Restaurant Review - Woodberry Kitchen

This entry was posted September 17th, 2008 and has no nomments.

I’ve been wanting to visit Woodberry Kitchen ever since it opened almost a year ago. The premise of the restaurant is to use local and organic ingredients in all of their dishes, many of which are seasonal. This past Saturday I finally had the chance to enjoy the food and atmosphere at Woodberry Kitchen for the first time.

My first impression when calling them to make a reservation was realizing how busy they are. Almost a full week in advance, the only openings for a dinner reservation for 2 were between 5-6 and after 8:30. When we pulled up at the front door I understood why they are so busy. I was struck by the beautiful building that houses Woodberry Kitchen. They have done an amazing job restoring this old building in Clipper Mill and reusing the original structure.

Upon entering, we were immediately escorted to our upstairs table which overlooked the main dining room. Our table was set a bit close to our neighbors and at times I found it a bit distracting. Regardless, the ambiance was really nice upstairs and much more private and quiet than the downstairs dining area. Our waitress was very knowledgeable and helpful, if a bit slow.

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Race Results

This entry was posted September 9th, 2008 and has no nomments.

This past weekend was the Virginia Beach Half Marathon. As I mentioned in my last post, I trained for about 6 weeks for this one. By race day I felt good and confident that I had trained properly.

First, Virginia Beach on Labor Day weekend is a very interesting place. I had never been there before, so I’m speaking purely from this one experience. I’m not going to bash VA Beach, but I will say that the clientele was not of the highest regard. There were also signs posted all over asking people to refrain from activities that no self-respecting person would participate in in a public setting.

After a long, often traffic-filled, 6-hour drive, we finally arrived in VA Beach. About halfway through our trip the clouds broke and the sun came out and didn’t leave us for the rest of the weekend. The weather was great and the water was nice, despite the seaweed.

Now, on to the race. The half marathon began at 7:00 am and at that early hour it was already incredibly humid. There were a few points in the race, specifically between miles 6 and 9 where I wanted to stop, but at that point it’s a long walk back to the finish line. Luckily my perfectly-executed playlist kept me going until I hit the finish line during the final song.

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