UPDATE: 6/9/2020 After a beautiful but locked down spring, the Monticello Saunders Trail has reopened today! The home of Thomas Jefferson is due to open in the near future for house tours, but for now we are loving the trail … Continue reading
The Virginia museum of Fine Arts, located in a magnificent modern building in Richmond, is just an hour’s drive from The Inn at Monticello. As innkeepers, we’re interested in art, books and other works about the history and evolution of … Continue reading
Bill Barker, who impersonated Thomas Jefferson at Colonial Williamsburg for 26 years, has moved to Charlottesville and taken on the role of Jefferson at Monticello. While growing up in the Philadelphia area, Bill became interested in Thomas Jefferson and his … Continue reading
We’re lucky to live nearby and have visited the amazing renovations- in-progress at the Michie Tavern. The tavern will soon be serving late afternoon refreshments, Virginia wine, beer and hard cider in the very oldest section of the Michie Tavern, … Continue reading
This year we expanded our vegetable and flower garden. The results were quite mixed. We planted 8 kinds of heirloom tomatoes, almost 50 plants. The Brandywine True Black tomatoes started out strong, quickly producing healthy vines and large beautiful fruits … Continue reading
We love Michie Tavern. It’s close, about a mile and a half up the hill from the Inn. You can walk there in about 20 minutes and drive there in less than 5. And it has great classic southern food … Continue reading
About this time of year, we begin making regular “peach runs” to Carter Mountain Orchard, just up the hill from the Inn at Monticello. The Orchard is part of a 1729 land grant to John Carter that consisted of more … Continue reading
We’re often asked what prompted us to move from Baltimore to Charlottesville in 2006, and to buy and operate The Inn at Monticello. The idea to move here began forming in 1990, when Bob, a UVA grad and former football … Continue reading
Visitors to the Charlottesville area every October expect to see the leaves on the trees and vines turning to brilliant shades of red, gold, orange and yellow. But this year, due to a prolonged hot and dry spell, the foliage … Continue reading
Whether you’re a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, or someone who simply appreciates well-made, thought-provoking films that present interesting characters and stories, you will enjoy attending some of the screenings, interviews and discussions at the … Continue reading
