Vermont

This weekend we went to Vermont to visit Ryan's cousin and her husband, Amy and Pete. Pete's mom and dad were there for a little while and his brother Paul stayed with us the whole weekend. Amy is a "homesteader woman" so the most of the bread we ate and all of the jams and jellies were homemade. The rest of the food was from their co-op. Pete works for Magic Hat brewery so all kinds of beer were readily available. They also had wine that his father had made and grapa that a friend of theirs had made.

We had a weekend of amazing food, lots of talks and cold temperatures. Their house is heated by a stove that burns about one bag of wood pellets a day. The bedrooms actually have holes cut in the floor so that the heat will come up to the second floor. On the cold nights that made it bearable but not particularly toasty. They live in Montpelier, VT which is a very small artsy town. You would never think of it as the capital. Burlington and Stowe are pretty nearby and they are both much bigger than Montpelier.

We had some snow on our last night in VT. The five of us walked down to the Mexican food restaurant for $2.50 margaritas which were actually not bad. The city looked beautiful all covered in powdery whiteness.

All in all not a bad way to spend a weekend. When we got back to NYC it actually felt warm! Also on the way back we saw the actor that plays Christopher on Gilmore Girls so that was super exciting! (at least for me) Above I have posted some pictures.

Onward and Upward.