In the December 2009 issue of Virginia Living, you’ll find the glorious antebellum Oak Ridge estate as well as the humble, centuries-old log cabins of Rockbridge County … whose residents might well have enjoyed the persimmon, another issue highlight. We examine how West Virginia came to be, and we unravel how a Mariners’ Museum archivist stole myriad bits of history. There’s a serious dose of the 21st century too, with a wild ride through dynamic Fairfax. Also inside: nutty sweets for the nutty season, an antiques expert and a polo phenom, chocolate, Todd Jurich’s Bistro in Norfolk, a trek in the Peru highlands, Colonial Williamsburg Christmas trimming stats, and much more.
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