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We're not so ren faire forward as a couple tbh (been before a few times and just not my thing so much and Rachel feels similarly)

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This one is very different imo, they have themed weekends my favorite being time traveler where people dress as Star Trek, dr who, bill and Ted and more lol

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Yeah we vibe like people with those type interests but ultimately it doesn't do it for us weirdly

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29 июл., 23:06

I get it, up there is also Intercourse PA a cute Amish town but I haven’t been in years so not sure what is still there

Ответ для Liz - High and Inside

29 июл., 23:07

Interesting do you know how much of that is like indoors?

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29 июл., 23:07

The pretzel factory was indoors as was the canning company. Those were the main things I remember

Ответ для Liz - High and Inside

29 июл., 23:08

We stayed at the little hotel there

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29 июл., 23:09

My dad did kosher certification for a ton of pretzel factories in that area so it's not impossible I haven't been as like a little kid😂

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Heather

I hate the PA Renn Faire for the same reasons you love it 😂😂😂

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Abigail Kabaker

29 июл., 23:21

Hershey also has the Hershey Story Museum, which is the local history museum , which of course has large sections about Milton Hershey and the candy company, but also quite a bit about the community . They also have a little warm drinking chocolate tasting there that was fun to do.

Midatlantica

29 июл., 23:16

The Amtrak goes to Virginia Beach. That's 6 hrs, granted, but no driving needed.

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30 июл., 02:50

Yeah we're looking to drive so we can bring the dog

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Pigeonaire

30 июл., 05:01

Berkeley Springs, WV!

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30 июл., 05:37

Please say more!

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Pigeonaire

30 июл., 06:00

A natural hot spring running through a small town in the Appalachian mountains. I usually rent a house with a hot tub near town. The public outdoor spring is good for dipping your feet and letting the little fishes nibble them. There is an indoor Roman bath as well.

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30 июл., 06:01

Thank you!

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Pigeonaire

30 июл., 06:00

Great Mexican restaurant, a good witch store named Portals. Not sure what weather issues you are thinking about but it sure is great there.

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30 июл., 06:01

Supposed to be raining basically everywhere unless forecast changes which prompted the search

Bob Davidson

29 июл., 03:15

Duck, NC

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29 июл., 03:17

Little further out than I think we'd prefer but what's good there that isn't weather dependant? I know nothing about the area

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Bob Davidson

29 июл., 03:24

I’m remembering from eons ago that it was a pleasant place to hang out on the beach, but weather independent, I guess that depends on what you like to do. I went to grad school in Baltimore, so never had the funds to do anything fancy. I spent a lot of time wandering museums on the mall in D.C.

Kerry

Delaware beaches!

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Even with bad weather?

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Kerry

Rehoboth has horrendous traffic when it rains because of the outlets, so I honestly wouldn’t recommend Rehoboth unless you stay downtown closer to the boardwalk. Dewey is the next town over but is more a bar/live music town with not as much to do as rehoboth restaurant and entertainment wise.

Ответ для Kerry

29 июл., 23:00

Thanks!

29 июл., 23:00

+1 for philly and RVA, excellent museums, really good food (philly has a ton of SE asian food we don't have, indonesian food, tons of vegan and GF), bookstores and record shops and so on

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Would love to hear more on all but food stuff if you feel like sharing!

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29 июл., 23:21

richmond bookstores: brian's, agony, small friend has a ton of zines, richmond book shop is an antiquarian/out of print place. the vmfa is really amazing, lots of industrial design and furniture and cool stuff, fun sculpture garden. thrifting there rocks. fan-tastic thrift, diversity thrift

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29 июл., 23:23

vmfa is free except for special exhibits, the philly museum also rules but there isn't free entry. tickets are good for the next day, so you could always go twice! and there's a rodin museum that you can do a lil package deal on entry for. philly aids thrift is fun to look through, has bins upstairs

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29 июл., 23:25

i won't do food but coffee in both places is great, afterglow is my favored richmond pick, philly has persimmon for straightforward well done coffee and thank you thank you is the place to go if you want something that might change your life a lil bit. my favorite place i don't work at

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29 июл., 23:30

philly is kind of baltimore at scale and richmond is like, smaller more obviously southern baltimore so it's easy to feel at home there but they're both different enough to give you a fresh lil experience

Zeke’s kitchen appliances

29 июл., 23:08

Assateague!

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29 июл., 23:09

What's there indoors?

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Zeke’s kitchen appliances

Something I’d recommend is getting a hotel or whatever in Berlin, MD. Cute, kind of cheesy, historical small town, and driving back and forth to the island. It’s not bad at all.

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29 июл., 23:13

That's really interesting potentially, would love to hear more if you feel like sharing

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Zeke’s kitchen appliances

29 июл., 23:19

like 15 minute drive back and forth. If you wait till after Labor Day the crowds and traffic will be much more chill. National Park entrance fee is a little pricey but it's generally less crowded, State Park fee is cheaper but can be crowded. Horses! Possibly bugs! It's great.

Formerly FoxForceFlacco

Pittsburgh is pretty cool

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Would love to hear details!

Richmond VA

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29 июл., 22:55

Say more please!

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I was coming to say Richmond, one of my favorite places around here. Good museums, great food, huge old cemetery to walk around, overall extremely chill vibes

Ответ для The Abominable Dr. Vibes

29 июл., 22:58

Mr E and I both have "graveyard nerd" shirts from Richmond 😅

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29 июл., 22:58

Thanks, would love more info if you feel like sharing!

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29 июл., 23:06

I’m a museum lover, my favorites there are the Poe Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts; have not been to the new location of the Black History Museum but the old one was great; Chimborazo (huge Civil War hospital, now a museum/NPS site); Agecroft Hall (relocated Tudor mansion)

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29 июл., 23:07

Thanks!

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29 июл., 23:09

Oh wow I am adding so much to my to-do list next time i'm there! thank you!!

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29 июл., 23:10

Also mini golf in a Prohibition-era hotel (I forget the name) and the food at GWARBar is really great so long as you’re ok eating surrounded by foam-rubber corpses and so on

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omg omg @jostewart.myatproto.social

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Abigail Kabaker

29 июл., 23:17

I need to make it one day to the GWARBar, last time I was in Richmond was a synagogue trip to the historic synagogue (Congregation Beth Ahabah ) and Chimborazo

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29 июл., 23:19

While they’re known for their barbecue, they wildly have possibly the best vegan menu I have seen at a non-vegan restaurant ever. They make artichoke burgers!!

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GREAT museums, cool architecture and stuff in the historic districts, I think the food is good too?? Been a while

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3–4-hr drive, I've done it a couple times w/ Mr E driving (he goes down there for work occasionally). The old church neighborhood (i forget what it's actually called) goes HARD for Halloween if that's your thing

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29 июл., 23:00

LOVED: www.vmfa.museum and virginiahistory.org ; have not been but am pretty much dying to get to: thevalentine.org

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Also loved: venturerichmond.com/live-downtow... and virginialiving.com/towns/explor... (that's the Halloween neighborhood)

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Thanks!

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Thank you!

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This would be for like next week theoretically

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Oh lol it might be hot outside but the museums and restaurants etc have AC. Also you can usually get cheap last-minute hotel rooms just outside of town

Ответ для dr. e. katherine

29 июл., 23:08

And Richmond is quite diverse, inc. very Black. Which is pleasant. Also Baltimore's earliest(?) big-deal Jewish family moved up here from Richmond right after the American Revolution, so I bet there's a ton of cool Jewish history there although I'm not familiar enough with it yet (sorry)

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29 июл., 23:10

I've got a very nerdy Jewish friend from Richmond so I can just ask him

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Yessssssss (and if he has good recs, I'd be grateful to hear them!)

Ответ для dr. e. katherine

29 июл., 22:58

Food is less interesting to us but rest sounds great if you feel like giving specifics, very cool if not!

Bmoricuan

29 июл., 23:13

Harper's Ferry is real nice

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29 июл., 23:14

Yeah but it's very outdoors (plus we've done it twice recently)

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Bmoricuan

29 июл., 23:27

Id then second Richmond

Recycled Sweater

29 июл., 22:53

Harper’s Ferry? Philly?

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Harper's ferry we've done twice already lol plus a lot is outside but what's Philly got? I grew up near there, have barely been as a tourist really

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Recycled Sweater

Philly has great museums. Theres the Mutter, the art museum, and the Eastern State Penitentiary. Plus good food!

Eldritch Millennial

I would say Harper’s Ferry. But depending on what you wanna do weather might need to be a thing.

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29 июл., 23:12

Yeah been there a few times and wouldn't want to go back this soon but especially not with bad weather

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Eldritch Millennial

29 июл., 23:13

I mean. I love staying in Jersey City the training it into NYC.

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29 июл., 23:15

We go to NYC most of the time we go away so looking for somewhere besides there, even though yes it is the objectively correct answer to this question

Former Orioles Prospect (Traded)

29 июл., 23:16

Raleigh or the Blue Ridge or like Asheville isn’t that far. Also Bristol Tennessee/VA seems like a pretty cool place to go especially if you’re a race fan.

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