Drew & I went to Abingdon, VA this past weekend. For those of you who have never heard of Abingdon (which I never had until Drew told me we were going), it is a tiny little town in southern VA off of Interstate 81, and it is home to the VA State Playhouse, Barter Theatre. It is called the Barter Theatre because the man who started it would give people tickets in exchange for food. The first year they took in only $5.35 but were given tons of veges, hams, fruit etc. We liked the play Friday night so much we saw another one on Saturday. We stayed at the Martha Washington Inn. For those of you who are of the younger generation, you may have experienced the same thing... walking into a hotel (or a nice restaurant) and being looked on as if you were some sort of alien, like "how dare you twerp walk in to this nice establishment, you don't have nearly enough money to be here!" Well not at the Martha Washington! Andrew checked us in, in jeans and a t-shirt, and they were very very kind, and even made our dinner reservations for us before the play that night! And when they saw me with my nose ring ( stud, not an actual ring) they didn't even bat an I, and still treated me like a human being. 
So all that to say, if you are ever in the area, I HIGHLY recommend the Martha Washington Inn, and the Barter Theatre.
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