Local Dulles Area Events: 8/23/2012

So many events going on in the Dulles area! Check them out here!

Friday-

• LoCo Fridays
• Doukenie's Bistro Night
• Bluegrass Jam
• Sounds of Summer Series

Saturday-

• Acoustic on the Green
• Super Spartan Obstacle Race
• 2012 Toast to Tunes Summer Concerts at Tartara Winery
• Virginia vs. California Wine Dinner
• Civil War on the Home Front Tours
• Dinner Under the Stars 5 Course Wine Dinner
• Excavation at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve 
• DC Challenge Charity Concert benefitting NOVA Spay Neuter Clinic

Bluemont Vineyard Special Mother's Day Celebration

Celebrate Mom's and all she does with a scenic, open air Chef's Table event at beautiful Bluemont Vineyard!

Chef Brad Spates will treat you and mom to eight delicious courses with wine pairings. The night will start off with a sparkling wine reception and gourmet appetizers. Then you'll be seated for a multicourse culinary journey of local, fresh food from Great Country Farms, with ingredients picked just a few steps from where you'll be dining. Each dish will be prepared on site at the tasting room and paired with a few amazing Bluemont wine selections.

For more information please go to http://ow.ly/aPu8A.        

Featured Weekend Activity: Glenfiddich Farm Cooking School

This Friday November 18th come get ideas for next weeks Thanksgiving Dinner from the Glenfiddic Farm Cooking School!

Experience the art of cooking with Olwen Woodier, renowned cookbook author and food writer, who offers cooking classes in her large modernized kitchen on an 1840s farm just outside Leesburg. The two-hour class includes demonstration from a demo-mirrored island with an 8-burner Wolf cook top, hands-on participation for those who are interested, and a four-course meal. Classes are limited to 12-14 people so early reservations are recommended. Fee for all classes includes a four or five course menu and complimentary beverages of water, tea, coffee, and/or one glass of wine (you may also bring your own wine).

Looks like something you would be interested in? Check out all the details and sign up because space is limited.

Also, be sure to check out other events happening in the Loudoun County area as well!

Happy 11-11-11!

Today is 11/11/11! You know what this means? Let the most popular weekend (besides Christmas, Thanksgiving etc.) for opening movies begin! While staying in the Dulles Area, more specifically the Aloft Dulles North, Hilton Garden Inn Dulles North, Homewood Suites Dulles North and Embassy Suites Dulles North catch one of the many films previewing this weekend.

In fact take our complimentary shuttle from the hotel and head over to Regal Fox Stadium Movie Theaters located right in Ashburn, VA to catch one of the many weekend opening films including:

• Immortals
• Jack and Jill

Or maybe you want to see something that has already been in theators J. Edgar, Puss in Boots, Footloose, Ides of March, Tower Heist, Moneyball etc. Before you spend the $20 for tickets, snacks, etc. make sure the movie you want to see is worth it by getting its rating on www.rottentomatoes.com

Make sure to check showings and times as well!