the pot's finished

Dan Finnegan finished the VTC piece he started on our tour to LibertyTown Arts on October 7th. See what a beauty his Rappahannock Bluefish vase turned out to be!

dan's vtc vase

We at VTC recently enjoyed a fantastic exploratory trip to Fredericksburg where we met potter and LibertyTown Arts owner Dan Finnegan. He threw a vase for us (in progress in the photo) and is keeping us apprised of its progress via his blog. Take a look!

wake me when it's over

I don't know that I can stand this election a day longer. I'm tired of the "I'm a maverick, he's a maverick" line. I wish Sarah Palin would wake up and realize that America is not entirely comprised of rednecks. I think I've solved my problem (and it's not Dr. Seuss this time). I'm voting Green, Independent or Libertarian on November 4th. I guess I'll make up my mind about which party when I pull the curtain behind me.

I'm pretty sure politics could cause a divorce between an otherwise agreeable, well-matched pair. I bite my tongue but let the keystrokes fly. And enjoy SNL sketches. God love 'em and bless their hearts, as we say in the south.

wizard of ads

A few weeks ago (honestly, it feels like an eternity ago already), we at VTC held our annual VA-1 Tourism Conference and had the extreme pleasure of hearing Roy H. Williams (aka The Wizard of Ads) talk about the evolution (or lack thereof) of our culture. Everyone I've spoken to was quite impressed, as was I, so I thought I'd share a link to his site: http://www.wizardofads.com/?ShowMe=Wizard_of_Ads.

I haven't checked it out yet, but every Monday morning you can check out a snippet from his new book. Oddly enough, it's called the Monday Morning Memo, which is exactly the name of a document I used to send out every Monday morning to our tourism partners in Lexington. His has a fancy copyright symbol at the end ...