You could spend an entire retirement visiting the hundreds of historical sites in the great state of Virginia, from Washington's Mt. Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello to Colonial Williamsburg to the Civil War battlefields of Manassas and the historic Appomattox Courthouse. What better way to do that than from one of Virginia's many classic golf communities. Choose among a combination ski and golf community, such as the Wintergreen Resort; a colonial style community with many brick homes like Glenmore, just east of Charlottesville and the renowned University of Virginia (also built by Thomas Jefferson); or a modern community like Viniterra, which features a working winery next to its front gate. With Richmond and the metro D.C. area, an urban fix is never more than a few hours from anywhere in Virginia.
There’s a great scene in Woody Allen’s movie “Annie Hall” where Alvie Singer, played by Allen, is standing in line at the movie theater listening to some know-it-all professor espouse the theories...
The New York Sunday Times Real Estate section today features a resort in northwestern New Jersey where, because of abnormally warm weather this month, locals can ski on artificially made snow in the...
Keswick Hall, which is part golf resort, part golf community and all horse country elegance, has been sold by the Orient Express company to a wealthy businessman from Richmond, according to a report...
It has been exactly a year since our first visit to Creighton Farms, the Aldie, VA, golf community whose seven-figure house prices and nearly six figure initiation fee will appeal to a select group...
As part of the celebration last week of my son Tim’s graduation from Washington & Lee University in Virginia, our family stayed for a few days at the Wintergreen Resort in the western part of the...
Our family is celebrating the college graduation of our son Tim this weekend by gathering at the Wintergreen Resort in Nellysford, VA, atopFor a mountaintop golf course, Devil's Knob is both...
One of our readers reminds us in a note that current members of the Dominion Club in Richmond, VA, are not the only ones with a vested interest in a fair resolution to the club owners’ alleged “faux...
Facing an obligation of $1.7 million to repay 100 members their deposits by the end of 2010, Dominion Club owners HHHunt decided to do the expedient thing -– they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,...
Our story a few days ago about the bankruptcy at Richmond’s Dominion Club struck a chord with a few of our readers who are none too happy with the owner’s actions. If you haven’t read the article, the...
The members of the Dominion Club outside Richmond are feeling betrayed and abused this week, and what has happened to them is a clear signal to all of us that equity “deposits” for golf club...
The “...And Yet So Near” Award Delmarva Peninsula & Bay Creek Golf Resort The Delmarva Peninsula, an amalgam of the names and abbreviations of the states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia (VA), does...
On a late summer afternoon, the sun over the Blue Ridge Mountains casts some long shadows across the Blue Ridge Shadows golf course in Front Royal, VA. Unplanned rounds of golf on unknown golf...