasts, it can be difficult to decide where to dine. Leesburg alone is home to three of Loudoun’s nine destination restaurants. DC Metro Food Tours takes this tricky decision out of your hands with their new culinary walking tour in Leesburg. These tours will be hosted [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/05/14/new-food-tour-comes-to-downtown-leesburg/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/04/09/new-details-on-the-arrival-of-space-shuttle-discovery/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/04/09/new-details-on-the-arrival-of-space-shuttle-discovery/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:09:43 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1852 Possibly one of the coolest, and most historic events of the year will occur next week: the arrival of Space shuttle Discovery and “Welcome Discovery” celebration at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia! Visit Loudoun will commemorate the event with special packages and events. Check them out at [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/04/09/new-details-on-the-arrival-of-space-shuttle-discovery/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/03/12/loudouns-civil-war-rallying-point-opens-in-leesburg-video/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/03/12/loudouns-civil-war-rallying-point-opens-in-leesburg-video/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:04:12 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1810 New brochure highlights Loudoun Civil War sites, markers, offers contest for a stay in a place Robert E. Lee’s called home, for at least one night This year marks the second year in the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. It touched many lives and communities, especially here in Virginia. Loudoun was a community that [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/03/12/loudouns-civil-war-rallying-point-opens-in-leesburg-video/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/15/loudouns-virginia-wine-country-half-marathon-update/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/15/loudouns-virginia-wine-country-half-marathon-update/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:41:08 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1763 The Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon will be held on June 2. After all, we are DC’s Wine Country! The race is a great way to experience our wine country, on foot! Plus, at the end, there’s a wine festival and later that night a music and wine festival too. Its a TON of fun. For [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/15/loudouns-virginia-wine-country-half-marathon-update/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/13/instagram-photo-gallery/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/13/instagram-photo-gallery/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:43 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1722 Check out some of the images we’ve created of Loudoun in Instagram. What is Instagram? An app that is for taking pictures, adding filters to make them look retro, and then for sharing them with sites like Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Facebook. Its also a simple social network that allows you to connect with other [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/13/instagram-photo-gallery/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/02/celebrate-the-best-of-loudouns-local-products-at-the-loudoun-grown-expo/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/02/celebrate-the-best-of-loudouns-local-products-at-the-loudoun-grown-expo/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:57:04 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1704 On Saturday, February 18, 2012, Purcellville will host the Loudoun Grown Expo. This event brings Loudoun’s farms, wineries, and producers together and offers visitors a chance to meet winemakers, farmers, and other personalities involved in Loudoun’s booming rural business community. Visitors will be able to meet the people behind these businesses and learn about community [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2012/02/02/celebrate-the-best-of-loudouns-local-products-at-the-loudoun-grown-expo/feed/ 1 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/30/win-daily-with-the-12-days-of-loudoun-starting-tomorrow-video/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/30/win-daily-with-the-12-days-of-loudoun-starting-tomorrow-video/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:54:59 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1686 The holiday season is here (where did spring, summer, and fall go anyway?) and to add to your merriment, we here at the Loudoun headquarters of the North Pole want to make your holiday a little brighters. So starting tomorrow, December 1st, we’ll be giving away a prize a day for 12 days! We’ll be [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/30/win-daily-with-the-12-days-of-loudoun-starting-tomorrow-video/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/21/happy-thanksgiving/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/21/happy-thanksgiving/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:04:24 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1670 I know, I’m a little early this year with my Thanksgiving wishes, but since AAA is predicting a four percent increase in travel over last year, a lot of you may be traveling so I wanted to make sure you received our wish. And thanks for traveling too! As Hans Christian Andersen wrote: “ ”To move, to breathe, [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/11/21/happy-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/18/savor-the-season-with-these-farm-to-table-events/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/18/savor-the-season-with-these-farm-to-table-events/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:56:58 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1659 Fall in Loudoun is a great time for driving the scenic byways, visiting farms during the harvest, and checking out all of the great fall festivals. But harvest in Loudoun means something else to me – it’s that time of the year when the apples, winter squashes, and local meats start appearing on menus in [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/18/savor-the-season-with-these-farm-to-table-events/feed/ 0 http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/14/whats-lurking-in-loudoun-this-halloween/ http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/14/whats-lurking-in-loudoun-this-halloween/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:05:06 +0000 VisitLoudoun http://www.visitloudounblog.com/?p=1641 By Guest Blogger Stacey Sheetz Ah, fall. Loudoun’s scenic countryside is slowly turning to shades of gold and crimson. The days grow shorter and darkness begins to cover the land. There’s a chill in the air and blankets of fog settle into the valleys. Bonfires, pumpkins, and the undead begin to dot the landscape (insert [...]]]> http://www.visitloudounblog.com/2011/10/14/whats-lurking-in-loudoun-this-halloween/feed/ 0