Williamsburg Inn
Williamsburg, Virginia
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
75F, Sunny
After sleeping in longer than usual, we packed our room and
left for the Williamsburg Inn – a new treat for us. We always admired the Colonial
Williamsburg properties, but never stayed in any as they are expensive. But,
thanks to TK’s expertise, we have a room for only $30 resort cost, which included
two two-day passes to the Colonial area. The room is large and comfortable!
Our room: Tyler Guest House, #4063
We walked to the Colonial area, but because of Covid-19, many
houses and merchants are not open. However, we made the best of what was open.
The beautiful gardens, the new archeology “dig,” and some of the shops. I was
pleased to see there were many tourists, but we could not get any reservations
for one of the colonial restaurants at any time this week. We sauntered along the Duke of Gloucester
Street, but we missed our gingerbread cookie at the Raleigh Bakery. https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/
Garden in Colonial Williamsburg
Garden in Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, horse and carriage in distance
Tilling another garden in Williamsburg
Since all of the sandwich shops and restaurants had long lines,
we opted for a croissant at a bakery near Merchant Square.
We will leave the rest of the colonial area for tomorrow. TK
wanted to go to Tommy Bahamas, and I wanted to go to Williamsburg Pottery, so we
returned to the Inn and our car.
Williamsburg Pottery
TB did not take long because today was the last day of a big
sale, but TK did find a shirt. I was so sad at Williamsburg Pottery
because only ¼ of the shops were open. I am so glad we visited WP many times in
its heyday. There used to be huge building after huge building, all connected. A building devoted to Christmas, another to
ribbons, silk flowers, shelf after shelf, arranged by color, enough baskets to
fill a house, pottery (the pottery for the colonial area was made here and they
sold seconds), dishware, cook ware, boxed food, outdoor furniture, all separated
into huge rooms. One building had about
15 ladies who made wreaths or floral arrangements to order with silk flowers. I
was going to buy a couple because I need new wreaths. The ladies are gone, and
there are a few arrangements and wreaths, but not like before. I could go on,
everything from dog leashes to palm trees for sale.
A few years ago, the WP built a new area, which is also huge,
but today the shelves were nearly bare. I hope that things improve for this shopping
area, because we enjoyed it very much and obviously others did too. http://williamsburgpottery.com/
Captain George's Seafood Restaurant
For dinner tonight we went to Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant and thankfully
this restaurant is still doing well. It is the largest seafood buffet I have
ever seen. We had to wear masks, social
distance, and wear plastic gloves at the buffet. New gloves every time we went to the buffet. Tonight’s
offerings: Alaskan crab legs, black
mussels, fried scallops, fried shrimp, crawfish, Cajun crab legs, mini clams,
big clams, steamed shrimp, oysters Rockefeller, mahi, broiled salmon, baked
wahoo, crab imperial, stuffed mushrooms, fried oysters, fried chicken, baked
sausage, sirloin steak, smoked beef brisket, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes,
gravy, rice, sauteed mushrooms, jambalaya, BBQ ribs, broccoli, stuffed clams,
chicken tortellini, cornbread, hush puppies, fresh bread and rolls, clam
chowder, salads, beet, slaw, tossed. Desserts: cheesecake, bread pudding, baklava,
chocolate cake, banana pudding, lemon pudding, chocolate pudding, peach cobbler,
apple cobbler, carrot cake, fresh fruit, lemon squares, and strawberry shortcake.
Dessert buffet
The first time we visited Captain George, the cost was $18.95/person,
probably the 90s. The last time we visited, probably 8 years ago, it was $30.00
each. Today the cost was $41.99/person. https://captaingeorges.com/
Another beautiful day. Tomorrow morning we are going to go to
Colonial Williamsburg again and get more details about the new archeology “dig.”
TK’s Takes: Great weather, Goldilocks weather, he says.
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