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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Etcetera

There is so much more to Ashland than the beautiful scenery. It has more than its share of cultural attractions with theatre, music, wineries, art galleries and a vibrant downtown filled with restaurants serving locally grown produce from this rich agricultural valley. Among all of this, the town is best known for its Tony award-winning Shakespearean Theatre.
Every year more than 10,000 visitors come for the festival which runs from February to October, and includes at least eleven plays-everything from Shakespeare to Animal Crackers.

Walking through town I paused to take a photo of this statue advertising the latest play. After snapping the picture, the "statue" changed positions-duh!


These bronze Shakespearean characters on the side of a building looked so real; I just had to make sure this time.


Trying new restaurants is all part of the fun, and we discovered a great place for breakfast that served the most amazing lemon butter pancakes.





While on the subject of food, here are a few shots of some artisan chocolates made by Jeff Shepherd. I drove out to Lillie Belle Farms to see how the process works, and yes, try a few samples.









  
                                              

                                                 
Life is good-eat more chocolate.            



1 comment:

  1. These have been great posts! Who knew that all that was in Ashland? Fantastic spot!

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